Quiz on Texas Tribes and Regions

Which of these tribes were tall, nomadic and lived along the Gulf Coast of Texas?

• Apache

• Jumano

• Caddo

• Karankawa

This tribe was located in the Great and Central Plains and used every part of the buffalo?

• Comanche

• Coahuiltecan

• Jumano

• Kiowa

Which region of Texas has 2 sub regions?

• Mountain & Basins

• Great Plains

• Central Plains

• Coastal Plains

Identify the culture group represented in Visual W.

• Gulf Coastal

• Southeastern

• Pueblo

• Plains

Identify the culture group represented in Visual Y.

• Gulf Coastal

• Southeastern

• Pueblo

• Plains

Which era in Texas history is described by the Visuals W-Z?

• Natural Texas & Its People

• Age of Contact

• Spanish Colonial

Christopher Columbus’ expedition to find a water route to India ended in failure, but his journey did have an indirect effect on Texas because -

• The New World was opened to Spanish exploration.

• Spanish explorers traveled throughout Texas and found vast amounts of gold.

• French explorers made the first claim on Texas.

• The French explorer La Salle was the first European to map the Rio Grande.

How were the Spanish monarchs motivated to explore the Americas during the late 1400’s to 1500’s?

• The fur trade was profitable.

• Protestants were persecuted.

• To provide intelligence on the Native American cultures.

• The desire for wealth, fame, religion, and faster trade routes to Asia.

What year did Pineda make the above map of the Texas coast and Spain found its first North American settlement?

• 1492

• 1519

• 1718

• 1776

Spanish officials wanted to make communication and travel between East Texas and Mexico City easier. To accomplish this goal, they decided to build a mission-presidio outpost along the San Antonio River in 1718. What was the name of this mission that would be renamed to the Alamo?

• Mission San Antonio de Valero

• Presidio San Antonio de Bexar

• Mission Corpus Christi de la Yelsta

• Fort St. Louis