Texas History: Regions, Natives, and Spanish Colonial Era

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Across
  1. 3. Spain had fights over TX territory with this empire
  2. 4. Explored the "sea of grass"
  3. 9. Landform in the Great Plains
  4. 10. The Mountains and Basins has the highest ______
  5. 12. Travel route connecting Mexico City to Spanish Texas
  6. 13. ___________ was a negative thing brought to TX by Spaniards
  7. 15. Region that gets the most rain
  8. 17. Spanish explorer
Down
  1. 1. Mapped the TX coast in 1519
  2. 2. Used dug-out canoes
  3. 3. Spanish priests, established and ran missions
  4. 5. El Derado and Cibola were legendary cities made of this precious metal
  5. 6. Spain practiced this form of Christianity
  6. 7. Spanish military outpost, usually near a mission
  7. 8. Most feared native tribe in TX
  8. 11. Caddo word that means friend
  9. 14. Religious outpost made to convert natives to the Spanish way of life
  10. 16. This empire heavily influenced TX
  11. 17. Conquered the Aztec empire
  12. 18. Moving from place to place