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Content Connections-Texas History

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Identify the 4 Geographic Regions of Texas?
a)
Dallas, Austin, Frisco, Houston
b)
Forth Worth, Denton,Plano,Mckinney
c)
Plains, Ocean front, Coastal, Forest
d)
Mountains &  Basins, Gulf Coastal Plains, Great Plains, Central Plains
2.

Which of these areas of Texas receives the least amount of average rainfall and is the least populated?

a)

Panhandle

b)

Gulf Coast

c)

Hill Country

d)

Mountains Of West Texas

3.
What brought French explorer Rene'-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de LaSalle to the coast of Texas?
a)
He thought this was the Mississippi River emptied with the Gulf of Mexico
b)
He believed the Texas Indians had Gold
c)
He was looking for the "Fountain Of Youth"
d)
He needed a passage to Asia
4.
This explorer is known for being the first to map the TX Coast Line in 1519 and claimed the territory of TX for Spain.
a)
Cabeza de Vaca
b)
Columbus
c)
Pineda
d)
LaSalle
5.
3 Motivations for European Exploration….Hint….3 Gs
a)
Games, Greens, Green tea
b)
Gold,Grapes,Grass
c)
Glory, Goods, God
d)
GOD, GLORY, GOLD
6.

Who is the explorer who conquered the Aztecs in 1521 and built Mexico City in New Spain? (hint-1st explorer to enter Texas)

a)

Cortez

b)

Columbus

c)

Pineda

d)

LaSalle

7.
In 1492, this explorer sailed the ocean blue and is the first to discover the New World. 
a)
Columbus
b)
LaSalle
c)
Pineda
d)
De Vaca
8.
This French explorer shipwrecked on Matagorda Bay where he built Fort St. Louis and was seen as a threat to Spain.
a)
LaSalle
b)
Columbus
c)
Pineda
d)
Stephen F. Austin
9.
The trade or transfer of goods, ideas, languages, plants, animals  etc. between the European cultures and the New World Cultures is known as what?
a)
The Boston Tea Party
b)
US Trade
c)
Columbian Exchange
d)
Triangle Trade
10.
This priest asked the French for help in rebuilding missions in East Texas which caused more tension between Spain and France.
a)
Francisco Hildalgo
b)
Frances 
c)
James Long
d)
Philip Nolan 
11.
The single geographic feature that influenced where missions and presidios (forts) were built in Texas was _______. 
a)
Rivers
b)
Mountains
c)
Plains
d)
Trees
12.
True or False
Pineda mapped the Texas coast in 1519.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
True or False
In early Texas, towns (missions) were near rivers or waterways to provide ease of transporation.
a)
True
b)
False
14.

The use of irrigation to move water to crops is an example of----

a)

the development of industry in the Mountains and Basins region

b)

how Native Americans modified (changed) the environment

c)

the expansion of tourism in Hill Country

d)

how Texans have adapted to the climate

15.

What was the primary purpose of Spanish Exploration during the Age of Contact Era?

a)

To start a war against the French

b)

To expand the Spanish Empire

c)

To search for Gold

d)

To convert Natives to Catholicism

16.

Shipwrecked off the coast of Galveston describes the story of what explorer?

a)

Pineda

b)

Cortez

c)

Cabeza de Vaca

d)

Coronado

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