Content Connections-Texas History

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 and is the least populated?

• Panhandle

• Gulf Coast

• Hill Country

• Mountains Of West Texas

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

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 Mexico City in New Spain? (hint-1st explorer to enter Texas)

• 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

This French explorer shipwrecked on Matagorda Bay where he built Fort St. Louis and was seen as a threat to Spain.

• LaSalle
• Columbus
• Pineda
• Stephen F. Austin

The trade or transfer of goods, ideas, languages, plants, animals  etc. between the European cultures and the New World Cultures is known as what?

• The Boston Tea Party
• US Trade
• Columbian Exchange
  
• Triangle Trade

This priest asked the French for help in rebuilding missions in East Texas which caused more tension between Spain and France.

• Francisco Hildalgo
• Frances 
• James Long
• Philip Nolan