1st 9 weeks Study Review

During this era, Cabeza de Vaca was the first to document Indian cultures across Texas, writing La Relacion which inspired others to search for the Seven Cities of Cibola. Which in TX History is being described in the passage?

• Spanish Colonial

• Natural Texas and Its People

• Age of Contact

• Early Statehood

Age of Contact: 1492 Columbus arrived in the Americas, 1519 __________, 1537 Cabeza de Vaca reported about Cibola. What happened in 1519?

• Alvarez de Pineda mapped Texas

• Magellan began his circumnavigation of the globe

• Cortez began his conquest of the Aztec Empire

• Ponce de Leon searched for the Fountain of Youth

Most Major Cities in Texas were built near which physical characteristic?

• Plateaus

• Mountains

• Waterways

• Prairies

How did nomadic American Indian tribes meet their basic needs for food and shelter?

• Farming and ranching

• Hunting and gathering

• Alliances and Trading

• Reliance on European Explorers

As you move east from the Mountains and Basins region, what happens to the average annual precipitation?

• it increases

• it decreases

• It stays the same

• It increases, then decreases

As you move west from the Coastal Plains region, what happens to the average annual precipitation?

• it increases

• it decreases

• it stays the same

• It increases, then decreases

The name Texas comes from

• the Spanish word for tea drinkers

• The Caddo word for friend

• The Jumano word for enemy

• The French word for large area

All of the following are examples of ways that people maintain their cultural heritage EXCEPT

• Migration to new areas

• Religious Ceremonies

• Maintaining their native language

• Traditional Food and Celebrations

This explorer was captured by the Karankawas

• Estevancio

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Christopher Columbus

This explorer searched for Cibola, the city of gold.

• Estevancio

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Christopher Columbus