Unit 3 Review Social Studies

Unit 3 Review Social Studies

Multiple Choice

How did Stephen F. Austin and Martin de Leon most influence the settlement of Texas?

• They persuaded Mexico to give independence to Texas so more settlers would immigrate.

• Their leadership convinced many new settlers to live in Texas.

• They, along with thousands of new settlers, established Houston.

• They established San Antonio and started many successful businesses there.

Multiple Choice

What were the motivations of early European explorers in the southwest and Texas?

• They wanted personal gain, mostly seeking wealth from supposed gold deposits in the area.

• They were sent by European leaders to find natural resources, like coal and silver, to load on ships and bring back to Europe.

• They were seeking land, natural resources, and control of land areas for their countries.

• They were given permission by European leaders to form new colonies as a reward for their loyalty.

Multiple Choice

What were the economic motivations that Stephen F. Austin and Martin de Leon had for bringing settlers to Texas?

• They were only interested in getting rich, so they brought settlers to Texas to work the land and look for gold for the men.

• Austin wanted to fulfill his father’s legacy and run successful settlements, while De Leon wanted to ensure he had enough land so that his children could have ranches.

• They desired to make money to send back to the United States government to help with the fight to make Texas a U.S. state.

• They wanted to collect money to help with the fight to make Texas part of the United States.

Multiple Choice

Why did Spain established Catholic missions in Texas?

• They assisted the native people in their fight against the Americans.

• to introduce American Indians to the Catholic religion and to maintain a Spanish presence in Texas

• They maintained forts in Texas in case they were needed for military purposes against Americans.

• They introduced native people to the Catholic religion and traded for furs and pottery.

Multiple Choice

How was the settlement of Texas affected by the economic motivations of Stephen F. Austin and Martin de Leon?

• They used money from their companies to assist Texans in establishing better transportation routes.

• They never pursued their economic interest, so they had minimal impact on Texas settlements.

• Spain encouraged the settlement of Texas by offering them free land.

• Texas developed an improved transportation system with money that they invested.

Multiple Choice

How did the outcome of the Mexican War of Independence affect Texas’ development?

• Mexico gained control of Texas and set up a democratic government, so more settlers moved to Texas

• Mexico’s victory over the Spanish deterred many new settlers from moving to Texas because they disliked Mexico’s leader.

• Mexico’s victory over Spain in the war discouraged many new settlers from moving to Texas because of Mexico’s dictator.

• Spain continued to control Texas at the end of the war, which left settlers uneasy about moving there.

Multiple Choice

How did Francisco Coronado’s explorations provide important information despite never finding the cities of gold for which he had searched?

• Santa Anna used the information that Coronado had gathered to move his own armies north into Texas.

• He gathered material that helped Americans establish cities in areas with many resources.

• He helped Santa Anna locate routes north to attack the rebel armies.

• His maps were used by Spain to establish settlements and locate copper and silver resources.

Multiple Choice

How did Jose de Escandon affect the expansion of New Spain?

• He discouraged New Spain from expanding south and stopped new missions from being established.

• Many towns and missions in southern Texas were established by him for Spain.

• After Spain decided to stop funding New Spain, he convinced Spain to send the money to him for settlements.

• He attempted to establish new settlements but had little impact because he was unsuccessful as a businessman.

Multiple Choice

How did settlers in Texas impact the Mexican War of Independence?

• Settlers in Texas fought with the Spanish army because they needed support from Spain.

• Settlers in Texas failed to consider the war to be their problem, so they stayed out of the fighting for the most part.

• They fought alongside Mexico against Spain and Spanish rule.

• They fought based on their country of origin.

Multiple Choice

As a result of European exploration, an exchange of ideas, products, plants, animals, and diseases known as the Columbian Exchange occurred.

• True

• False

Multiple Select

What happened First?

• Spain established missions in Texas.

• Explorer Coronado searches for cities of gold around Texas and the southwest.

Multiple Select

What Happened First?

• Spain loses control of Texas.

• Empresario Stephan F. Austin brings hundreds of settlers to Texas

Multiple Select

What Happened First?

• The Louisiana Purchas expands the size of the United States.

• Spain Founds Missions in Texas.

Multiple Choice

Empresarios did not aid with the colonization of Texas by guiding more settlers into the area.

• True

• False