2024 Benchmark 1 Review

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Which location on the map is the current capital of the State of Texas?

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Austin

Front

How did early people migrate from Asia to North America?

Back

By walking across a land bridge

Front

According to this passage, which sentence explains how early people migrated to North America? Options: "Thousands of years ago, the Earth was experiencing an Ice Age." "Eventually, those first people migrated all the way to Texas." "They were hunters, and they were following herds of migrating animals." "The first people to come to North America walked across that land bridge."

Back

The first people to come to North America walked across that land bridge.

Front

Most of the explorers who impacted Texas history during the Age of Contact Era came from ____.

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Spain

Front

After the discovery of North and South America, many European explorers traveled to the "New World", motivated by _____?

Back

Gold, God, Glory.

Front

In the same year that Cortes was defeating the Aztecs, another explorer was sailing along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and creating a map of the area. What year did these two events happen?

Back

1519

Front

Though Coronado never found the place he was looking for, what did he report finding?

Back

Rich soil that could be used for farming.

Front

Which European country was able to set up a successful fur trade in North America?

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France

Front

What was the purpose of the MISSIONS that Spain built in Texas?

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They were religious outposts built to convert natives to the Spanish culture.

Front

What was the purpose of the PRESIDIOS that Spain built in Texas during this time period?

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They were forts filled with soldiers who would protect the settlements.