Bundle 1 Review 2026/27

6. What landform is a deep valley with steep sides?
8. Which American Indian group lived mainly in South Texas and survived by hunting and gathering?
11. Which European country claimed Texas after La Salle established Fort St. Louis?
13. Which European country was the first to explore and map Texas?
15. What sun-dried building material was used by some American Indian groups in Texas?
16. Which Texas region is wetter and has more forests, rivers, and a warm, humid climate?
17. Which Plains group used horses and followed bison herds?
19. What animal greatly improved Comanche hunting and travel?
20. What geographic feature provides water for communities and farming?
21. What settlements were built by Spain to spread Catholicism and strengthen its presence in Texas?
24. Which Texas region has high, flat plains, grasslands, and a drier climate?
26. What was the Spanish settlement called San Antonio de _____?
27. Which Texas group used horses to hunt bison and travel across the plains?
28. Which Texas group farmed in the wetter, fertile Pineywoods?
29. Which explorer mapped the Texas coast in 1519?
32. What underground layer stores water that people can use?
33. Which explorer conquered the Aztec Empire for Spain?

1. Which explorer searched the Southwest for wealthy cities?
2. Which explorer was shipwrecked in Texas and later wrote about the people he encountered?
3. Which Puebloan group lived in permanent adobe communities?
4. Which Texas group traveled by canoe and lived in wigwams?
5. Which early people adapted to a hotter, drier climate by hunting smaller animals and gathering more plants?
7. Which Texas group built permanent villages near the Rio Grande?
9. What landform is a steep slope separating areas of different elevations?
10. Which French explorer established Fort St. Louis in Texas?
11. What type of settlement did La Salle establish near the Texas coast?
12. Which Plains cultural group depended on hunting and moved across Texas?
14. A fort build by Spain to house soldiers and protect locals; including missions.
16. What term describes the beliefs, customs, and way of life of a group?
18. Which empire did Hernán Cortés conquer?
22. What spiritual leader was important in some American Indian cultures?
23. What word describes people who move from place to place instead of living permanently in one location?
25. What religion did Spanish missionaries try to spread to American Indians?
26. What land bridge allowed Paleo-Americans to migrate from Asia to North America?
30. What European introduction caused many American Indian populations to decline?
31. Which Texas region contains mountains, deserts, and very little rainfall?