3rd 1st 9 Weeks Test TXHIST

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Using the map and your knowledge of Texas geography, which geographic factors BEST explains why agriculture has historically been successful in parts of Texas?

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Fertile soil and favorable climate supported farming in certain regions.

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Which inference about Texas is supported by a comparison of the two maps?

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Population density is greater where annual rainfall is greater.

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How did the construction of the Galveston Seawall and raising of the land reflect the way Texans adapted to their environment?

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It demonstrated how Texans modified their physical environment to reduce the impact of natural disasters.

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The Karankawa tribe was known for inhabiting the Texas Gulf Coast. Which best describes their type of lifestyle?

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Fishermen and coastal nomads

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Which statement BEST explains the lasting legacy of Spanish colonization in Texas? A. Spanish missions established farming, ranching, and Catholic traditions that continue to shape Texas culture today, B. Spanish missions focused only on trade, leaving little influence on Texas society. C. The missions primarily weakened Texas culture by replacing all Native traditions with French customs. D. Spanish colonization had little impact because settlers abandoned the missions after independence.

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Spanish missions established farming, ranching, and Catholic traditions that continue to shape Texas culture today.

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Two reasons for European exploration to the New World were:

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To find gold and to spread Christianity.

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Which statement best explains why Spain stopped building missions in Texas in the late 1700s? Options: The missions had failed to achieve a true Spanish presence in Texas, The missions had grown too powerful and were a threat to Spanish control of its colony, All the Native Americans of Texas had become hostile, were converted, or killed, The French threat to Texas had largely disappeared

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All the Native Americans of Texas had become hostile, were converted, or killed

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How did access to natural resources shape differences between Plains and Puebloan cultures?

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Plains tribes followed buffalo herds, while Puebloan groups farmed in arid lands using irrigation.

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Which economic change in Texas most directly resulted from the introduction of new plants and animals during the Columbian Exchange?

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Ranching became an important economic activity with the introduction of cattle.

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Which fact would be most relevant for a student writing a paper about American Indians in Texas? The Europeans saw the American Indians as superior and had great respect for the cultures, Geographic factors of Texas determined whether American Indians were nomadic or sedentary, American Indians adopted the idea of “owning land” from Spanish conquistadores, Treaties were always successful in creating peace and determining boundaries between Anglos and American Indians

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Geographic factors of Texas determined whether American Indians were nomadic or sedentary