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WorksheetsUnits 1 - 5 review
Total questions: 113
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How did horses get to North America?
a)
The Spanish brought them when they settled the region
b)
Horses are native to North America
c)
There were never horses in America until the late 1800s
d)
The Native Americans sold them to the Spanish.
2.
How did the first Americans (Indians) get to North America?
a)
From Spain in a boat
b)
In a sled from Greenland
c)
By horseback from South America
d)
By crossing a land-bridge
3.
What is the definition of “nomadic”?
a)
Staying in one place and not moving.
b)
Moving from place to place with no permanent home.
c)
Riding a horse to travel somewhere
d)
People who farm the land.
4.
Why do historians divide the past into eras?
a)
A.
To include as
many historical events as possible
b)
A.
Limit the number
of facts taught within a unit
c)
A.
Improve the
development of timelines
d)
A.
Examine time periods with greater ease
5.
What did the Apache and Comanche tribes use in order to become great warriors?
a)
The horse
b)
The cow
c)
A dog
d)
A lion
6.
The Indians in the Gulf Coast can be described as _________________ and _______________/________________
a)
Sedentary and farmers
b)
Sedentary and hunters/gatherers
c)
Nomadic and farmers
d)
Nomadic and hunters/gatherers
7.
Describe the Indian tribes (Jumanos) that lived in the Mountains and Basins region
a)
Nomadic, farmers, lived in adobe houses
b)
Sedentary, farmers and lived in adobe houses
c)
Nomadic, hunted buffalo, and lived in teepees
d)
Nomadic, fished from ocean, and lived in wigwams
8.
What natural resource is the greatest influence on where people choose to settle?
a)
Trees
b)
Climate
c)
Water
d)
Escarpments
9.
Which colored region represents the Mountains and Basins region?
a)
Pink
b)
Blue
c)
Green
d)
Orange
10.
Which colored region represents the Coastal Plains?
a)
Pink
b)
Blue
c)
Green
d)
Orange
11.
Which colored region represents the Great Plains?
a)
Pink
b)
Orange
c)
Blue
d)
Green
12.
Which colored region represents the North Central Plains?
a)
Blue
b)
Green
c)
Pink
d)
Orange
13.
What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?
a)
Red River
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Lake Travis
d)
Colorado River
14.
What correctly describes the Mountains and Basins region?
a)
Least amount of rain and least populated
b)
Most amount of rain
c)
More people live here than in any other region
d)
Largest region
15.
What is Human characteristic
a)
describes the people of a place (past and present) and modifications people have made to the environment
b)
describes the natural environment of the place
c)
consistent and recurring characteristic of a phenomenon or problem related to the physical features of the Earth and the human activity on it
d)
the natural arrangement and diffusion of living species in different regions and places on earth
16.
What is Physical characteristic
a)
describes the people of a place (past and present) and modifications people have made to the environment
b)
the natural arrangement and diffusion of living species in different regions and places on earth
c)
describes the natural environment of the place
d)
consistent and recurring characteristic of a phenomenon or problem related to the physical features of the Earth and the human activity on it
17.
Which of the following regions would be best for a lumber industry?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
Great Plains
c)
North Central Plains
d)
Coastal Plains
18.
Which region has the highest population, experiences the most annual rainfall, and contains the majority of the state’s lakes and rivers?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
Great Plains
c)
North Central Plains
d)
Coastal Plains
19.
Identify the area
a)
Red River
b)
Sabine River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Gulf of Mexico
20.
What region is this?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
North Central Plains
d)
Great Plains
21.
What region is this?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
22.
What Region is this?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Mountains and Basins
d)
Great Plains
23.
What is the capitol of Texas?
a)
Dallas
b)
Houston
c)
San Antonio
d)
Austin
24.
Culture
a)
The language of a particular group.
b)
the traditions, beliefs,language, and arts of a particular group,
c)
The beliefs of a particular group.
d)
The arts of a particular group.
25.
What is it called when you roam from place to place looking for food?
a)
Nomadic
b)
Asthmatic
c)
Walkabout
d)
Lucky
26.
What was the main food source for tribes living along the coastline?
a)
Wild Dodo birds
b)
Bison/Buffalo
c)
Sticks and small stones
d)
Fish and Wild berries
27.
Name the region that touch the Gulf of Mexico.
a)
Mountains and Basins Region
b)
North Central Plains Region
c)
Great Plains Region
d)
Coastal Plains Region
28.
Which area in Texas receives the least rainfall?
a)
West Texas
b)
Northeast Texas
c)
The Coast
d)
All areas receive great rainfall
29.
The Native Texans relied heavily on the land around them.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Who were the descendants of Mound Builders?
a)
The Asian hunters
b)
The Karankawa
c)
The Caddo
d)
The Pueblo Indians
31.
What were the Karankawa and Caddo?
a)
Caddo - farmers; Karankawa - nomads
b)
Caddo - nomads; Karankawa - farmers
c)
Caddo - hunters; Karankawa - gatherers
d)
Caddo - gatherers; Karankawa - hunters
32.
What is a descendant?
a)
an object made by people
b)
a person's children and grandchildren
c)
an open pit
d)
a Spanish word that means village
33.
What is agriculture?
a)
a wooden frame used to carry belongings
b)
a person's children
c)
a person who collects plants and hunts wild animals for food
d)
the planting of seeds to grow food
34.
What is pueblo?
a)
a Spanish word that means village
b)
an object made by people
c)
a system of ruling or running a town or country
d)
the planting of seeds to grow food
35.
What is adobe?
a)
a Spanish word that means village
b)
bricks formed by clay and straw
c)
an open pit
d)
an object made by people
36.
What is government?
a)
a system of ruling or running a town or country
b)
a person's children, grandchildren, and so on
c)
to move from one area or country to another
d)
a cone-shaped tent
37.
What is a tepee?
a)
bricks formed from clay or straw
b)
an open pit
c)
a cone-shaped tent made of animal skins
d)
a wooden frame
38.
What is a hunter-gatherer?
a)
a person's children, grandchildren, and so on
b)
the planting of seeds to grow food
c)
a system of ruling or running a town or country
d)
a person who collects plants and hunts wild animals for food
39.
What is migrate?
a)
a canoe made by scooping out a long log
b)
a person who does not have a permanent home and moves from place to place
c)
to move from one area or country to another
d)
bricks formed from clay and straw
40.
What is a nomad?
a)
a person's children and grandchildren
b)
a person who does not have a permanent home and moves from place to place to place
c)
a person who collects plants and hunts wild animals for food
d)
several groups of people who agree to work together for a common goal
41.
Which Texas Native American Tribe lived in Pueblos?
a)
Apache
b)
Comanche
c)
Jumano
d)
Caddo
e)
Karankawa
42.
What Texas Region did the Karankawa Indians live in?
a)
North Central Plains
b)
Gulf Coastal Plains
c)
Mountain and Basins
d)
Great Plains
43.
Which two Texas Indiana lived in the Great Plains?
a)
Comanche and Jumano
b)
Karankawa and Caddo
c)
Caddo and Apache
d)
Comanche and Apache
44.
What type of dwelling did the Caddo Indians live in?
a)
Dome shaped huts
b)
Adobe Huts
c)
Teepees
d)
Wooden huts
45.
Which two tribes were sedentary?
a)
Jumano
b)
Apache
c)
Karankawa
d)
Caddo
e)
Comanche
46.
Which tribe was sedentary in the winter, but nomadic in the summer?
a)
Apache
b)
Jumano
c)
Karankawa
d)
Comanche
e)
Caddo
47.
Which two tribes were fierce buffalo hunters?
a)
Karankawa and Caddo
b)
Comanche and Apache
c)
Apache and Jumano
d)
Jumano and Karankawa
48.
Which tribe had a war chief, peace chief, and council as their government structure?
a)
Jumano
b)
Apache
c)
Karankawa
d)
Caddo
e)
Comanche
49.
What does the word nomadic mean?
a)
To stay
b)
To move around
c)
To fight
d)
To be at peace
50.
What does the word sedentary mean?
a)
To move around
b)
To be at peace
c)
To fight with other tribes
d)
To stay in one place
51.
These are personal liberties (freedoms) and privileges that should be guaranteed to every citizen
a)
Individual Rights
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Limited Government
52.
A government in which the people rule, the authority of the government comes from the people
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Checks and Balances
c)
Federalism
53.
This idea calls for the people to exercise or delegate their power by electing or voting for their political representation
a)
Republicanism
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Individual Rights
54.
This is the idea that everyone, citizens and powerful leaders alike, must obey the law
a)
Limited Government
b)
Republicanism
c)
Individual Rights
55.
a)
Individual Rights
b)
Limited Government
c)
Republicanism
56.
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Federalism
57.
a)
Republicanism
b)
Limited Government
c)
Checks and Balances
58.
a)
Limited Government
b)
Separation of Powers
c)
Individual Rights
59.
Citizens elect senators to serve in Washington, D.C.
a)
Federalism
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Republicanism
d)
Individual Rights
60.
The Constitution outlines our plan of government and restricts its powers.
a)
Federalism
b)
Limited Government
c)
Checks and Balances
d)
Separation of Powers
61.
Government is by the consent of the governed.
a)
Federalism
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Limited Government
d)
Republicanism
62.
Congressmen should keep in mind the interests of their constituents (voters).
a)
Republicanism
b)
Federalism
c)
Limited Government
d)
Checks and Balances
63.
The right to bear arms.
a)
Individual Rights
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Federalism
d)
Republicanism
64.
Freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly.
a)
Individual Rights
b)
Federalism
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
Checks and Balances
65.
Who was the Catholic church official who built the first mission in East Texas, San Francisco de los Tejas?
a)
Father Francisco Hidalgo
b)
Father Damian Massanet
c)
Antonio Margil de Jesus
d)
Jose de Escandon
66.
Who was the missionary who asked the French to help build a mission among the Tejas?
a)
Father Damian Massanet
b)
Father Francisco Hidalgo
c)
Antonio Margil de Jesus
d)
Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo
67.
What was the first Spanish mission in East Texas, established in 1690?
a)
San Juan Bautista
b)
San Francisco de los Tejas
c)
Mission San Antonio de Valero
d)
Los Adaes
68.
In what era did Cabeza de Vaca survive as a captive & La Salle establish a fort in Texas?
a)
Natural Texas & Its People
b)
Age of Contact
c)
Spanish Colonial
d)
Mexican National
69.
In what modern-day city is the Alamo?
a)
Austin
b)
Dallas
c)
ElPaso
d)
San Antonio
70.
What was the first permanent settlement of Europeans Spaniards in Texas, built in 1682?
a)
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
b)
San Antonio de Bexar
c)
San Francisco de los Tejas
d)
San Antonio de Valero
71.
What were the main reasons that missions in East Texas unsuccessful?
a)
French refused to trade with the Spanish
b)
The missionaries made the Native Americans slaves
c)
There were many natural resources.
d)
Indians did not want to convert to Catholicism
72.
In what era was Presidio San Antonio de Bexar built?
a)
Natural Texas & Its People
b)
Age of contact
c)
Spanish Colonial
d)
Mexican National
73.
What are some examples of Spanish influence on Texas?
a)
Names of cities and rivers
b)
All of these are examples
c)
Architectural styles of homes and business
d)
Languages that are spoken in Texas
74.
Which of the following happened after the Age of Contact?
a)
Pineda establishes Ft. St Louis at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
b)
Native American tribes migrate north
c)
Missions are established in Texas to convert Natives to Christianity
d)
Peace treaties are created between Plains Natives and Spanish settlers.
75.
Place the following eras in chronological order.
I. Age of Contact
II. Spanish Colonial
III. Natural Texas and its People
IV. Mexican National
I. Age of Contact
II. Spanish Colonial
III. Natural Texas and its People
IV. Mexican National
a)
II, IV, I, III
b)
IV, III, II, I
c)
III, I, II, IV
d)
I, II, III, IV
76.
What were Presidios?
a)
Military bases to provide protection?
b)
Churches to convert the natives?
c)
Towns to conduct trade?
d)
Ranches to have an agricultural economy?
77.
What were Missons?
a)
Military bases to provide protection?
b)
Churches to convert the natives?
c)
Towns to conduct trade?
d)
Ranches to have an agricultural economy?
78.
What does letter A represent?
a)
San Antonio
b)
Mission Corpus Christi near El Paso
c)
French Louisiana
d)
Mexico City
79.
What does letter B represent?
a)
San Antonio
b)
Mission Corpus Christi near El Paso
c)
French Louisiana
d)
Mexico City
80.
What does letter C represent?
a)
San Antonio
b)
Mission Corpus Christi near El Paso
c)
French Louisiana
d)
Mexico City
81.
What does letter D represent?
a)
San Antonio
b)
Mission Corpus Christi near El Paso
c)
French Louisiana
d)
Mexico City
82.
What Spanish explorer, mapped the Texas coast in 1519?
a)
La Salle
b)
Columbus
c)
Cortes
d)
Pineda
83.
What were the main reasons of European exploration to the Americas?
a)
Help spread diseases to Native Americans
b)
Get rich, spread the Catholic religion, & get fame & glory
c)
Bring new ideas & technology to the Americas
d)
Test new shipping across the Atlantic
84.
What explorer created this map in 1519?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
c)
Panfilo de Narvaez
d)
Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
85.
Who searched diligently for Cibola along the American Southwest & in the Texas Panhandle?
a)
La Salle
b)
Cortes
c)
Coronado
d)
Pineda
86.
What Spanish explorer survived with the Karankawa Indians for 8 years?
a)
Cortes
b)
Coronado
c)
Cabeza de Vaca
d)
Pineda
87.
What explorer is from France?
a)
Cortes
b)
La Salle
c)
Pineda
d)
Coronado
88.
What explorer is associated with building Fort St. Louis on the Texas coast?
a)
La Salle
b)
Coronado
c)
Cortes
d)
Pineda
89.
What European country is associated with this flag?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
United States
90.
What European country is associated with this flag?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
United States
91.
Which country was the first to fly a flag over Texas
a)
Mexico
b)
United States
c)
France
d)
Spain
92.
Which explorer claimed the Mississippi River for France?
a)
La Salle
b)
Hernan Cortez
c)
Cabeza de Vaca
d)
Vazquez de Coronado
93.
Who am I: I sailed the Gulf in Mexico in 1519, mapping it and claiming the land around it for Spain
a)
De Soto
b)
Cortes
c)
Columbus
d)
Pineda
94.
I am the first European to walk into Texas? I was shipwrecked there and lived among the natives for several years?
a)
Cabeza de Vaca
b)
Pineda
c)
De Soto
d)
Fray Marcos
95.
I explored east Texas and met up with the Caddo tribe
a)
Cortes
b)
Cabexa de Vaca
c)
Moscoso
d)
Coronado
96.
What answer best demonstrates the significance of 1821?
a)
Missions fail due to lack of interest
b)
Maps of Texas prove to be accurate
c)
Austin has permission to settle families
97.
Who was the 1st Anglo American to get permission to bring settlers to Texas , but he died before he saw his dream come true?
a)
Moses Austin
b)
SFA
c)
Juan Seguin
98.
What happened 1st?
a)
Moses Austin receives land grant
b)
SFA creates a colonization plan
c)
Spanish government grants permission to settle TX
99.
SFA became known as the "Father of Texas" because
a)
He discovered TX
b)
He brought the Old 300 and started the 1st colony
c)
He started the first Catholic Church
100.
1821 --> The Spanish Government grants Moses Austin permission to settle TX
1821 --> ?????
1821 --> SFA created a new colonization plan
What could replace the question marks?
a)
Mexican Independence from Spain
b)
Old 300 arrive
c)
Louisiana purchase is bought
101.
Who was the 2nd most successful empresario, spent most of his own money on his colony, and made peace with most Natives?
a)
Green DeWitt
b)
Moses Austin
c)
Erasmo Seguin
102.
Why would the population in Texas grown rapidly from 1821-1836?
a)
Spanish missions brought new settlers to TX
b)
Mexico began granting empresario contracts to settle TX
c)
Mexico won independence and moved the Capital to TX
103.
What is the significance of the Battle of Medina?
a)
it resulted in an independent country of Mexico
b)
it ended the Republican Army's fight for Mexican Independence
c)
ensured Lafitte's control of Galveston
104.
What happened in 1803 that doubled the size of the US, Thomas Jeffereson purchased it for 15$ million and Spain was now a border of the US?
a)
Mexican revolution
b)
Louisiana Purchase
c)
Life in the US
105.
What was a requirement to settle in Austin's colony?
a)
Develop friendly relationships
b)
owns slaves
c)
convert to Catholic
106.
How did the State Colonization Law hurt the relationship between Texas and Mexico?
a)
Americans wanted the government to be more like that of the US and less like Mexico
b)
Texans did not want anyone else immigrating and taking the land they had owned for generations
c)
people emigrating from the larger Mexican cities strained the economy
107.
To bring in new settlers to Texas, who needed to obtain a land grant?
a)
presidio
b)
conquistador
c)
empresario
108.
What empresario settled mostly Tejano families in Texas?
a)
SFA
b)
Martin de Leon
c)
Erasmo Seguin
109.
Jose Guiterrez de Lara was a member of the Republican Army of the North and played a significant part in the...
a)
spread of slavery in Mexican territories
b)
settlement of Spanish Texas by Anglos
c)
Mexican war of Independence from Spain
110.
What does this picture represent?
a)
Spanish settlement
b)
French shelters
c)
Anglo settlement
111.
This is a mission system, what does it represent?
a)
Anglo settlement
b)
Spanish methods of settlement
c)
Spanish style of Architecture
112.
What helped populate the frontier of Texas, created a buffer between Central Mexico and the US, and lead to Economic growth for Mexico?
a)
Benefits of the Empresario System
b)
Mexico Purchases Louisiana
c)
Mexico declares Independence from Spain
113.
What was so appealing about Texas that made Americans want to move there?
a)
cheap land
b)
wanted to fight in the war
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