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Units 3 & 4 Review Flashcards

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1
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Fort; built to house soldiers who protected settlers

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Presidio

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2
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An armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war

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Privateer

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3
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A barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defense against attack

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Stockade

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4
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Built to convert and educate native peoples in Spanish culture and religion

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Mission

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5
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Spain’s highest-ranking official

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Viceroy

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A part of land; territory, state, region

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Province

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A Spanish conqueror

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Conquistador

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To find a direction across, along, or over an area of water or land

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Navigate

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9
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French settlements near Matagorda Bay

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Fort St. Louis

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10
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Unofficial capital of Spanish Texas

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Los Adaes

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11
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First Mission in East Texas

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San Francisco de los Tejas

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Mission Chapel is known today as the Alamo

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San Antonio de Valero

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13
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Place on the Great Plains said to be filled with gold

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Quivira

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14
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Settlement midway between the Rio Grande and East Texas

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San Antonio de Bexar

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What were the two main reasons Missions failed?

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Native American disinterest and disease

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What is the main reason Native Americans chose to live in the Missions?

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For protection from their enemies

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17
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What region separated Spanish land?

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New France

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18
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Who discovered land thought to be Asia?

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Columbus

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19
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Who conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain?

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Cortes

20
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Who was the first European to see the TX Coast?

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Pineda

21
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Who discovered the Palo Duro Canyon?

A

Coronado

22
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Who was murdered by his own men?

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La Salle

22
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Who was the first European to explore Texas?

A

Cabeza de Vaca

23
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When did Pineda first see the TX Coast?

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1519

24
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What happened in 1718?

A

San Antonio was founded

25
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Who fought in the Chicken War?

A

Spain and French

26
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Who claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France?

A

La Salle

27
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Who was shipwrecked on the Texas Coast?

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Cabeza de Vaca

28
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Who’s journey began the Age of Contact?

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Cabeza de Vaca

29
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What did Coronado search for?

A

Quivira and Cibola

30
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Who wrote stories that inspired future explorers?

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Cabeza de Vaca

30
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What did La Salle establish?

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Fort St. Louis

31
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Which European rival was the greatest threat to Spain’s North American lands? Why?

A

France because it bordered unoccupied Spanish land making it easy to take.

32
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Who built Mexico City in New Spain?

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Cortes

33
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What did Pineda map?

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The Texas Coastline

34
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Columbus inspired sailors to sail _______

A

West

35
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Survivors of who’s expedition washed ashore in TX and got stranded there?

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Narvaez

36
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Who drew maps of the Gulf of Mexico that were used by other sailors?

A

Pineda

37
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Who was known as the Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley?

A

Jose de Escandon

38
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What did Antonio Margil de Jesus open?

A

The most successful mission in East Texas

39
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Who founded 20 settlements in Southern TX with more than 6,000 European settlers?

A

Jose de Escandon

40
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Who was the priest who reopened San Francisco de los Tejas?

A

Damian Massanet

41
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Who established Los Adaes as the unofficial capital of Spanish Texas?

A

San Miguel de Aguayo

42
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Who wanted to build a mission among the Caddo Indians?

A

Damian Massenet

43
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Who asked the French to reopen San Francisco de los Tejas?

A

Father Francisco Hidalgo

44
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Who was sent to drive the French from East Texas after the Chicken War?

A

San Miguel de Aguayo

45
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Who reopened missions that had been abandoned during the Chicken War?

A

San Miguel de Aguayo

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