1st Six Weeks Test Review

What similarity do the Great Plains and Coastal Plains have? 

• Both have high humidity weather
• Both lack significant water resources
• Both have mountain ranges
• Both have flat land

Which is not a Region of Texas? 

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

Which Region in Texas is the most populated?

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

How does the physical environment of the Coastal Texas region COMPARE with that of the Mountains and Basins region? 

• Coastal Texas has more desert
• Mountains and Basins regions have more rivers
• Coastal Texas has a lower elevation
• Mauntains and Basins regions have more rainfall

All of the following are characteristics of the mission-building era in Texas EXCEPT?

• American Indians were encouraged to learn a trade
• Missions were used as a way to claim land
• Forts were built to protect missions
• American Indians were prevented from accepting Catholicism 

In 1519 which Spanish explorer became the first European to study and map out the Texas coastline? 

• Juan de Onate
• Alonso Alvarez de Pineda 
• Panfilo de Narvaez 
• Hernan Cortes

Which of the following was a negative effect of the Spanish missions in Texas?

• Diseases brought by Spanish missionaries killed many American Indians
• American Indians were moved to the coast to make room for the missionaries
• American Indians starved because buffalo were completely wiped out by the missionaries
• Fighting broke out among American Indians over trade with the missionaries

What was the effect of Cabeza de Vaca's journey through Texas in 1535-1536?

• gold he found as he traveled through Texas. 
• Cabeza de Vaca's expedition taught the French that Texas was not a place that should be settled
• Cabeza de Vaca founded the settlement of Galveston
• Cabeza de Vaca's stories about his journey became the reason other conquistadores wanted to explore Texas 

Why did Father Francisco Hidalgo ask for help from the French governor in Louisiana? 

• He hoped to trade with Native Americans without Spanish permission 
• He wanted to expand the first Spanish
• He wanted to expand the f
  crst mission into a town
• He wanted to rebuild the mission at San Francisco de los Tejas

Which headline could have occurred in 1519? 

• Cortes Defeats Aztecs!
• Pineda Maps Coastline of Texas!
• La Salle Lands at Gulf Coast!
• Coronado Crosses Texas!