Earthquake Vocabulary Matching



Name ____________________________________ Class __________ Date ___________________

Unit 2 Vocabulary (On-Level)

Directions: Match each term to the correct definition. Numbers 1-8 are from chapters five and six. Numbers 9-14 are from chapters seven and eight.

_____1. detachment A. a religious settlement

_____2. mestizo B. a fort or military outpost

_____3. mission C. a Catholic priest who belongs to a religious order

_____4. canal D. a group of advisors

_____5. friar E. a human-made waterway

_____6. Tejano F. a small unit of a military force

_____7. council G. a person of Mexican heritage who considers Texas home

_____8. presidio H. a person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage

_____9. filibuster I. an agreement among countries to work together

_____10. vaquero J. a government in which the people elect representatives to make governmental decisions

_____11. alliance K. an individual who carries out unauthorized warfare against a foreign country

_____12. lariat L. freedom

_____13. republic M. a Spanish term for cowboy

_____14. liberation N. a long, light rope with a noose on the end used for catching cattle

*Move on to back page for continued assignment!

Directions: Select a vocabulary term from the list on the previous page (#1-13) that best answers each question below. Write the correct term in the space provided. You many need to change the form of the word to fit the sentence.

1. Some settlers in Texas were _______________________, or people of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage.

2. If you were a Spanish soldier in Texas, you probably lived in a ________________________.

3. Settlers dug __________________________to move water from rivers to near their homes and fields.

4. A __________________________ separated from the main army and moved south.

5. Once he arrived at the mission, the ____________________________ taught Native Americans about the Catholic religion.

6. ____________________________ are people of Mexican heritage who consider Texas their home.

7. The Spanish viceroy had a _________________________ that provided him with political advice.

8. When three countries agree to work together, they create a(n) ____________________.

9. Often a(n) ___________________ wears chaps.

10. The struggle for the ___________________ of Mexico from Spain started with Father Hidalgo’s grito.

11. James Long was a(n) __________________________ who captured Nacogdoches.

12. The rebels wanted Mexico to become an independent _____________________________.

13. A(n) _____________________________ is used to catch cattle.

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