1. BENCHMARK #1 REVIEW
Bingo

2. 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

3.
This year is important because this the year Texas became annexed to the United States.

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

5.
Mexico won its independence from Spain in ______.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. 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”

13. 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.

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

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

16. 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.

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

18. 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.

19. 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.

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

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

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

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

24. 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.

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

26. 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.