Texas History - Review of 1st Semester

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.

• Age of Contact
• Republic of Texas Era
• Natural Texas and Its People
• Mexican National Era

Which region of Texas is the largest and most populated? [and it's the one that YOU live in]

• Coastal Plains
• North Central Plains
• Mountains and Basins
• Great Plains

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

• They stayed in one place for longer periods of time
• They had a more dependable source of food
• They developed more complex societies
• ALL  OF  THESE  ANSWERS  ARE  CORRECT

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.

• Texas Revolution
• Age of Contact
• Spanish Colonial Era
• Natural Texas and Its People

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

• Coronado found the seven cities of Cibola
• Columbus discovered Australia and Antartica
• Cabeza de Vaca was killed by angry Karankawas
• Pineda mapped the coast of Texas

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.

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Columbus
• La Salle
• Coronado

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

• Spanish Colonial Era
• Natural Texas and Its People
• Republic of Texas Era
• Mexican National Era

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

• San Juan Bautista
• Diego del Paso
• Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
• San Francisco de los Tejas

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

• San Francisco de los Tejas
• San Juan Bautista
• San Antonio de Valero
• Santa Cruz de San Saba

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].

• Republic of Texas Era
• Mexican National Era
• Spanish Colonial Era
• NONE  OF  THESE  ARE  CORRECT