Texas History - Review of 1st Semester

Front

Name the era of Texas History that saw people migrate from Asia to North America, learn to farm, and then separate into different culture groups.

Back

Natural Texas and Its People

Front

Which region of Texas is the largest and most populated?

Back

Coastal Plains

Front

How did learning to farm around 100 B.C. completely change the culture of early people?

Back

They stayed in one place for longer periods of time, They had a more dependable source of food, They developed more complex societies.

Front

Name the era of Texas History that saw European explorers [from places like Spain and France] search the "new world", motivated by Gold, God, and Glory.

Back

Age of Contact

Front

What important event happened in 1519?
(hint: this was the same year that Cortes conquered the Aztecs)

Back

Pineda mapped the coast of Texas

Front

Name the French explorer who shipwrecked on the coast of Texas in 1685, set up a French settlement, and was later killed by his own men.

Back

La Salle

Front

Name the era of Texas History that involved Spain setting up dozens of missions and presidios in different parts of Texas.

Back

Spanish Colonial Era

Front

What mission was the first permanent settlement of Europeans set up in Texas, built in 1682 and located in the El Paso area?

Back

Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

Front

What important mission was built in 1718? hint: it will eventually be called "the Alamo"

Back

San Antonio de Valero

Front

Name the era of Texas History that saw Mexico win its independence from Spain, and saw the start of the American colonization of Texas [led by an empresario named Stephen F. Austin].

Back

Mexican National Era