TEXAS HISTORY EOY REVIEW

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST COMPLETES THE DIAGRAM?

• REASONS FOR ESTABLISHING SPANISH MISSIONS

• EFFECTS OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION

• CAUSES OF THE EXPLORATION OF TEXAS

• IMPACT OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE

Which of the following statements best explains the economic impact of the oil industry on the industrialization of Texas?

• The growth of the oil industry had little impact on the industrialization of Texas.

• The oil industry dramatically altered energy and transportation industries in Texas.

• Pollution from oil refineries slowed down the pace of industrialization in Texas.

• Oil production limited indistrialization in Texas.

THE CHARACTERISTICS LISTED IN THE BOX REFER TO WHICH MAJOR ERA IN TEXAS HISTORY?

• CIVIL WAR

• COTTON, CATTLE & RAILROADS

• AGE OF OIL

• AGE OF CONTACT

AS COMPARED TO THE CLIMATE OF EL PASO, THE CLIMATE OF DALLAS IS –

• HOTTER & DRIER

• WETTER

• INFLUENCED BY HIGHER ELEVATION

• UNAFFECTED BY OCEAN CURRENTS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS LIKE THE ONE DESCRIBED ABOVE?

• OIL DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS STRONGER DRILL BITS, ALLOWED FOR DEEPER DRILLING AND INCREASED OIL PRODUCTION.

• NEW DRILL BITS HELPED THE OIL INDUSTRY REDUCE POLLUTION AND WASTE.

• INNOVATIONS ALLOWED ALL TEXANS TO BENEFIT FROM THE WEALTH PRODUCED BY THE OIL INDUSTRY.

• TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS RARELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON INDUSTRY.

WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES ARE THE SPEAKERS DISCUSSING?

• TEXAS ANNEXATION

• RUNAWAY SLAVES

• CIVIL WAR

• TEXAS INDEPENDENCE

THE IMPORT AND EXPORT DATA ON THE GRAPHIC SUPPORTS WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS

• ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN MEXICO WOULD HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE TEXAS ECONOMY.

• THE VALUE OF CHINESE EXPORTS TO TEXAS DECLINED FROM 2011 - 2013

• FOREIGN TRADE IS NOT VERY IMPORTANT TO THE TEXAS ECONOMY.

• TEXAS HAS DEVELOPED AN INTERDEPENDENT ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH MANY COUNTRIES.

THE TEXAS BORDER DISPUTE ILLUSTRATED IN THIS MAP WAS SETTLED BY THE –

• FREDONIAN REBELLION

• CIVIL WAR

• COMPROMISE OF 1850

• TEXAS REVOLUTION

"BOON AND BUST" CYCLES ARE BEST DESCRIBED AS –

• PERIODS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF ECONOMIC DECLINE.

• THE IMPACT OF NEW WEAPONS DURING TIMES OF WAR.

• PERIODS OF TIME DURING WHICH A STATE'S POPULATION GROWS, THEN DECLINES.

• TIMES IN LIFE IN WHICH EVERYTHING GOES YOUR WAY, BUT ONLY FOR A SHORT TIME.

DURING THE 1870'S, DUE TO INCREASING DEMAND IN EASTERN U.S. CITIES FOR CATTLE PRODUCTS RESULTED IN –

• THE GREAT DEPRESSION

• LOWER PROFITS FOR TEXAS CATTLE RANCHERS

• THE COLLAPSE OF THE COTTON INDUSTRY IN TEXAS

• CATTLE DRIVES TO ENSURE THAT SUPPLY MET CONSUMER DEMAND