Social Studies DCA Review

What was built to commemorate Texas’s independence from Mexico?

• San Jacinto Monument
• Washington-on-the-Brazos
• Point Isabel Lighthouse
  
• McDonald Observatory
  

A map legend —

• shows the distance between places on a map
  
• shows the four cardinal directions on a map
• shows what the symbols on the map stand for
• shows political boundaries and capital cities on a map
  

Look at the bar graph. Then answer the question.

Which of the following is correct?

• El Paso gets more precipitation than Lubbock.
• Lubbock gets more precipitation than El Paso.
  
• Fort Worth gets less precipitation than Lubbock.
• Beaumont gets less precipitation than Fort Worth.
  

To gather water for drinking, farming, and other uses, Texans have modified the environment by creating —

• aquifers
  
• droughts
  
• reservoirs
• waterways

Look at the photograph. Then answer the question. 

In which region of Texas could you take this photograph?

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

Look at the map. Then answer the question.
According to the map, what continent did the first American Indian groups in North America come from?

• Beringia
  
• Asia
• North America
• South America
  

In which region of Texas did both the Caddo and the Karankawa live?

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

 Look at the map. Then answer the question. 
According to the map, which Spanish explorer probably learned the most about Texas during his travels and had the greatest impact on later settlement there? 

• Coronado
  
• De Moscoso
  
• Oñate
  
• Cabeza de Vaca
  

Which leader took an active role in the Texas Revolution as commander of the Texas army and president of the Texas Republic?

• Stephen F. Austin
• David G. Burnet
  
• Sam Houston
• Lorenzo de Zavala

Which of the following was an early cause of the Texas Revolution?

• Santa Anna had Stephen F. Austin arrested.
• Santa Anna slowed immigration from the United States.
  
• Santa Anna agreed with the Mexican Constitution of 1824.
  
• Santa Anna agreed to give enslaved people in Texas their freedom.