Texas History

What is the most important natural resource for survival?

• Water
• Food
• Shelter
• Sunlight 

Identify the 4 Geographic Regions of Texas?

• Dallas, Austin, Frisco, Houston
• Forth Worth, Denton,Plano,Mckinney
• Plains, Ocean front, Coastal, Forest
• Mountains &  Basins, Gulf Coastal Plains, Great Plains, Central Plains
  

Which of these areas of Texas receives the least amount of average rainfall?

• Panhandle
• Gulf Coast
• Hill Country
• Mountains Of West Texas

Who wrote the Texas Declaration Of Independence?

• Stephen F. Austin
• George Childress
• Lorenzo de Zavala
• David G. Burnet

What brought French explorer Rene'-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de LaSalle to the coast of Texas?

• He thought this was the Mississippi River emptied with the Gulf of Mexico
• He believed the Texas Indians had Gold
• He was looking for the "Fountain Of Youth"
• He needed a passage to Asia

1519 was significant to Texas History because in the year-

• Mexico gained power from Spain
• Missions was started
• the coast of Texas was mapped out
• Texas declared freedom from Mexico

This explorer is known for being the first to map the TX Coast Line in 1519 and claimed the territory of TX for Spain.

• Cabeza de Vaca
• Columbus
• Pineda
• LaSalle

3 Motivations for European Exploration….Hint….3 Gs

• Games, Greens, Green tea
• Gold,Grapes,Grass
• Glory, Goods, God
• GOD, GLORY, GOLD

Who is the explorer who conquered the Aztecs in 1521 and built the new city Mexico City in New Spain?

• Cortez
• Columbus
• Pineda
• LaSalle

In 1492, this explorer sailed the ocean blue and is the first to discover the New World. 

• Columbus
• LaSalle
• Pineda
• De Vaca