| A | B |
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| Rio Grande | south-western, southern border of Texas |
| Gulf of Mexico | southeastern border of Texas |
| Sabine River | eastern border of Texas |
| Brewster | largest Texas county in land |
| Rockwall | smallest Texas county in land |
| tejas | Indian word meaning "friends" |
| Lone Star State | Texas nickname |
| Paleo-Americans | first group in Texas, came across land bridge |
| Neo-Americans | Native Americans in Texas |
| Caddos | largest North American natives in Texas |
| farming, hunting | how Caddoes made a living |
| following buffalo | why Apaches were constantly moving |
| conquistadors | Spanish conquerors |
| Pineda | first European to reach Texas |
| Cortes | conquered the Aztec Empire |
| entrada | Spanish expedition |
| Cabeza de Vaca | explored Texas for 8 years in search of cities of gold |
| LaSalle | French explorer who explored Mississippi River |
| presidios | Spanish forts |
| mestizos | people of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry |
| Comanches | native Americans who pushed the Apaches into Texas |
| no man's land | lawless area along Sabine and Red rivers in Texas |
| Old Three Hundred | families the Austins brought to Texas |
| Stephen F. Austin | "father of Texas" |
| General Santa Anna | Mexican dictator during Texas Revolution |
| Come and take it! | Motto of Texas at Gonzales |
| Wm. Barrett Travis | commander of Texians at the Alamo |
| Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie | freedom fighters at the Alamo |
| Sam Houston | hero of the battle of San Jacinto |
| Remember the Alamo and Goliad | motto of Texians at San Jacinto |
| Navarro | helped write the Texas Declaration Independence |
| New Braunfels | Central TX town settled by Germans |
| Penateka | Comanche band friendly with German immigrants |
| Germany | European country whose immigrants settled in Central TX hill country |
| John Meusebach | German leader who dealt with the Penateka band |
| Austin | state capital once called Waterloo |
| Indianola | Gulf Coast town abandoned after 1875 hurricane |
| Galveston | early Texas city important for sea trade |
| Zavala | served as provisional Vice President of TX in first few months |
| Lamar | served as provisional President of TX in first few months |
