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FALL CDB Review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  1. What is the name of the region in green?
a)

Great Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

2.
  1. What is the name of the region in yellow?
a)

Great Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

3.
  1. What is the name of the region in red?
a)

Great Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

4.
  1. What is the name of the region in blue?
a)

Great Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

5.
  1. What is the name of the region described below?

***highest elevation, arid climate, dry

a)

Great Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

6.
  1. In what region of Texas is Lubbock located?
a)

Great Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

7.
  1. What is the natural boundary between Oklahoma and Texas?
a)

Rio Grande

b)

Sabine River

c)

San Antonio River

d)

Red River

8.

Which of the following is NOT a theme of Geography?

a)

Location

b)

Weather

c)

Place

d)

Regions

9.
  1. Fill in the blank: _____________ location uses a grid system to locate a specific place on the Earth's surface.
a)

Absolute

b)

Relative

c)

Place

d)

Movement

10.
  1. Fill in the blanks: Precipitation in Texas increases across the state from __________ to __________.
a)

East, West

b)

North, South

c)

West, East

d)

South, North

11.

.2.What is the meaning of Matrilineal?

a)

Families traced ancestors through the mother's side.

b)

Families traced ancestors through the father's side.

12.

.2.Which tribe used the method of Crop Rotation?

a)

Jumano

b)

Karankawa

c)

Caddo

d)

Apache

13.

.2. Which tribe used irrigation as an adaptation to the region of Texas they lived in?

a)

Apache

b)

Comanche

c)

Karankawa

d)

Jumano

14.

.2.What was the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Trade route between East Asia and Europe

b)

The transfer of plants, animals and diseases between the Americas and other continents since the time of Columbus

c)

The route sailors took to the New World.

d)

Exchange of food and weapons between Africa and Europe.

15.

.2. What was the main source of food, shelter, clothing and tools for the Native Americans of the Great Plains?

a)

Roots and Nuts

b)

Fish

c)

Corn

d)

Buffalo

16.

.2. Which tribe used Tepees as their homes?

a)

Karankawa

b)

Caddo

c)

Apache

d)

Jumano

17.

.2. Which tribe lived in the Gulf Cultural region of Texas?

a)

Caddo

b)

Karankawa

c)

Apache

d)

Comanche

18.

.2. Fill in the blank: ______________ - Stayed in one place.

a)

Sedentary

b)

Nomads

c)

Hunters-Gathers

19.

.2.Fill in the blank: ___________________________: Native Americans who moved often to find food.

a)

Hunters and Gathers

b)

Farmers

c)

Sedentary

d)

Gardeners

20.

.2.Which tribes used canoes as a method of transportation?

a)

Caddo

b)

Apache

c)

Comanche

d)

Karankawa

21.

.3. Who were the first Europeans to settle in Texas?

a)

French

b)

British

c)

Germans

d)

Spanish

22.

.3.Fill in the blanks: In ________, Christopher _________ sailed west to find a "water" route to China.

a)

1492, La Salle

b)

1519, Cabeza de Vaca

c)

1519, Pineda

d)

1492, Columbus

23.

.3. Which explorer conquered the Aztec empire?

a)

Hernan Cortez

b)

Cabeza de Vala

c)

La Salle

d)

Pineda

24.

.3. Who was the first European to set foot in Texas and was enslaved by the Karankawa?

a)

Cortez

b)

La Salle

c)

Pineda

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

25.

.3. What are the three G's of Exploration?

a)

Glory

b)

God

c)

Gratitude

d)

Gold

26.

.3.In what year was the Texas Coast mapped?

a)

1821

b)

1718

c)

1519

d)

1492

27.

.3. What was the significance of the La Salle expedition?

a)

Mapped the Texas Coastline.

b)

Brought back stories of the Seven Cities of Gold.

c)

Discovered the Panhandle

d)

Gave France a claim to Texas.

28.

.4. To control the borderland of their new empire Spain built 4 types settlements, what were they?

a)

Missions

b)

Settlements

c)

Presidios

d)

Ranchos

e)

Hospitals

29.

.4. What was the purpose/goal of the Spanish missions in Texas?

a)

increase exports to the 13 British colonies

b)

train Native Americans to run the missions without Spanish leadership

c)

to destroy the Native American tribes in Texas

d)

to claim land and convert Native Americans to Christianity

30.

.4. What was the purpose of a Presidio?

a)

to convert Native Americans to the Catholic faith

b)

to protect the Missions against French forces and Native American attacks

c)

to farm and ranch the land

d)

to establish a trading center between the Spanish settlement and Native tribes

31.

.4. Fill in the blanks: Spanish Missions were located near ________ to ensure good _________ supply.

a)

dessert, rain

b)

rivers, fish

c)

rivers, water

d)

dessert, coal

32.

.4. Which is NOT a goal of the Spanish Mission System?

a)

Represent the Spanish government in Texas

b)

Convert Native Americans to Catholicism

c)

Develop settlements with families in Texas

d)

To find gold and other precious metals

33.

.4. Who is the founder of the first Spanish mission in East Texas?

a)

Father Damian Massanet

b)

Father Francisco Hidalgo

c)

Father Martin de Alarcon

d)

Antonio Margil de Jesus

34.

.4. Father Martin de Alarcon established what mission in 1718?

a)

Villa de Bexar

b)

San Francisco de los Tejas

c)

San Jose

d)

San Antonio de Valero

35.

.4. Who was known as the Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley?

a)

Martin de Alarcon

b)

Margil de Jesus

c)

Jose de Escandon

d)

Francisco Hidalgo

36.

.4. What is the name of the road that linked settlements in Texas?

a)

El Camino Real - The Royal Road

b)

El Camino Leal - The Loyal Road

c)

El Camino de Tejas - The Texas Road

37.

.4. Which of the following is NOT a mission in San Antonio

a)

Mission San Antonio de Valero

b)

Mission San Jose

c)

Mission Concepcion

d)

Mission San Francisco de los Tejas

38.

.5. Which of the following are reasons for the decline of the Spanish Missions?

a)

Drought

b)

Isolation

c)

Disease

d)

Forcing Christianity on Native Americans

e)

French invasions

39.

.5. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 required what country to give over all its territory in the Americas?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

40.

.5. The United States' doubled its territory after the purchase of a land area from France in 1803. What is the name of the territory acquired by the U.S.A?

a)

The Mississippi Territory

b)

The Texas Territory

c)

The Louisiana Territory

d)

The Florida Territory

41.

.5. The Adam-Onis Treaty of 1819 settled border disputes between what two countries?

a)

France and Spain

b)

Spain and USA

c)

Spain and England

d)

England and France

42.

.5. Which were the causes for the Mexican Independence movement?

a)

Wide economic and social division

b)

Political corruption

c)

Hidalgo's Grito de Dolores

d)

No freedom of speech

e)

No trial by jury

43.

.5. In what year did Mexico win its independence from Spain?

a)

1822

b)

1821

c)

1836

d)

1776

44.

.6. In what year did Spanish officials grant Moses Austin the right to settle families in Texas?

a)

1810

b)

1718

c)

1803

d)

1821

45.

.6. Between what two rivers does Stephen F. Austin choose to establish his colony?

a)

Brazos and Trinity

b)

Brazos and Colorado

c)

Colorado and Guadalupe

d)

Guadalupe and Trinity

46.

.6. Which is NOT a characteristic of the "Old Three Hundred" settlers?

a)

mostly from southern U.S. states

b)

farmers

c)

slaveholders

d)

fairly educated

e)

criminals and debtors

47.

.6. Who is known as the Father of Texas?

a)

Juan Seguin

b)

George C. Childress

c)

Moses Austin

d)

Stephen F. Austin

48.

.6. Which of the following are similarities between the U.S Constitution and the Mexican Constitution of 1824?

a)

Federalism

b)

Three Branches of Government

c)

President is head of state

d)

freedom of religion

e)

president is elected by the citizens

49.

.6. Fill in the blank: The distribution of power between the federal government and the state government is known as ________________________.

a)

Federalism

b)

Centralism

c)

Nationalism

d)

Communism

50.

.6. Fill in the blanks: _________________ are business people who promoted settlements in Texas.

a)

Contractors

b)

Missionaries

c)

Empresarios

d)

Bankers

51.

.6. Who was the only Mexican empresario to found a colony in Texas?

a)

Martin de Leon

b)

Erasmo Seguin

c)

Juan Seguin

d)

Green Dewitt

52.

.7. What caused the Fredonian Rebellion?

a)

filibusters wanted to free Texas from Mexican rule.

b)

conflicts over land titles and the cancellation of Haden Edward's land contract.

c)

Travis' arrest at Anahuac.

d)

Santa Anna's failure to return the Constitution of 1824.

53.

.7. The Law of April 6, 1830 prohibited immigration to Texas from what country?

a)

France

b)

Mexico

c)

Germany

d)

U.S.A

54.

.7. What did the Turtle Bayou Resolutions declare?

a)

the events at Anahuac were not a rebellion against Mexico

b)

the settlers were defending their rights and the Constitution of 1824

c)

the settlers supported Gen. Santa Anna and not the current president of Mexico

55.

.7. Why was Austin arrested on his trip back from Mexico City?

a)

for refusing to free his slaves

b)

for refusing to pay custom taxes

c)

for sending a letter to Texas encouraging them to form a local government.

d)

For trying to overthrow Santa Anna

56.

.8. What battle is known as the "Lexington" of Texas?

a)

Battle of the Alamo

b)

Battle of Gonzalez

c)

Battle of San Jacinto

d)

Grass Fight

57.

.8. Who became commander-in-chief of the Texas Army?

a)

Bowie

b)

Travis

c)

Crockett

d)

Houston

58.

.8. Which of the people below was NOT a defender/hero of the Battle of the Alamo?

a)

Davy Crockett

b)

William B. Travis

c)

Jim Bowie

d)

Jose Gregorio Esparza

e)

Stephen F. Austin

59.

.8. What was the date of Santa Anna's final assault on the Alamo?

a)

March 6, 1836

b)

March 2, 1836

c)

March 13, 1836

d)

July 7, 1836

60.

.8. Fill in the blanks: The Texas declaration of Independence states that all people possess certain _____________________ rights.

a)

free

b)

just

c)

given

d)

inalienable

61.

.8. What is the date for the Battle of San Jacinto?

a)

April 21, 1836

b)

March 6, 1836

c)

March 2, 1836

d)

May 14, 1836

62.

.8. What document ended the Texas Revolutionary war?

a)

Turtle Bayou Resolutions

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaties of Velasco

d)

Constitution of 1824

63.

.5. Which of the following is NOT one of the three branches of government?

a)

Legislative

b)

Federalist

c)

Executive

d)

Judicial

64.

.6. Fill in the blanks: U.S settlers moved to Texas mostly because of ________ and _________ land.

a)

expensive, fertile

b)

big, fertile

c)

expensive, fertile

d)

cheap, fertile

65.

.6. Which of the following was a cash crop for Texas during the 1830s?

a)

Cotton

b)

Silk

c)

Coal

d)

Fruits

66.

.8. Fill in the blank: The TX Declaration of Independence lists _____________, or wrong doings by the government.

a)

suggestions

b)

grievances

c)

jury

d)

compliments

67.

.8. Fill in the blank: During the Battle of the Alamo, William B. Travis wrote a letter asking for reinforcements and signed it "Victory or ____________________"

a)

Death

b)

Surrender

c)

Retreat

d)

Reinforce

68.

.4. Which of the following are influences of the Spanish colonization period on our culture today?

a)

Spanish names (Rio Grande, San Antonio, Guadalupe...)

b)

Cattle Ranching

c)

Food, language, music

d)

Missions

69.

.5. What was the National Religion of Mexico?

a)

Roman Catholic

b)

Methodist

c)

Jewish

d)

Baptist

70.

.3. Robert La Salle explored the area of the Mississippi River and established Ft. St. Louis in Texas for what country?

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

France

d)

Mexico