Question 1

a fort or military outpost

Accepted Answer

presidio

Question 2

religious outpost established by Spanish Catholics to spread Christianity among local Native Americans.

Accepted Answer

mission

Question 3

a person of Mexican heritage who considers Texas home

Accepted Answer

tejano

Question 4

person of mixed Spanish and Native American heritage

Accepted Answer

mestizo

Question 5

an individual who carriers out unauthorized warfare against a foreign country

Accepted Answer

filibuster

Question 6

a government in which the people elect representatives to make government decisions

Accepted Answer

republic

Question 7

cruel use of power

Accepted Answer

tyranny

Question 8

fatherland; the native land of a person's ancestors

Accepted Answer

patria

Question 9

a Spanish term for cowboy

Accepted Answer

vaquero

Question 10

to measure the boundaries of something, such as land

Accepted Answer

survey

Question 11

the Spanish word for a land agent whose job it was to bring new settlers into an area

Accepted Answer

empresario

Question 12

a group of citizens acting as a military force

Accepted Answer

militia

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