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Worksheets1st Six Weeks Test Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What similarity do the Great Plains and Coastal Plains have?
a)
Both have high humidity weather
b)
Both lack significant water resources
c)
Both have mountain ranges
d)
Both have flat land
2.
Which is not a Region of Texas?
a)
Coastal Mountains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
Great Plains
d)
North Central Plains
3.
Which Region in Texas is the most populated?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
Great Plains
c)
North Central Plains
d)
Coastal Plains
4.
How does the physical environment of the Coastal Texas region COMPARE with that of the Mountains and Basins region?
a)
Coastal Texas has more desert
b)
Mountains and Basins regions have more rivers
c)
Coastal Texas has a lower elevation
d)
Mauntains and Basins regions have more rainfall
5.
All of the following are characteristics of the mission-building era in Texas EXCEPT?
a)
American Indians were encouraged to learn a trade
b)
Missions were used as a way to claim land
c)
Forts were built to protect missions
d)
American Indians were prevented from accepting Catholicism
6.
In 1519 which Spanish explorer became the first European to study and map out the Texas coastline?
a)
Juan de Onate
b)
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
c)
Panfilo de Narvaez
d)
Hernan Cortes
7.
Which of the following was a negative effect of the Spanish missions in Texas?
a)
Diseases brought by Spanish missionaries killed many American Indians
b)
American Indians were moved to the coast to make room for the missionaries
c)
American Indians starved because buffalo were completely wiped out by the missionaries
d)
Fighting broke out among American Indians over trade with the missionaries
8.
What was the effect of Cabeza de Vaca's journey through Texas in 1535-1536?
a)
gold he found as he traveled through Texas.
b)
Cabeza de Vaca's expedition taught the French that Texas was not a place that should be settled
c)
Cabeza de Vaca founded the settlement of Galveston
d)
Cabeza de Vaca's stories about his journey became the reason other conquistadores wanted to explore Texas
9.
Why did Father Francisco Hidalgo ask for help from the French governor in Louisiana?
a)
He hoped to trade with Native Americans without Spanish permission
b)
He wanted to expand the first Spanish
c)
He wanted to expand the f
crst mission into a town
crst mission into a town
d)
He wanted to rebuild the mission at San Francisco de los Tejas
10.
Which headline could have occurred in 1519?
a)
Cortes Defeats Aztecs!
b)
Pineda Maps Coastline of Texas!
c)
La Salle Lands at Gulf Coast!
d)
Coronado Crosses Texas!
11.
What similarity do the Piney Woods and Gulf Coast Plain regions of Texas have?
a)
They have large Mountains
b)
They have large oil services
c)
Each region contains the largest cities in Texas
d)
Both have a thriving timber industry
12.
How were the Apache and Comanche alike?
a)
Both tribes lived near the ocean and got their food by fishing
b)
They were well known farmers who grew corn and other vegtables
c)
They were nomads who depended on Buffalo for survival
d)
They were both located along the Rio Grande river
13.
Which of the following explorers was shipwrecked near Galveston while searching for the legendary city of El Dorado?
a)
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
b)
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
c)
Hernan Cortes
d)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
14.
(La Salle > Mouth of the Mississippi)
(Coronado > __________________)
(Coronado > __________________)
a)
Passage to the Pacific
b)
Pike's Peak
c)
Galveston Island
d)
Seven Cities of Gold
15.
Which of the following is a likely reason that some missions failed among the Native populations of Texas?
a)
The missionaries could not build structures that would last
b)
The Spanish had no support for the missionaries
c)
Most missionaries didn't believe in what they were trying to do
d)
The Native people had their own ways of doing things
16.
How did families influence the growth of settlements?
a)
They required more specialized workers, such as craftspeople and teachers
b)
Families brought the need for skilled workers
c)
Families attracted wealthy officials to start farms and ranches near the settlements
d)
Many new businesses were established to exchange goods with French traders
17.
Why did many Spanish missions fail?
a)
They were to far from spanish settlements
b)
The French took over all the missions
c)
Soldiers were unable to protect them
d)
Native Americans were not interested in living among the circumstances
18.
What country was Texas part of during the Spanish Colonial era?
a)
France
b)
Mexico
c)
United States
d)
Spain
19.
Spain defeated the Aztec nation and conquered the "New World" by having better weapons and due to the spread of disease.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Why is the Bering Strait important?
a)
It stopped migration of humans and animals from Asia
b)
it provided waterways for exploring tribes
c)
it allowed the migration of humans and animals from Asia
d)
It provided alternative waterways from migrating animals
21.
Which of the following best defines the Spanish Colonial era?
a)
Presidios were built to house soldiers to launch attacks against French settlements. European nations helped Spain protect itself against French interests in the Americas.
b)
Spain built missions, presidios, and towns to protect its claim to North American colonies
c)
Spain wanted to extend its territory from the Pacific to the Atlantic
d)
European nations helped Spain protect itself against French interests in the Americas
22.
What did Father Damian Massanet achieve after Alonso de Leon's Spanish expedition?
a)
He was the first Mexican to make friends with Native Americans
b)
He formed an alliance with the French to expand trading activities
c)
He became governor of the first mission and presidio
d)
He received permission to build a mission among the Tejas in East Texas
23.
Native Americans lived along the outer walls within the mission?
a)
True
b)
False
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