Unit 1 Vocab List

Question 1

Friar/Fray

Answer 1

Catholic Priest Mission Religious community built to establish a settlement in Texas to convert Native Americans

Question 2

Tejas

Answer 2

name the Spanish used for Texas

Question 3

Presidios

Answer 3

military bases in Spanish colonial that were used to protect the missions

Question 4

Cede

Answer 4

to officially give a territory from one country to another

Question 5

Rancho

Answer 5

a small Mexican Spanish ranch were animals are raised

Question 6

Roman Catholic

Answer 6

a Christian religion that follows the teaching of the pope

Question 7

Hacienda

Answer 7

a large estate used for farming and ranching

Question 8

Revolution

Answer 8

uprising or revolt against the government Vaqueros Spanish cowboys

Question 9

Filibusters

Answer 9

those who commit crimes/treasonous acts against a government for personal gain.

Question 10

Tejanos

Answer 10

Texas settlers of spanish or Mexican descent

Question 11

Republic

Answer 11

government in which the authority comes from the people

Question 12

Spanish Colonial

Answer 12

period of time when the Spanish built settlements in Texas that included missions, towns, presidios, and ranches.

Question 13

Dictator

Answer 13

Leader with total control Immigration the movement of non-native people into a country n order to settle there

Question 14

Federalism

Answer 14

form of government that distributes power between national and local governments

Question 15

Plantations

Answer 15

large scale farms that grow cash crops

Question 16

Gone to Texas (G.T.T)

Answer 16

when people left town without notice in order to escape hard times, debts, criminal charges, or to buy cheap land.

Question 17

Democracy

Answer 17

form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents

Question 18

Land titles

Answer 18

documents that prove ownership of land

Question 19

Empresarios

Answer 19

business men gained land grants from Mexico and sold to incoming settlers

Question 20

Migration

Answer 20

the movement of people from place to place

Question 21

Old Three Hundred

Answer 21

first organized group of U.S. settlers, which included 300 families brought by Stephen F. Austin and settled in Austin’s Colony

Question 22

Government

Answer 22

a system used for controlling a country or state.

Question 23

Climate

Answer 23

Overall weather in an area over a long period of time.

Question 24

Culture

Answer 24

way of life for a group of people Landform features that make up the earth’s surface such as a plain, mountain or valley

Question 25

Landmark

Answer 25

object that stands out and can be used to navigate by; very important place, event, etc.

Question 26

Region

Answer 26

areas that have similar geographic features