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The Balcones Escarpment creates a natural border between the Coastal Plains, North Central Plains, and the Great High Plains.

• True

• False

What region is this?

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

What region is this?

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

In what year did Alvarez de Pineda explore the  Texas coastline?

• 1519
• 1528
• 1541
• 1542

Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?

• Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.
• American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers.
• Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.
• Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold.

Why did the Spanish adopt the process of building missions and presidios?

• to help the local Indians maintain their Indian lands and expand the Indian cultures.
• to research the local Indians and publish Academic reports on world cultures.
• To claim the land for Spain, also convert the local Indians to Christianity, grow settlements and towns
• to find better lands for the French.

What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?

• Cibola was a disease that wiped out many Spaniards.
• Cibola was a legend about seven cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas.
• Cibola was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed on the Texas coast.
• Cibola was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio.

Which Native culture hunted buffalo?

• Southeastern Culture
• Coastal Culture
• Plains Culture
• Pueblo Culture

What culture lived in adobe homes?

• Pueblo Culture
• Gulf Culture
• Plains Culture
• All of the above 

Which is the BEST example of Native Americans modifying their environment?

• Karankawa use dugout canoes and spears to fish in salty marshes
• Jumano (Pueblo) Indians used irrigation for their crops
• Western Gulf Culture Indians traded goods with the Spanish 
• Plains culture Indians elected chiefs to lead the tribes