Texas Cultures and Texas Trivia

This earliest culture group of Texas adapted their culture to the diverse environments they encountered.

• Hispanic Texans

• African American Texans

• Pioneers

• Native Americans

By about AD 1000, many American Indian groups were building...

• wooden boats

• homemade weapons

• Permanent villages and cities in Texas

• luxurious missions

In the 1500s, these nomadic groups began moving across the Great Plains.

• Kiowa, Karankawa, Pueblo

• Karankawa, Tonkawa, Caddo

• Spanish, French, Portuguese

• Apache, Comanche, and other Plains Tribes

During the 1900s, immigration of this groups slowed due to prejudices which existed against them due to the World Wars.

• Irish

• African Americans

• Germans

• Indian

According to Texas population figures from 2010, order the Texas people groups from most to least in number:

• Irish, German, Native American, Asian

• Asian, Native American, African American, Anglo

• Anglo, Hispanic, African American, Asian

• African American, Hispanic, Anglo, Asian

Many German colonists chose to settle in this part of Texas.

• Hill Country

• Panhandle

• Mountains and Basins

• Central Plains

The approximate population of Texas as of 2020 is:

• 300 million

• 3 million

• 484,000

• 29 million

After the Civil War, emancipation (the end of slavery) finally came to Texas on June 19, 1865. Known as Juneteenth, Emancipation Day commemorates the day that federal troops entered Texas to ensure the freedom of roughly 180,000 people, one third of Texas’ population.

This directly impacted which culture group of Texans?

• Asian Americans

• Irish Americans

• African Americans

• Native Americans

Which of the following culture groups were impacted most by the Civil Rights movement? Check all that apply.

• African Americans

• Hispanics

• Native Americans

• German Americans

Many immigrants from this group fled their country and came to Texas during the 1840s because of the Potato Famine.

• Native Americans

• Irish Americans

• Hispanics

• Eskimos