Texas History Spring Semester Review

What is the purpose of NAFTA?

• To increase trade between all countries
• To help Canada become a more independent nation
• To eliminate the environmental issues between the nations involved

NAFTA is an agreement between all of the following countries EXCEPT

• United States
• Mexico
• Great Britain
• Canada

Name the 3 factors of production.

• Human Resources, Natural Resources, Capital Resources

• natural resources, labor, scarcity

• natural resources, human resources, entrepreneur

• natural resources, scarcity, trade off

What term refers to "a period of great growth followed by sharp decline" which was seen in the oil industry in Texas.

• the "boom and bust" cycle
• the "high and low" cycle
• the "good and bad" cycle
• the "up and down" cycle

What is one reason that the Galveston hurricane of 1900 was so devastating?

• the people of Galveston had no advance warning and no preparation
• the people of Galveston abandoned their homes in the days before the hurricane hit
• the government of Galveston was ineffective and couldn't handle what happened
• the walls that had been built weren't tall enough to withstand the hurricane

Who was a famous Comanche Indian chief who helped his people transition from their old way of life to a modern co-existence with settlers

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Christopher Columbus
• Caddo Indians
• Quannah Parker

What term refers to "a period of great growth followed by sharp decline" which was seen in the oil industry in Texas.

• the "boom and bust" cycle
• the "high and low" cycle
• the "good and bad" cycle
• the "up and down" cycle

What steps were taken in Galveston to keep hurricane destruction from happening again?

• the city was raised and a new sea wall was built

• Cline was fired

• Galveston was evacuated

• nothing was done

What was a major effect of mechanizationof farming in the United States in the late 1800s?

• The size of farms decreased

• U.S. farm exports decreased

• created fewer rural jobs because machines replaced human labor

• unemployed factory workers could find jobs in agriculture

Buffalo Soldiers got their name from

• The Native Americans
• Japanese
• White Americans