7 th Grade Fall Semester Exam Review Quilt Puzzle Review

Teacher cuts the puzzle into squares. Students work collaboratively to match the terms/definitions, biographies/accomplishment, or events/significance. The final shape is a rectangle. There are no answers around the outside edge. Students can check their work if a picture is drawn on the back of the completed puzzle.

Coastal Plains Region A cliff or abrupt break in the land’s surface Used by Plains tribes to meet basic needs Forms the border between Texas and Louisiana escarpment Cause of water shortages and watering restrictions Sabine River drought Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca Human- environment relationships Most heavily populated; plentiful water and resources Francisco Vasquez de Coronado The Three G’s: Gold, God, and Glory Mountains and Basins Region One who moves from place to place in search of food Boundary between Texas and Mexico nomads Buffalo Change in nature due to the action of people A settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people of the area Texas river dams Reasons for Spanish exploration of Texas A military post or fortified settlement in Spanish Texas French claims to Texas Shipwrecked on Galveston with Karankawa; medical healer, explored Tx Moses Austin Rio Grande Caused Spain to increase settlements in Texas water French explorer who founded Ft. Saint Louis Searched for Cibola and claimed Arizona, New Mexico, Tx, Oklahoma, and Kansas for Spain Spanish cowhands who developed ranching techniques mission Rene-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle Region which receives the least precipitation Creates reservoirs for drinking water and irrigation San Francisco de los Tejas Mission to the Caddoe in East Tesxas;

Mild climate, abundant resources, cheap land Most successful empresario; brought the old 300; settled San Felipe Location of a majority of Empresario Land Grants Mexican Constitution of 1824 Stephen F. Austin Law of April 6, 1830 Supported Texas independence because Santa Anna threatened rights of citizens Created a federal gov’t. in Mexico with individual rights Battle of Gonzales Stephen F. Austin Died defending the Alamo; tried to recruit help through a famous letter Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Reasons for settlers to move to Texas An agent who makes all arrangements to bring settlers to a colony Battle of the Alamo Stopped immigration from USA, placed a tax on foreign goods, supported Mexican migration to Tx. Reason to fight for independence filibuster Texans were not given representation in the government of Mexico Coastal Plains and North Central Plains Mexican dictator who led army against Texans at Alamo Davy Crockett Showed that Texans were willing to fight Defeat of Texans provided rallying cry of unity at San Jacinto Line graph William B. Travis Sam Houston An adventurer who engages in a private rebellious activity in a foreign country Best graphic representation of change over time Place names, language,food, music, ranching empresario Commander of the Texas army; Alamo defenders ignored his orders to blow up the garrison Former U.S. Congressman that died defending the Alamo Influence of Spanish culture in Texas presidio Died before he could bring 300 settlers from Missouri to Texas Most important natural resource for settlers vaqueros

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