2021 Fall Semester Review

Which region received the LEAST amount of annual precipitation?

• Coastal Plains

• North Central Plains

• Great Plains

• Mountains and Basins

Which region of Texas receives the most rain and has the lowest elevation?

• Mountains and Basins

• North Central Plains

• Great Plains

• Coastal Plains

What was the purpose of the mission system?

• To expand French culture

• To convert Native Americans to Catholics

• To move the Native Americans from the land

• to defeat the Aztecs

Which cities have a Spanish influence?

• El Paso, Dallas and Houston

• Amarillo, San Antonio, and Arlington

• El Paso, Amarillo, San Antonio

• Dallas, Fort Worth, and Galveston

What happened in 1845?

• San Antonio was founded.

• Battle at the Alamo

• Compromise of 1850

• Texas annexed( joined) into the U.S

* Largest natural region in Texas

* Border include the Sabine River and the Gulf of Mexico

* Rich black soil, good for raising cattle

* Austin and Houston

The items above are characteristics of which geographic region of Texas?

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• Coastal Plains

The Great Plains region compared to the Coastal Plains region has -

• more rivers

• a higher elevation

• more beaches

• a higher population

* Europeans from Spain & France explore & document Texas

* Europeans claim land & resources

* First map of Texas created Pineda in 1519

• Spanish Colonial Era

• Age of Contact

• Revolution and Republic Era

• Mexican National Era

Which explorer created the first map of Texas coastline in 1519?

• Coronado

• de Vaca

• de Pineda

• LaSalle

True or False:

Puebloan cultures lived in tipis and were nomadic, but Southeastern cultures lived in adobe huts.

• True

• False