Exploration + Colonization

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Across
  1. 2. Native Texan tribe that lived on the Gulf coast
  2. 4. Moving water from a water source (river, lake) to crops.
  3. 5. Explored east Texas.
  4. 7. Religious communities where native Texans would learn the Spanish way of life.
  5. 10. First European in Texas; friendly with native Texans.
  6. 13. Culture region of the Wichita and Caddo tribes.
  7. 14. Culture region of the Apache, Comanche, and Tonkawa tribes.
  8. 15. Mud bricks dried in the sun used to build pueblos.
  9. 17. The most powerful tribe in Texas.
  10. 18. One reason for Spanish exploration. Hint: spread Catholicism.
  11. 20. Spanish fort built near missions to protect them.
  12. 21. Explored the Texas panhandle and saw the "sea of grass".
Down
  1. 1. Main food source of the plains people.
  2. 3. The more popular name for Mission San Antonio de Valero.
  3. 6. Wealthy tribe that made jewelry and pottery.
  4. 7. ___________ and basins region.
  5. 8. In 1519, Pineda made the first __________ of Texas.
  6. 9. French explorer who scared the Spanish.
  7. 11. Jose de ____________ - the father of south Texas.
  8. 12. Plains tribes depended on this animal to hunt buffalo.
  9. 16. Largest region of Texas by area and population.
  10. 18. One reason for Spanish exploration of the new world. Hint: wealth.
  11. 19. One reason for Spanish exploration. Hint: fame and power.