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WorksheetsEOC REVIEW
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what year did a Spanish explorer first chart the Texas coast?
a)
1632
b)
1519
c)
1432
d)
1824
2.
Who mapped the Texas Coast in 1519?
a)
Alvarez de Pineda
b)
Cabeza de Vaca
c)
Father Hidalgo
d)
Jim Bowie
3.
Why did the Spanish explore Texas?
a)
To be famous
b)
To become more educated
c)
Gold, God, Glory
d)
To build the Alamo
4.
Which explorer was shipwrecked, enslaved by Indians, then escaped and wrote a book about it?
a)
Cabeza de Vaca
b)
Pineda
c)
La Salle
d)
Massenete
5.
What was the name of the book Cabeza de Vaca wrote?
a)
Count Dracula
b)
The Young & The Restless
c)
Victory or Death
d)
La Relacion
6.
When was La Relacion written?
a)
1824
b)
1539
c)
1519
d)
1929
7.
What was the name of the French explorer who landed in Matagorda Bay and built a fort in Texas?
a)
Robert LaSalle
b)
Pineda
c)
Cabeza de Vaca
d)
Cortez
8.
How did the Spanish colonize Texas beginning in 1682?
a)
Native American Living
b)
Huts
c)
Mission-Presidio System
d)
Church
9.
· What was the name of the first mission established in 1682?
a)
The Battle of Gonzalez
b)
The Alamo
c)
Corpus Christi de la Yselta
d)
Love & Hip Hop
10.
In what year was the San Antonio Mission started?
a)
1718
b)
1519
c)
1929
d)
1948
11.
Large fields for farming, near water, near a presidio for protection, run by a friar to convert Native Americans to Catholicism-Desribes?
a)
presidio
b)
mission
c)
native american village
d)
south texas
12.
By what other name is the San Antonio Mission known?
a)
Galveston
b)
Peaceful Valley
c)
San Jacinto Monument
d)
The Alamo
13.
A person waging an unofficial war on a country in an effort to take over-this describes....
a)
cowboy
b)
filibuster
c)
soldier
d)
general
14.
Which two filibusters did we discuss in this unit?
a)
Austin & Lemar
b)
Bowie & Houston
c)
Nolan & Long
d)
Vlad & Dracula
15.
Agents who tried to settle areas of Texas for Mexico were known as
a)
Tejanos
b)
Empresarios
c)
Union
d)
Confederates
16.
Why did Mier y Teran write a report that resulted in restrictions on any more Americans moving into Texas?
a)
Oil company growth
b)
Food shortages
c)
The increase of Americans living in Texas.
d)
The Mexican's wanted their lands back
17.
the first settlers of Austin’s colony
a)
Anglo American
b)
pioneer
c)
empresario
d)
Old Three Hundred
18.
Compare Francisco Hidalgo and Fray Damian Massanet.
a)
Two explorers.
b)
A store.
c)
Both priests colonized the Caddo Indians of East Texas.
d)
Were both part of the French expedition
19.
Texas Rangers were created for what purpose?
a)
Herd buffalo
b)
Fight against Santa Anna
c)
Play baseball
d)
Stop Native American attacks on early TX settlers
20.
What region were most cotton plantations at in Texas?
a)
North Central
b)
Great Plains
c)
Mountains & Basins
d)
Coastal Plains
21.
What are the defining characteristics of this era?
a)
William Travis and the Alamo
b)
Empresario grants
c)
World War 1
d)
Cattle drives and wars with American Indians
22.
What facilitated the settlement of the Texas frontier (West Texas)?
a)
Railroads went through Texas
b)
Beef was in high demand in the Northern and Eastern states and longhorn were plentiful in West Texas.
c)
Cotton was the biggest cash crop
d)
New cattle breeds were discovered
23.
Who supported the creation of the Texas Railroad Commission to protect Texans from unfair practices
a)
William B. Travis
b)
Gov. James Hogg
c)
Oliver Loving
d)
John Chisholm
24.
The discovery of oil and the growth of railroads led to??
a)
The destabilization of Texas
b)
World War 1
c)
The urbanization of Texas.
d)
The oilization of Texas
25.
T/F: The oil boom led to The Great Depression?
a)
True
b)
False
26.
In what year was oil discovered at Spindletop?
a)
1910
b)
1019
c)
1901
d)
1919
27.
Which amendment provided women with the right to vote in the US?
a)
15th
b)
18th
c)
19th
d)
17th
28.
What economic industry goes through the boom and bust cycle because of international conflict?
a)
Gas
b)
Fish
c)
oil
d)
lumber
29.
How does the elevation of Texas change if you travel from east (Coastal Plains) to west (Mountains and Basins)?
a)
It starts out high, gets low, and high again.
b)
It starts off low and gets higher
c)
It starts out high and gets lower
d)
It it doesn't change
30.
How does the elevation of Texas change if you travel from east (Coastal Plains) to west (Mountains and Basins)?
a)
It starts out high, gets low, and high again.
b)
It starts off low and gets higher
c)
It starts out high and gets lower
d)
It it doesn't change
31.
Who became president after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963?
a)
Lyndon B, Johnson
b)
Lee Harvey Oswald
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
32.
Tidelands refers to what?
a)
Area just off the coast that was thought to possibly contain oil.
b)
Body of water that contains good fishing.
c)
Area off the coast that has good opportunity for trade.
33.
Which two filibusters did we discuss in this unit?
a)
Martin De Leon & Green Dewitt
b)
Sam Houston & William B. Travis
c)
Phillip Nolan and Dr. James Long
d)
Mirabeau Lamar & Fray Damian Massanet
34.
I founded the largest Anglo colony in Texas...
a)
Stephen F. Austin
b)
Moses Austin
35.
Continuing Father Hidalgo’s revolution this two people went on an expedition to free their people from Spanish rule...
a)
Lewis & Clark
b)
Gutierrez and Magee
36.
What amendment did the National Woman's Party want to see ratified?
a)
19th
b)
15th
c)
1st
d)
14th
37.
After WWI, the Texas economy grew because of what industry?
a)
Cotton
b)
Cattle
c)
Railroads
d)
oil
38.
What did the Compromise of 1850 settle?
a)
Boundary dispute between TX and NM
b)
Where Native Americans would live
c)
The southern border of TX
d)
Who would bring dessert to dinner
39.
What do both the TX and Federal Constitution require?
a)
Allow states to hire soldiers
b)
Allows states to declare war
c)
3 branches of government
d)
Debtor's prison
40.
Clerk, Judge, Sheriff, Tax Collector, are examples of which type of employees?
a)
City
b)
State
c)
County
d)
Federal
41.
Why did Texas create so many man-made lakes?
a)
To provide water for droughts
b)
To hold flood waters
c)
To make camp grounds
d)
To increase tourism
42.
Texas leads the country in what kind of energy?
a)
Natural gas
b)
Solar
c)
Coal
d)
Wind Farms
43.
Before TX won independence from Mexico, citizens had to . . .
a)
Become a Mexican citizen
b)
Become Catholic
c)
Be a good citizen
d)
All of the above
44.
What caused industrial development to move inland and away from the Coast?
a)
Development of Dallas
b)
Annexation of TX to the U.S.
c)
Development of malls
d)
Development of wind farms
45.
Who was William Travis?
a)
Leader at the Alamo
b)
First President of Texas
46.
How did TX change after WWII?
a)
Became more urban
b)
Embraced big government
c)
Became dominated by oil
d)
Sold record amounts of cotton
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