People bring ideas & culture
from one place to another
Cultural Diffusion
This is an underground
water supply.
aquifer
A tableland covered with small
trees and brush
plateau
The exact location of a place on the
earth’s surface
Absolute location
Where a place is in relation to other
places
Relative location
Areas united by one or more
common characteristics
regions
* These rivers border Texas
Red River, Sabine, Rio Grande
These things effect the climate
in Texas:
absolute location,
relative location, & Elevation
An icy wind from the north
NORTHER
A dry period with little
precipitation
DROUGHT
Wearing away the earth’s
surface
EROSION
This scientist studies past human
life.
archaeologist
This is an object made by
humans long ago.
artifact
The way of life of a group of
people
CULTURE
People who wander from
place to place
NOMADS
Sun-dried earth and straw
adobe
The most advanced of the
Texas Indians
Caddos
These Indians relied on
their dugout canoes.
Karankawas
These two tribes were pueblo
Indians.
JUMANO ….. TIGUAS
This most feared tribe lived on
the plains.
Comanches
Three Indian reservations in Texas
today:
- ALABAMA-COUSHATTAS
- TIGUAS
- KICKAPOOS
Spanish soldiers in search of
riches and power
Conquistadors
This Spanish explorer conquered
the Aztecs in 1519.
Cortez
This Spanish explorer mapped the
coast of Texas.
Pineda
He was shipwrecked and captured
by the Karankawas.
Cabeza de
Vace
He explored Texas searching for
Cibola and Quivera
Coronado
He explored East Texas
after De Soto died.
MOSCOSO
A religious settlement
Mission
A Native American village with
flat-roofed buildings
PUEBLO
He claimed Louisiana & Texas
for France.
LaSalle
The first mission in Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI DE LA YSLETA
The first mission in East Texas
SAN FRANCISCO DE LOS TEJAS
A Spanish military outpost
presidio
San Antonio de Valero was a
mission later known as the
ALAMO
A person of Mexican heritage in
Texas
TEJANO
The Caddos used this
word to mean “friend”
TEJAS
An agreement between nations
or people
ALLIANCE
A government in which people
vote for people to represent
them.
a republic
The U.S. bought the Louisiana
territory from …
France
The Adams-Onis Treaty set all
boundaries between the U.S. and
SPAIN
This country gained independence
from Spain in 1821.
MEXICO
He is known as the
“Father of Texas”
Stephen F. Austin
This is a person who brings
new settlers to an area?
empresario
A period of low economic activity
DEPRESSION
Baron Bastrop helped Moses
Austin by convincing this man to
give him a job.
Governor Martinez
Stephen F. Austin chose land
between these two rivers.
Colorado and Brazos Rivers
Stephen F. Austin raised a militia
for protection against
NATIVE AMERICANS
How did it effect Stephen F. Austin
when Mexico won independence ?
He lost his contract.
These were Stephen F.
Austin’s first settlers.
Who were the “Old Three Hundred”?
This is why settlers came to
Texas.
Land was cheap.
Empresarios brought settlers
from:
United States
Mexico
Ireland
Most settlers came from this
country
THE UNITED STATES