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4. Absolute location

5. exact position of a place on Earth

6. An imaginary line that circles the globe exactly between the North and South Poles

7. What is the Equator

8. When you look at a globe, what lines tell you how far east or west of the prime meridian you are?

9. What is
Longitude

10. What lines tell you how far north and south you are from the equator?

11. What is Latitude

12. shows the sequence over time

13. What is a timeline

14. portion of a population at each age.

15. What is age distribution

16. The pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time

17. What is climate

18. Water from most Texas rivers drain into the

19. What is the Gulf of Mexico

20. Why did the American Indian population decline when Europeans came to Texas?

21. Many American Indians died from warfare and disease

22. In which part of Texas are farmers able to grow crops year-round?

23. What is South Texas

24. Which Texas region has the longest growing season?

25. What is the Coastal Plains

26. an area with a common physical environment

27. What is a natural region

28. In which subregion could you find the Edwards Aquifer?

29. What is the Edwards Plateau

30. What escarpment separates the Edwards Plateau from the Coastal Plains?

31. What is the Balcones Escarpment

32. What is the largest city in Texas?

33. What is Houston

34. The name origin of the word Texas is the name Tejas from which Native American group?

35. What are the Caddos

36. The Apaches were able to attack both the Spanish and other Indian groups because

37. of their skilled use of horses

38. The Caddos practiced crop rotation to

39. prevent the soil from wearing out.

40. Why did the Caddos build mounds?

41. For religious purposes

42. Many Plains Indians used hides to make moveable homes called

43. What are tepees

44. Why did Spanish interest in Texas decline in the 1540s?

45. explorers failed to find gold or other treasure

46. What did Coronado hope to find at Cibola and Quivira?

47. What is Gold

48. Why did the conquistadores travel to the Americas?

49. Gold, glory, and land for themselves

50. One reason for conflict between the Spanish and American Indians was that both groups claimed the same

51. What is Land

52. Cabeza de Vaca was accompanied on his travels by a slave named

53. Who is Estaban (Estevanico)

54. Who lived in the missions?

55. priest, missionaries, Native Americans, soldiers and their families...

56. Which governor of Texas founded the San Antonio settlements?

57. Who is Alarcon

58. In what year were the San Antonio settlements founded?

59. What is 1718

60. Where did the families brought to San Antonio in 1731 to form a civil settlement come from?

61. What are the Canary Islands

62. Why did Louis Juchereau de St. Denis initially travel to Texas?

63. What is to find Father Hildalgo

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65. List 5 duties that a presidio soldier might have.

66. Guarded the missions and protected the herds, helped supervise the American Indians who lived there, provided escorts for travelers, delivered mail, and performed construction work...