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WorksheetsTexas History Fall Semester Exam Review
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
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Class
Date
1.
What was the Peace Party?
a)
A group that favored working toward peace with Mexico
b)
A group that favored attacking Matamoros
c)
A group that favored complete separation from Mexico at any cost
d)
A group that strived to create peaceful relations with Native Americans
2.
Why did the Battle of Goliad enrage the Texans so much?
a)
Hundreds of Texans were killed in the battle
b)
Texans were driven out of Goliad and seized by Mexico
c)
Prisoners taken in battle were executed
d)
Fannin surrendering was an embarrassment
3.
What region of Texas is the driest and rockiest?
a)
Great Plains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
Gulf Coast
d)
North Central Plains
4.
Name the cultural region where people with the following characteristics would live:
1. Nomadic hunting of buffalo
2. Lived in teepees
1. Nomadic hunting of buffalo
2. Lived in teepees
a)
Southeastern
b)
Puebloan
c)
Plains
d)
Gulf Coast
5.
Name the cultural region where Native Americans with the following characteristics would live:
1. Dwelling in Adobe
2. Farming in rocky soil
1. Dwelling in Adobe
2. Farming in rocky soil
a)
Southweastern
b)
Plains
c)
Gulf
d)
Puebloan
6.
People who moved from place to place to to hunt and gather food were called....
a)
Hunter-gatherers
b)
Nomads
c)
Matrilineal society
d)
Confederacies
7.
What Native American tribes lived in the Southeastern/Gulf Coast cultural region?
a)
Apache & Comanche
b)
Jornada & Tigua
c)
Caddo & Karankawa
d)
Kiowa & Tonkaawa
8.
2651 FM 544, Lewisville, TX 75056 is an example of....
a)
Absolute location
b)
Relative location
c)
Absolute place
d)
Relative place
9.
What 4 states border Texas?
a)
Oklahoma, Colorado, Arkansas and Louisiana
b)
Louisiana, New Mexico, Kansas and Arkansas
c)
Oklahoma, Kansas, Louisiana and New Mexico
d)
Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana
10.
What country borders Texas?
a)
Oklahoma
b)
Mexico
c)
Louisiana
d)
Arkansas
11.
In what region will you find Ft. Worth?
a)
Gulf Coast
b)
Great Plains
c)
North Central Plains
d)
Mountains & Basins
12.
_____ gained their independence from Spain in _____.
a)
Mexico, 1824
b)
Texas, 1821
c)
Mexico, 1836
d)
Mexico, 1821
13.
A community or population made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent is called......
a)
Ethnic group
b)
Community group
c)
Matrilineal society
d)
Confederacy
14.
No more Anglo settlers.
Troops will be dispersed to ensure laws are followed.
Higher tariffs placed on imported goods
All of these were part of what?
Troops will be dispersed to ensure laws are followed.
Higher tariffs placed on imported goods
All of these were part of what?
a)
Mier y Teran report
b)
Mexican Constitution of 1824
c)
Law of April 6, 1830
d)
Texas Constitution
15.
What is the correct chronology of these battles of the Texas Revolution?
a)
Gonzales, Goliad, Alamo, San Jacinto
b)
Goliad, Gonzales, Alamo, San Jacinto
c)
Goliad, Alamo, Gonzales, San Jacinto
d)
Gonzales, Alamo, Goliad, San Jacinto
16.
What is the ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY of the presidents of Texas?
a)
Sam Houston, Anson Jones, Mirabeau Lamar
b)
Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, Sam Houston, Anson Jones
c)
Sam Houston, Anson Jones, Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar
d)
Anson Jones, Mirabeau Lamar, Sam Houston
17.
What is the definition of 'relative chronology'?
a)
An original record or object created at the time of an event
b)
Tells "when" in relation to other events, such as what occurred before AND after an event
c)
A specific date to an event or time period
d)
A timeline with predictions of when events 'might' have occurred
18.
What empresario did Stephen F. Austin follow in bringing Anglo colonists to Texas?
a)
Moses Austin
b)
Sam Houston
c)
Juan Antonio Navarro
d)
Hayden Edwards
19.
What happened to the Mexican citizens living in the Mexican cession following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
a)
They were arrested and sent to other parts of the US
b)
They were forced to leave the US and return to Mexico
c)
They were able to stay, but forced to abandon their Mexican citizenship
d)
They were given the opportunity to become a US citizen
20.
What was the primary reason missions were built in the first place and ended up being the overall reason the missions failed?
a)
Founding of a supply base
b)
Teaching of Spanish Language
c)
Conversion to Catholicism
d)
Trading with French colonies
21.
Which of the following sequence of events is in the correct order?
a)
Exploration & Colonization era, Texas Republic era, Texas Statehood era, Texas Revolution era
b)
Exploration & Colonization era, Texas Revolution era, Texas Statehood era, Texas Republic era
c)
Exploration & Colonization era, Texas Statehood era, Texas Republic era, Texas Revolution era
d)
Exploration & Colonization era, Texas Revolution era, Texas Republic era, Texas Statehood era
22.
The concept of ___________ caused the purchase of land and migration of people toward the west coast.
a)
"Gone to Texas"
b)
"Mexican Cession"
c)
"Manifest Destiny"
d)
"Taxation Without Representation"
23.
What is the correct chronological order of these land acquisitions?
1. Mexican Cession
2. Gadsden Purchase
3. Louisiana Purchase
4. Texas Annexation
1. Mexican Cession
2. Gadsden Purchase
3. Louisiana Purchase
4. Texas Annexation
a)
1, 2, 3, 4
b)
3, 4, 1, 2
c)
3, 1, 4, 2
d)
4, 3, 1, 2
24.
What is a characteristic of an ethnic group?
a)
speaking the same language
b)
using the same technology
c)
enjoying the same leisure activities
d)
doing the same job
25.
The conventions of 1832 and 1833 decided that...
a)
Texas should remain part of Mexico, but a separate state
b)
Texas should become an independent republic
c)
Texas should become a state in the United States
d)
Texas should remain a part of Mexico
26.
The Texas Brigade was a part of the Confederate Army. Who was the commander?
a)
John Bell Hood
b)
Francis Lubbock
c)
John Magruder
d)
Winfield Scott
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