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WorksheetsTexas History Pre-Quiz
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What year did the battle of the Alamo take place?
a)
1840
b)
1836
c)
1839
d)
1845
2.
Which of the following rivers serves as a boundary of Texas?
a)
Red River
b)
San Antonio River
c)
Mississippi River
d)
Gonzales River
3.
What two major cities are located in the Panhandle of Texas?
a)
Lubbock and Amarillo
b)
Houston and Austin
c)
El Paso and Abilene
d)
Tyler and Dallas
4.
What is the only state larger in population than Texas?
a)
Alaska
b)
New York
c)
California
d)
Alabama
5.
Who was the Mexican commander at the Battle of the Alamo?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
Pancho Villa
d)
Santa Anna
6.
What was the name of the final battle of the Texas Revolution?
a)
Battle of Goliad
b)
Battle of San Jacinto
c)
Battle of Gonzales
d)
Battle of San Antonio
7.
What country did Texas declare independence from during the Texas Revolution?
a)
France
b)
England
c)
Mexico
d)
Spain
8.
Who was the first elected president of the Republic of Texas?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Mirabeau Lamar
c)
Anson Jones
d)
David G. Burnett
9.
What year did Texas join the United States?
a)
1836
b)
1840
c)
1845
d)
1832
10.
Texas was the ____ state to join the union?
a)
13th
b)
20th
c)
38th
d)
28th
11.
Where did the first major discovery of oil take place?
a)
Baston
b)
Spindletop
c)
Sour Lake
d)
Humble
12.
What Texas city was devastated by a huge hurricane on September 8, 1900 (the worst natural disaster in American history)?
a)
Galveston
b)
Corpus Christi
c)
Port Aransas
d)
Dallas
13.
What year did Mexico gain independence from Spain?
a)
1820
b)
1821
c)
1839
d)
1836
14.
The treaty signed at the conclusion of the Texas Revolution?
a)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
b)
Treaty of Velasco
c)
Treaty of Gonzales
d)
Treaty of San Antonio
15.
What was the first battle of the Texas Revolution?
a)
Battle of Gonzales
b)
Battle of Goliad
c)
Battle of San Jacinto
d)
Battle of the Alamo
16.
Who wrote the “Victory or Death” letter?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Davy Crockett
c)
Jim Bowie
d)
William Travis
17.
Major battle of the Texas Revolution where all prisoners were executed?
a)
Battle of Goliad
b)
Battle of San Jacinto
c)
Battle of San Antonio
d)
Battle of Gonzales
18.
Who wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Stephen F. Austin
c)
George Childress
d)
William Travis
19.
What event in Texas history is associated with this flag?
a)
Battle of San Jacinto
b)
Battle of Gonzales
c)
Battle of the Alamo
d)
Battle of Trenton
20.
Which two cities have both been capitals of Texas?
a)
Houston and Austin
b)
Amarillo and Austin
c)
Houston and Lubbock
d)
Houston and Dallas
21.
Which number represents the Coastal Plains region?
a)
1
b)
4
c)
3
d)
2
22.
Who was elected president of the confederacy?
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Anson Jones
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
Ulysses Grant
23.
What spanish explorer shipwrecked on Galveston Island and lived among the Karankawa?
a)
Francisco Coronado
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Hernando Cortez
d)
Cabeza de Vaca
24.
In 1861, who was the governor of Texas who refused to secede from the Union and lost his office?
a)
Anson Jones
b)
Mirabeau Lamar
c)
Sam Houston
d)
Stephen F. Austin
25.
Why is Stephen F. Austin considered the "Father of Texas"?
a)
He was the first president of Texas after the Revolution.
b)
He led the first successful colony in Texas.
c)
He was the first to get permission to bring settlers to Texas.
d)
He defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto.
26.
U.S voters showed they wanted to annex Texas by doing what?
a)
Electing James K. Polk as president.
b)
Voting to recognize Texas' independence
c)
Electing Henry Clay as president
d)
Voting for war against Mexico
27.
Which president of Texas is considered the "Father of Education" for his work establishing lands for public schools?
a)
David G. Burnet
b)
Sam Houston
c)
Mirabeau Lamar
d)
Anson Jones
28.
What was the paper money issued during Lamar's presidency to help resolve the Republic of Texas' large debt?
a)
Archives
b)
Tariff
c)
Redbacks
d)
Annexation
29.
What was a popular belief in the U.S. during the early 1800's that the country will expand its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Annexation
b)
Archives
c)
Republic
d)
Manifest Destiny
30.
What is the significance of the three (3) G's?
a)
Motivations for European Exploration
b)
Motivations for French Exploration
c)
Reasons for slaves being transported to the new world.
d)
Reasons for Texas joining the union.
31.
French motivation for exploration was:
a)
Establishing a fur trade in the New World.
b)
Enslaving native populations.
c)
Spreading Christianity throughout the New World.
d)
Conquering all the native populations.
32.
Which explorer discovered and named Florida?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Ponce de Leon
c)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d)
John Cabot
33.
An official who rules in the name of the King or Queen:
a)
Privateer
b)
Stockade
c)
Viceroy
d)
Mission
34.
A religious settlement:
a)
Mission
b)
Viceroy
c)
Province
d)
Holy Land
35.
What is a land agent that recruited settlers to live in Texas called?
a)
Explorer
b)
Empresario
c)
Vaquero
d)
Conquistador
36.
The word for conqueror in Spanish. (were searching for gold.)
a)
Conquistador
b)
Matador
c)
Empresario
d)
Emperor
37.
Which explorer mapped the Texas coast in 1519?
a)
Alvarez de Pineda
b)
Cabeza de Vaca
c)
Coronado
d)
Montezuma
38.
Which Spanish conquistador conquered the Aztec in 1521?
a)
Francisco Pizzaro
b)
Hernando Cortez
c)
Alvarez de Pineda
d)
Christopher Columbus
39.
The ________ ended Spanish Rule in Mexico.
a)
New Mexico Treaty
b)
Treaty of New Orleans
c)
Treaty of Cordoba
d)
Adams-Onis Treaty
40.
Agustin de Iturbide's Plan de Iguala confirmed the Mexican people's devotion to the _______ Church.
a)
Spanish
b)
Catholic
c)
Protestant
d)
Orthodox
41.
A ___________ is a government in which the people elect representatives to make governmental decisions.
a)
Direct Democracy
b)
Republic
c)
Monarchy
d)
Anarchy
42.
What empresario brought over the 'Old 300' to Texas?
a)
Moses Austin
b)
Stephen F. Austin
c)
Green De Witt
d)
Martin De Leon
43.
People that live on land that does not belong to them are called what-?
a)
Squatter
b)
Centralist
c)
Anglo-American
d)
Empresario
44.
What is one effect of the Adams-Onis Treaty in 1819?
a)
Texas belonged to the U.S.
b)
Florida belonged to Spain.
c)
U.S. acknowledged they didn't own Texas.
d)
The U.S. wanted to buy Texas.
45.
To spread Catholic faith, build missions & presidios, & protect their claim from France was a purpose of Texas settlement by the- ?
a)
Spanish
b)
Mexican
c)
Anglo-Americans
d)
None of these
46.
Coming to Texas because of easy payment terms & cheap land prices were purposes of Texas settlement by- ?
a)
Anglo-Americans
b)
Mexican
c)
Spanish
d)
None of these
47.
A Federalists believed that power should be shared in the National & State government.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
A Centralist believed that the governments power should be with the National Government.
a)
True
b)
False
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