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Week 15 Vocabulary Quiz Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A ___________ is a leader with complete control of the government and the people.

a)

empresario

b)

historian

c)

dictator

d)

president

2.

Men who got land grants from the Mexican government to start colonies were called ___________________.

a)

empresarios

b)

dictators

c)

cavalry

d)

leatherstockings

3.

Mountain men or frontiersmen who did not like any government were called ___________.

a)

dictators

b)

empresarios

c)

historians

d)

leatherstockings

4.

_________ was an adventurous man who lived with the Cherokee Indians, became the governor of Tennessee, and Major General of the Texas army during the Texas Revolution.

a)

Santa Anna

b)

Stephen Austin

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Martin de Leon

5.

____________ was a cruel dictator who took control of the Mexican government by force.

a)

Santa Anna

b)

Stephen Austin

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Martin de Leon

6.

__________ was an empresario who was known as the Father of Texas. He led the Old 300 to Texas and worked with Santa Anna to get independence for Texans.

a)

Santa Anna

b)

Stephen Austin

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Martin de Leon

7.

_________ was an empresario who started the only Texas colony made up of mostly Mexican citizens.

a)

Santa Anna

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Stephen Austin

d)

Martin de Leon

8.

What is the name of the town where the Texas Revolution began when Mexican soldiers tried to take back a cannon?

a)

Washington-on-the-Brazos

b)

Gonzales

c)

Seguin

d)

San Felipe de Austin

9.

The ________________ was the retreat of Texans, toward the coast, escaping from Santa Anna's advancing army in March 1836.

a)

Wagon Scrape

b)

Runaway Push

c)

Runaway Scrape

d)

Texas Retreat

10.

What was the name of the location of an important meeting of Texans in which the Texas Declaration of Independence and a Texas Constitution were written?

a)

Washington-on-the-Brazos

b)

Washington

c)

San Antonio

d)

Gonzales