Sem. Exam Review Fall

Read the passage below
“Mexicans, let us break the bounds of slavery with which we have been bound for
three centuries...let us establish a congress composed of representatives of all the
cities towns and villages...maintain holy religion and frame wise and helpful laws
adapted to the circumstances of each community...”

 

In the quote above, what message was Father Hidalgo sending to the people of New
Spain?

• Slavery still existed in the Spanish colonies

• Local communities could pass their own laws

• Spaniards couldn't choose their own government

• The Catholic religion was dominant

Use the Image and your knowledge of History to answer the following question: Based on the above observations, what action did the Mexican Government take?

• Reduce taxes on anglos

• Allow more Anglos to come to Texas

• Send Mexican soldiers to enforce the laws at the border

• Build more protestant churches

What is the significance of this flag?

• At the battle of Gonzales, Texans felt their rights to keep weapons were being
  violated and they were willing to fight for those rights

• The Mexican government flew this flag at the Alamo to get the Texans to
  surrender

• This was the flag the Texans flew over the Alamo to remind Santa Anna of the
  Mexican Constitution of 1824

• This was teh flag that flew at the Battle of San Jacinto inspiring the Texans to
  fight

What was the significance of the Adams-Onis Treat?

• Spain ceded Florida to the United States and established the Sabine River as
  boundary of Texas

• It established the Rio Grande as the southern border of Texas

• It gave the Louisiana Territory to the United States as well as the Mississippi River

• It made an alliance between France and Spain

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Which for the following choices below BEST fits the definition of a filibuster?

• A man who moved to Mexico, stole horses, and sold them to American
  government

• An ex-convict who moved to Mexico, owns a ranch, and does not pay his taxes

• A Mexican woman who befriends a French soldier, and works as the local school
  teacher

• A U.S. solder who deserted the army and moved to Mexico

Which Mesoamerican civilization inspired the name for modern day Mexico City?

• Apache

• Aztecs

• Mayan

• Inca

Classify the following words into either physical or human geography:
Mountains, Factories, Roads, Rivers, Basins

• Mountains, Factories, and Rivers are physical geography, and Basins are human
  geography

• Mountains and Rivers are physical geography, and Factories and Basins are
  human geography

• Mountains, Rivers, and Basins are physical geography, and Factories and Roads
  are human geography

• Rivers and Mountains are physical geography, and Roads, Basins, and Factories
  are human geography

Which of the people below would have said this: “I was the supreme commander of
the Mexican Army. I was also the ruler of Mexico. Some people say I referred to
myself as the Napoleon of the West.”

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna

• Martin Perfecto de Cos

• Martin Deleon

• Juan Seguin

What effect would the depletion of buffalo herds have on the Plains Natives in Texas?

• There would be a greater Native American population

• The Europeans would share food with them

• .

  It became harder to take their land

• They would lack housing, food, and clothing

Identify the 4 regions of Texas?

• Coastal Mountains, North Central Plains, Great Plains, South Central Basin

• Basins and Plains, Mountains, Central Plains, South Basin

• Coastal Plains, North Central Plains, Great Plains, Mountains and Basins Regions

• 
  Coastal Basin, Mountain Rage, Great Plains, High Plains