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WorksheetsTexas History 1st Semester Exam Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 23mins
If you move from the Coastal Plains to the Mountain and Basins, what happens to the elevation?
It begins to increase
It begins to decrease
It is even
Nothing
How did nomadic Texas Indian tribes, like the Apache and Comanche meet their basic needs for food and shelter?
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Farming and ranching
Being hunters and living in temporary dwellings
Earning wages through work
Which tribe lived in east Texas, ate shellfish, turtles, sea food and was a part of the Gulf Coast culture group?
Jumano
Karankawa
Tonkawa
Wichita
What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?
Cibola was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio.
Cibola was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed on the Texas coast.
Cibola was a legend about seven cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas.
Cibola was a disease that wiped out many Spaniards.
Which motivation led Spanish explorers to investigate the Americas?
Desire to find gold and get as much land as possible
Desire to spread democracy
Desire to leave overcrowded cities
Desire to escape government monarchies
Which Native American tribe took de Vaca as a slave when he was shipped wrecked?
Karankawas
Iroquois
Cherokee
Apache
9.What affect did La Salle's exploration of Texas have on the Spanish?
It caused the Spanish to abandon settlements in Texas
It began a war between Spain and France
It caused Native Americans turned against Spanish explorers
Spain started to take settlement of Texas more serious.
This man is known as the Father of Texas and began colonizing Texas with the Old 300.
Stephen F. Austin
Sam Houston
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Santa Anna
In which era of Texas history did Mexico win its independence from Spain and begin allowing Americans to settle in Texas?
Angelo Colonization
Age of Contact
Spanish Colonial
Texas Revolution
Which event outlawed immigration from the U.S. to Texas and canceled all empresarial grants that had not been completed. It did encourage European immigration. Enslaved people could no longer be brought into Mexico to work, and customs duties were imposed on all goods entering Texas from the U.S. that were collected by Mexican troops, who would also enforce the Law of April 6th law
Turtle Bayou Resolutions
Law of April 6, 1830
General Mier y Teran
Fredonian Rebellion
How did the massacre at Goliad transform the Texas Revolution?
Texans began using mainly foreign soldiers to defeat Mexico.
Texans were more determined than ever to defeat Mexico.
Texans asked the United States to come to their aid against Mexico.
Texans restrained their army continuing the fight against Mexico.
Coronado and other Spanish explorers were motivated to lead expeditions to North America because of the stories they heard about —
Cibola, seven cities of gold
a giant sea monster
horses that could fly
an immortal native tribe
Whose job was it to keep the union together?
Roger B. Taney
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglass
John Brown
Stephen Douglas
How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?
Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it
Most Texans did not own slaves so it did ot have an influence.
Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy
Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade
Why did the southern states threaten to secede?
They thought that Lincoln would end slavery.
They thought Lincoln would pass another protective tariff.
Lincoln did not win the electoral college.
Lincoln wanted war with Mexico.
