Texas History Review

What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas

• Cibola was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio.

• Cibola was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed on the Texas coast.

• Cibola was a legend about seven cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas.

• Cibola was a disease that wiped out many Spaniards.

What do the Great Plains and the Gulf Coastal Plains regions have in common?

• Both lack significant water resources.

• Both have a thriving forestry industry.

• Both have flat land.

• Both have high humidity.

Based on the information in the map, how is the amount of precipitation in East Texas different from the amount in West Texas?

• East Texas gets more rain than West Texas.

• West Texas gets more snow than the Texas Panhandle.

• East Texas gets approximately 35 cm or less precipitation per year

• West Texas gets more than 95 cm of precipitation per year.

Adobe homes are made from ___

• sticks and stones

• straw and dried mud

• diamonds and ice

• bricks and mortar

These tribes lived in teepees and primarily hunted buffalo for their food

• Mountains and Basins

• Plains Culture

• Gulf Culture

• North Central

What region receives the MOST precipitation per year?

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Coastal Plains

_________ is the amount of water that falls from the sky per year.

• precipitation

• elevation

• evaporation

• population

One way Mexican officials tried to maintain Mexican culture when issuing land grants to Anglo empresarios was by —

• introducing Spanish foods to the new settlers.

• expecting Anglo settlers to wear Spanish clothing.

• administering Spanish literacy tests to settlers.

• requiring settlers to practice the Catholic religion.

 Religious communities established by Spanish Catholics

• Missions

• Presidios

• Rancho

• Hacienda

Military bases in Spanish Colonial America designed to protect the missions from American Indian attacks

• Missions

• Presidios

• Haciendas

• Ranchos