Unit 9-10 Social Studies

1. What was the name of the cowboy who blazed the trail with Oliver Loving?

• King Charles 1

• Charles Wooten

• Charles Goodnight

• Charles the Conqurer

2. The cattle drives would ship cattle from the _________ to the ___________ of the United States

3. What invention changed ranching and fenced in the open range?

• Saddles

• Horse Shoes

• Barbed Wire

• Barrel Racing

4. In East Texas, this is a big source of industry. It starts with an "L"

5. Windmills help ranches lose __________ herds of cattle due to drought.

• More

• Fewer

• The same amount

• None of the above

6. Gail Borden, in addition to inventing condensed milk, designed the cities of Houston and _______________.

• Odessa

• Corpus Christi

• Galveston

• El Paso

7. When you condense the milk, what does it do?

• It makes it last for a shorter time

• It makes it last for a longer time

• It changes the taste of the milk

• It adds more protein to the milk

8. When railroads came to Texas, what happened to the populations of many Texas towns?

• The populations decreased

• The populations didn't change

• The populations increased

• The populations developed sub populations

9. Forts were built because of disagreements between settlers and whom?

• The commissioners of the cities

• The gambling people in the towns

• The Native Americans

• The Texas German immigrants

10. Patillo Higgins and Anthony Lucas struck oil at what famous first Texas oil site?

• Goodnight Loving

• Amarillo

• Galveston

• Spindletop