Final exam Review

How many geographic regions are located in Texas?

• 6
• 2
• 4
• 1

What are the names of the geographic regions of Texas?

• Plains, Mountains, Basins, Coast
• Mountains and Valleys, Central Plains, Great Plains, Coastal Plains
• Mountains and Basins, North Central Plains, Great Plains, Ocean Plains
• Coastal Plains, Great Plains, Mountains and Basins, North Central Plains

A Spanish soldier-explorer who sought personal riches and power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain, in the conquest for the Americas

• conquistador

• missionary

• representative

• privateer

Religious settlements

• province

• stockade

• mission

• conquest

Who am I: I sailed the Gulf in Mexico in 1519, mapping it and claiming the land around it for Spain

• De Soto
• Cortes
• Columbus
• Pineda

I established Fort St. Louis after not finding the Mississippi River:

• La Salle

• Cornado

• Onate

• Moscoso

A Spanish fort is called a -

• friar

• ranchero

• presidio

• mission

What event marked the beginning of the Mexican National era?

• Mexico's independence in 1821

• the unification of Coahuila and Texas in one state in 1824

• the passage of the 1824 colonization law

• the founding of San Felipe de Austin in 1824

First American empresario who successfully brought 300 families to Texas -

• Stephen F. Austin

• Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Vicente Guerrero

Who led the first wave of American Settlers into Texas?

• Stephen F. Austin

• Davey Crockett

• William Travis

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana