Fall 2024 MT Exam TH

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This geological feature slashes across the Texas Panhandle from south to north?

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Caprock Escarpment

Front

The Rio Grande river forms much of the   _________ boundary of Texas?

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southern

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This area of Texas is often referred to as part of “Tornado Alley”

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The Panhandle

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What major event changed the way of life for the native American culture as they moved to reservations and took up farming and ranching? Options: The bison disappeared, Red River went dry, volcano in Big Bend erupted, Northern lights went dark

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The bison disappeared

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Shortly after the annexation of Texas, U.S. President James K. Polk sent a large force of American troops to which area in Texas?

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The lower South Texas area along the Rio Grande River and the Gulf of Mexico

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The Comanche and Kiowa cultures were similar in that they originally lived in the Rocky Mountains until this major event changed their way of life?

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both cultures acquired horses

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This Spanish priest led the Mexican Revolution against Spain.

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Father Hidalgo

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This Native American group helped the few survivors of the Narvaez expedition (including Cabeza de Vaca) after a hurricane ended the expedition and stranded them on what is now known as Galveston Island.

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The Karankawa

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This person, a survivor of the Narvaez expedition, wandered for a long time through what is now known as the Texas and Mexico lands and eventually found his way to safety and went on to write narratives that were collected and published in 1542 in Spain.

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca

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This person conquered the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan and subsequently Mexico City was built on its ruins

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Hernan Cortes