Texas History Unit 1 Review Flashcards
soldiers duties in mission?
to catch the natives that are trying to escape and bring them back.
Problems in mission?
Diseases
Na rejection of mission life.
missions protected Na.
Problems in the presidios?
Money (low)
soldiers & officers & friars fight.
Differences between phys. political map?
physical- landforms
political- countries, states, cities.
Goal of the mission- presidios system?
to transform NA to Christians.
to protect missions, control NA.
Relative Location?
location of a place compared to another place.
4 Regions of Texas?
Gulf coastal plains- rich soil. -damp, humid. -largest population.
Central Plains- dry trees. -rolling hills. -cap rock escarpments is western boarder. -good soil (average). -farming
Great plains- grasslands. -flat. -canyons. -low population. -dry. -irrigation. -quality soil.
Mountains & Basins-desert. - mountains. -smallest region.
4 Explores:
Pineda- first coast line map of Texas in 1519.
Cabeza da vaca- first explore of Texas.
Coronado- hoped to find the 7 cities of Cibola.
La Salle- built first settlement, called the fort St. louis.
NA In missions?
forced to learn about Christianity.
Pictographs:
Drawn by NA in cave walls, ledges, and cliffs.
Presidion system outcome:
power so thin so it failed.
missions where so far apart so it was hard.
more NA than presidios.
Tribes:
North central plains- Comanche
Gulf plains- Karankawa. -coahuiltecan. -caddo. -Atakapan. -tonkowa
Mountains & basins- Tigua.- Jumaano
Great plains-Kiowa. -Comanche. - apache. -tonakowa.
1519-
Pineda drew the first Texas coastline map.
Northwest passage-
water route which was believed to be a shortcut to Asia from North America.
Causes of explorations in Texas-
to find the 3 G’s.
Shaman-
NA doctor/healer.
Reasons why France/Spain thought to have Texas-
France: good relationships with NA. Sacrifices to survive in Texas. System of trade with natives.
Spain: Missions to Force Christianity.
what friars wanted NA to know-
Christianity
Customs
Language (Spanish)
farming
Effects on European Explorations In Texas-
France& Spain didn’t get along with each other.
Developed bad relationships with NA because they forced them to learn Christianity.
