Texas History 1st Semester

How did horses get to North America? 

• The Spanish brought them when they settled the region
• Horses are native to North America
• There were never horses in America until the late 1800s
• The Native Americans sold them to the Spanish.

What is the definition of “nomadic”?

• Staying in one place and not moving.
• Moving from place to place with no permanent home. 
• Riding a horse to travel somewhere
• People who farm the land. 

What did the Apache and Comanche tribes use in order to become great warriors? 

• The horse
• The cow
• A dog
• A lion

Which colored region represents the Mountains and Basins region? 

• Pink
• Blue
• Green
• Orange

Which colored region represents the Coastal Plains? 

• Pink
• Blue
• Green
• Orange

Which colored region represents the Great Plains? 

• Pink
• Orange
• Blue
• Green

Which colored region represents the North Central Plains? 

• Blue
• Green
• Pink
• Orange

What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?

• Red River
• Rio Grande River
• Lake Travis
• Colorado River

Spanish explorers who came to North, Central, and South America for God, gold, and glory. 

• natives 
• indigenous
• conquistadors
• nomads

buildings made of adobe bricks, some are 2 or 3 stories tall, that Indians who lived in the desert built and lived in 

• pueblos
• tipis
• huts
• wigwams