WorksheetsTexas Regions, Indians and Explorers 2021
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 35mins
Where did the name "Texas" originate?
Spanish explorers named it after a region in Spain
Named after a Spanish explorer
Caddo tribe meaning "friendship"
Apache word for "plains"
What is a characteristic of a Native Texan group that is nomadic?
Sedentary
Hunters/Gatherers
Adobe villages
Farmers
Which tribe is described: Lived in Mountains and Basins, Sedentary, Farmers, Lived in adobe houses
Jumano
Comanche
Apache
Caddo
Describe the mountains and basins region?
Desert and little rain
Lots of rain
Lots of hills and prairies
Access to water
What do you know about the Coastal region of Texas?
Doesn't rain a lot
Most populated
Lots of tornados
Snows a lot
Why were some Native American tribes nomadic?
They farmed
They traded with other tribes
They fought with tribes
They depended on the buffalo for survival
Which of the following describes Native American tribes that were sedentary?
Hunted animals
Fished
Farming
Raising livestock
Dry climate, least amount of precipitation
Coastal region
Mountains and Basins
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Which region is blue?
Coastal Region
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region is orange?
Coastal Region
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region is yellow?
Coastal region
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region is green?
Coastal region
Mountains and Basins
North Central Plains
Great Plains
How many Texas Regions are there?
2
3
4
5
This region is known as Texas Hill Country.
Mountains and Basins
Great Plains
North Central Plains
Coastal Plains
Some cities in The Great Plains are:
Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi.
Austin, Dallas, and Boerne.
Lubbock, Abilene, and Amarillo.
El Paso and Fort Davis.
Some cities in The Mountains and Basins are:
Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi.
Austin, Dallas, and Boerne.
Lubbock, Abilene, and Amarillo.
El Paso and Fort Davis.
Cactus and Yucca are the most common vegetation in this region.
Mountains and Basins
Great Plains
North Central Plains
Coastal Plains
Rattlesnakes, antelope, and mountain lions are most commonly found in...
the Mountains and Basins.
the Great Plains.
the North Central Plains.
the Coastal Plains.
What killed most Native Americans of the New World?
weapons
slavery
disease
starvation
What is an explorer?
a person who sits at home
a person who likes to eat
a person that travels to a new place to learn about it
a person who takes land from other people
Name three reasons kings and queens of Europe wanted to claim this land?
Silver, gold, materials
Food, animals and Native Americans
Shelter, food and new jobs
Gold, Glory and God
What affect did La Salle's exploration of Texas have on the Spanish?
It caused the Spanish to abandon settlements in Texas
Spain started to get serious about the settlement of Texas.
It began a war between Spain and France
It caused Native Americans turned against Spanish explorers
Definition of Mission
a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area
movement from one region to another
traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery
A system of missions established by the Catholic Church was intended to —
provide housing for explorers
relocate convicts to the region
assist in business development
convert natives to Christianity
Definition of Presidio
traveling to new territories for the purpose of discovery
state-sponsored settlement of people to new territories
a military post or guarded settlement in an area under Spanish control
What motivated the European Explorers to explore the Americas?
Gold
Natives
Nothing, they never came back
Land
What was the name of the fort La Salle built in Texas?
The Alamo
Fort Saint Louis
Ysleta
San Antonio de Bazar
What country used missions to colonize Texas?
England
Spain
France
Germany
Who was shipwrecked off the coast of Texas at Galveston?
Cabeza de Vaca
Esteban
La Salle
Pineda
Who made the 1st map of Texas?
Pineda
Coronado
La Salle
de Vaca
Who was the French explorer who built a fort in Texas?
Cortes
Columbus
La Salle
Coronado
Who followed the Turk into the Panhandle to Quivira looking for the 7 Cities of Gold?
Esteban
Coronado
Cortes
de Soto
Which explorer was the first to make 'first contact' with the Texas Native Americans (Coahelticans and Karankawas)?
Columbus
Cabeza De Vaca
Coronado
Cortez
This was the main reason that the Spanish Monarchy decided to send the Missions to Texas after they could no longer find Gold.
To block out the French explorers from taking control of Texas.
To try to find Gold.
To control the Mississippi River.
To make a peace treaty with the Comanche.
Another word for conqueror.
slavery
colony
conquistador
expedition
in 1528, this Spanish explorer wrote about his experiences in a journal that historians used to discover his accomplishments.
Hernan Cortes
Christopher Columbus
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
