Across
- 4. history is divided into major time periods
- 5. culture group along the Gulf of Mexico including the Karankawa and Coahuiltecan
- 9. Spanish explorer who searched for wealth in the Americas
- 10. mostly rural region, flat prairies and grasslands
- 12. the most developed and populated region
- 15. few major cities, but this region becomes more rural as you move west
- 16. lived with the Karankawa, journaled about his explorations
- 18. Spanish official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New World
- 19. sailed and mapped the Texas Gulf Coast
- 20. dry clay and mud bricks
- 21. a place where people live and have organized a community
Down
- 1. Mountains and Basins culture group including the Jumano, Concho, and Tigua
- 2. east Texas culture group including the Caddo, Atakapan, and the Wichita
- 3. defeated the Aztec empire, claimed Mexico for Spain
- 6. moves from place to place without permanent villages
- 7. claimed a large section of North America for France
- 8. least developed region of Texas
- 11. culture group in the Great Plains including the Tonkawa, Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa
- 13. frozen land bridge between Asia and North America
- 14. sailed west in 1492 looking for a direct water route from Europe to Asia
- 16. Searched for Cibola, the Seven Cities of Gold
- 17. a journey undertaken by a group of people