CBA FALL Tx History Study Guide

Which of the following Native American groups were present in Texas before European exploration?

• Plains

• Gulf

• Puebloan

• All of the above.

Cabeza de Vaca explored Texas after being ________.

• Shipwrecked

• Invited

• Lost

• Captured

What was a result of European exploration on Native groups?

• Peaceful coexistence

• Introduction of new trade items

• No impact

• Cultural exchange

José de Escandón is known as the 'Father of the Lower Rio Grande Valley' for ________.

• Building missions

• Founding settlements

• Leading expeditions

• Trading with natives.

Some missions altered natural landscapes by creating ________.

• Roads

• Irrigation systems

• Forts

• Schools

The Karankawa used dugout canoes to travel the ________.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf Coast

• Pacific Ocean

• Mississippi River

Cabeza de Vaca recorded information about ________.

• European settlers

• Native American tribes

• Spanish missions

• Trade routes

The impact of European exploration included new trade items and ________.

• A) Peaceful coexistence

• B) Conflicts

• C) Cultural exchange

• D) No impact.

What was the key event that marked Mexico's independence from Spain?

• Mexico won independence in 1821

• The Battle of Medina

• The Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition

• Empresario land grants.

Who was José Gutiérrez de Lara and what was his role in Mexican independence?

• A revolutionary leader who formed the Republican Army of the North

• A Spanish royalist

• A settler seeking economic opportunity

• A leader of the empresario land grants.