WorksheetsProud to be Texan
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a change or adding a statement to a document?
a)
Annex
b)
Appoint
c)
Amendment
d)
Law
2.
What is adding to one's own territory to form a larger country?
a)
annex
b)
amendment
c)
election
d)
term
3.
What is the Texas state flower?
a)
Poppy
b)
Catus
c)
Sunflower
d)
Bluebonnet
4.
Who was the 1st African-American woman elected to the Texas Senate?
a)
Barbara Boxer
b)
Fanny McFarland
c)
Barbara Jordan
d)
Ima Hogg
5.
What is the Texas state dish?
a)
enchiladas
b)
chili
c)
BBQ
d)
steak
6.
A mountainous area in the west Texas desert where the Rio Grande makes a sharp turn.
a)
Pala Duro Canyon
b)
Caddo Lake
c)
Big Bend
d)
Angelina National Forest
7.
What is a proposed law that is presented to Senators and Representatives to vote on?
a)
bill
b)
law
c)
debate
d)
constitution
8.
What name did Native Americans, who fought the African-American Calvary, give to the men of the 9th and 10th cavalry?
a)
Vaqueros
b)
Roughnecks
c)
Blue Shirts
d)
Buffalo Soldiers
9.
What building do the Senators and Representatives work and meet in?
a)
Austin City Hall
b)
Texas State Capitol
c)
J.J. Pickle Federal Building
d)
Homer Thornberry Building
10.
Who is a Spanish conqueror in North and South America?
a)
missionary
b)
Vaquero
c)
Governor
d)
Conquistador
11.
What are the laws of a nation or state that establish the powers of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people?
a)
bill
b)
senator
c)
constitution
d)
election
12.
Who worked with cattle and took them up the trail to the train stations to be shipped to the eastern markets?
a)
cowboys
b)
Buffalo Soldiers
c)
Mexican Vaquaros
d)
bull riders
13.
Who was the Tennessee congressman, known as the King of the Frontier, who fought and died at the Alamo?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Davy Crockett
c)
William Travis
d)
Stephen F. Austin
14.
What is a form of government in which the supreme power is given to the people?
a)
socialism
b)
aristocracy
c)
communism
d)
democracy
15.
The statue that sits atop the dome of the Texas State Capitol building.
a)
Statue of Liberty
b)
Angelina Eberly
c)
Goddess of Liberty
d)
Susana Dickinson
16.
What do you call the person who is the head of a state or chief executive. Today, this person is Greg Abbott in Texas.
a)
Governor
b)
President
c)
Senator
d)
representative
17.
What is the branch of government that has the power to interpret laws and consists of courts and judges.
a)
Executive Branch
b)
Legislative Branch
c)
Judicial Branch
18.
These protectors of the Texas frontier were a diverse group and included Anglos, Hispanics, and American Indians.
a)
Buffalo Soldiers
b)
Texas Rangers
c)
Cowboys
d)
Mexican Vaquero
19.
This branch of government has the power to make laws.
a)
Judicial
b)
Legislative
c)
Executive
20.
What is a Texas natural wonder (also known as the Grand Canyon of Texas) that was carved by a branch of the Red River?
a)
Llano Estacado
b)
Big Bend
c)
Palo Duro Canyon
21.
This landform is also called the "Staked Plains". It is one of the largest tablelands in North America.
a)
Llano Estacado
b)
Palo Duro Canyon
c)
Big Bend
d)
Gulf of Mexico
22.
Davy Crockett's gun.
a)
Old Painless
b)
Ole Besty
c)
Colt Peacemaker
d)
The Mule
23.
Breed of cattle that was very hardy and had very long horns.
a)
Bighorns
b)
Angus
c)
Longhorns
d)
Beefmaster
24.
Texas State insect.
a)
Monarch Butterfly
b)
Praying Mantis
c)
Dogface Butterfly
d)
7-Spotted Ladybug
25.
Native Americans used pods from this tree to make tea, syrup, and ground meal.
a)
Bur Oak
b)
mesquite
c)
pecan
d)
mulberry
26.
Father of Texas
a)
Sam Houston
b)
William Barret Travis
c)
Stephen F. Austin
d)
Moses Austin
27.
The place where legend has it that the Father of Texas, Stephen F. Austin, signed the first boundary treaty with the local Indians.
a)
Treaty Oak
b)
Washington on the Brazos
c)
San Jacinto
d)
San Antonio
28.
Who is a "Roughneck"?
a)
bull rider
b)
cowboy
c)
oilfield worker
d)
senator
29.
Who is a person sent to do religious or charity work?
a)
cowboy
b)
missionary
c)
vaquero
d)
Goddess of Liberty
30.
Working cowboy from Spain or Mexico.
a)
cowboy
b)
roughneck
c)
vaquero
d)
ranger
31.
The first president of the Republic of Texas
a)
Davy Crockett
b)
William B. Travis
c)
Sam Houston
d)
Stephen F. Austin
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