BENCHMARK #1 REVIEW Bingo

Place the following words randomly anywhere on your Bingo board. Treaty of Paris Louisiana Purchase Constitution of 1824 Texas Independence Treaties of Velasco 1845 Annexation 1821 Mountains & Basins Gulf Coastal Plain Alonso Alvarez de Pineda Modification Columbian Exchange La Salle Stephen F. Austin Cabeza de Vaca Caddo Great Plains Horses Adaptation Olivares State Colonization Law of 1825 Missions Jumano

1. 1845 This year is important because this the year Texas became annexed to the United States.

2. Adaptation When a person makes changes to themselves like wearing animal skin or changing what they eat this is called an ______________.

3. 1821 Mexico won its independence from Spain in ______.

4. State Colonization Law of 1825 law that opened Texas for more settlement & immigration. Law only required that settlers become Catholics & Mexican citizens. No taxes for 10 years. empresarios- business people who promoted settlement & immigration. Result of the law was a huge wave of U.S. immigration to Texas.

5. Olivares In 1718 this person established San Antonio de Valero as a mission.

6. La Salle This French explorer accidentally landed in Texas instead of Louisiana but still set-up a fort by the name of Fort St. Louis. His actions caused much worry to Spanish.

7. Great Plains The following cities are located in which region? Amarillo Lubbock Midland Odessa

8. Treaty of Paris Treaty signed in 1763 that basically had France giving up its land in North America to England & Spain.

9. Horses The Apache and Comanche used ____________ to aid in fighting and hunting?

10. Stephen F. Austin This empresario was the first to bring settlers to Texas. He setup his 1st colony between the Colorado and Brazos River, in the Gulf Coastal Plain He is also known as “the father of Texas”

11. Texas Independence After Texas had Santa Ana sign the Treaties of Velasco. This was the result after Texans fought against Santa Ana and his army because of their unjust rules.

12. Gulf Coastal Plain What region did the Karankawa Indians settle in?

13. Missions __________ were established to convert Native Americans to Catholism. They were very strict and many were not successful at converting Native Americans.

14. Constitution of 1824 This document allowed each state in Mexico decide for themselves their immigration laws It gave limited control to the central government and broad local control.

15. Mountains & Basins What region is the driest region of the state?

16. Jumano This group of Native Americans were in the Mountains and Basins. They adapted to their semi-arrid (dry) environment by building homes made of adobe.

17. Treaties of Velasco These documents were the official end to the Texas Revolution. There were two one public and the other private. They were signed by Santa Ana.

18. Caddo Which Native American tribe farmed and practiced crop rotation so that the soil would not wear out.

19. Louisiana Purchase Agreement signed in 1803 by France that sold the area known as Louisiana to the United States for $15 million.

20. Alonso Alvarez de Pineda Who was the first European to map the Texas gulf coast in 1519?

21. Annexation Formal joining of one political region to another.

22. Cabeza de Vaca This explorer drank water from a horse leg, was put into slavery, and lived with the Karankawa. This explorer was all the first to set foot in Texas.

23. Modification Farming is seen as changing the land what is this called?

24. Columbian Exchange The movement of people, goods, and dieseases between Europe the Americas and South Africa following Christopher Columbus' discovery of the New World.