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MOY Review - 2021

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

THE ____ SUFFERED FROM DISEASE AND STARVATION AND DISAPPEARED FROM TEXAS BEFORE IT BECAME PART OF THE U.S.A. THEY LIVED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND BASINS REGION

a)

Tiguas

b)

Jumanos

c)

Karankawas

d)

Spaniards

2.

Ancient remains can help people learn about ways of survival, settlement patterns (where they lived), and what life was like BEFORE ---???---.

a)

archaeology

b)

written records

c)

hominids

d)

science

3.

Early hominids arrived in Texas by -

a)

boats in the ocean

b)

migrated across a land bridge

c)

airplanes in the sky

d)

underground tunnels

4.

This is created when nations come together and make official agreements

a)

Treaty

b)

weather

c)

timeline

d)

bill

5.

The _____ purchase was the single largest land purchase in US history

a)

Texas

b)

Florida

c)

Northwest

d)

Louisiana

6.

A ___ map can be seen on the weather channel - it shows climate and weather patterns in an area.

a)

history

b)

weather

c)

population

d)

settlement

7.

THE ___ ____ RUNS NORTH/SOUTH (VERTICALLY) IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAP.

a)

latitude poles

b)

prime meridian

c)

straight line

d)

tropic line

8.

SOUTHWEST, NORTHEAST, MIDWEST, AND THE SOUTH ARE EXAMPLES OF ___ IN THE USA (ONE OF THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY)

a)

cultures

b)

regions

c)

trees

d)

lakes

9.

A PHYSICAL FEATURE IS SOMETHING NATURALLY FOUND ON EARTH LIKE A ___, RIVER, OR A WATERFALL.

a)

highway

b)

bridge

c)

lake

d)

boat ramp

10.

A MAN-MADE FEATURE IS SOMETHING MADE BY ____ LIKE A DAM, USED TO HOLD BACK WATER.

a)

animals

b)

earth

c)

humans

d)

no one

11.

A POPULATION MAP SHOWS WHERE AND HOW MANY PEOPLE SETTLE IN AN AREA - THE DARKER COLOR REPRESENTS _____ PEOPLE.

a)

less

b)

smarter

c)

more

d)

farming

12.

ON A ______ OF EARLY HOMINIDS - THE FIRST HOMINIDS TO APPEAR WERE THE AUSTRALOPITHECUS.

a)

timeline

b)

coastal

c)

climate

d)

boundary

13.

HISTORIANS USE HISTORICAL ERAS LIKE AGE OF CONTACT (1519-1689) AND MEXICAN RULE (1821-1835) - TO ORGANIZE ____ OVER TIME IN TEXAS.

a)

changes

b)

food

c)

teaching

d)

schools

14.

OKLAHOMA SHARES GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS WITH TEXAS’ - THE GREAT ___ AND NORTH CENTRAL PLAINS REGIONS BECAUSE THEY SHARE A BORDER.

a)

coastal

b)

plains

c)

desert

d)

pineywoods

15.

ELEVATION (HEIGHT OF LAND) ___ WHEN GOING FROM EAST TO WEST TEXAS. YOU ARE HEADED TOWARDS THE MOUNTAINS (HIGHER GROUND)

a)

increases (gets higher)

b)

decreases (gets lower)

16.

NATURAL RESOURCES IMPORTANT TO THE PINEYWOODS REGION ARE ____ AND OIL.

a)

wood

b)

water

c)

coal

d)

diamonds

17.

THE SANTA FE EXPEDITION WANTED TO CREATE, OR ESTABLISH, A WESTERN _______ OF TEXAS.

a)

army

b)

boundary (border)

c)

state

d)

group

18.

____ ____ BROUGHT THE FIRST AMERICAN COLONISTS TO TEXAS IN 1821.

a)

Martin de Leon

b)

Stephen F Austin

c)

Green DeWitt

d)

President Lincoln

19.

GERMANS IMMIGRATED TO TEXAS FOR CHEAP ____ AND MILD ___.

a)

food/labor

b)

land/climate

c)

climate/government

d)

government/land

20.

HISTORIANS DIVIDE PERIODS OF TIME WITH SHARED CHARACTERISTICS IN ERAS TO ____ INFORMATION ABOUT THE PAST

a)

confuse

b)

organize

c)

erase

d)

copy

21.

THE AVAILABILITY OF ___ LAND ATTRACTED MOST IMMIGRANTS TO TEXAS

a)

jobs

b)

cheap

c)

expensive

d)

cars

22.

IN THE COASTAL PLAINS YOU WOULD FIND PLAINS, RIVERS, AND HILLS, BUT YOU WOULD NOT FIND ____ (BECAUSE IT HAS FLAT LAND).

a)

waves

b)

beaches

c)

mountains

d)

cars

23.

THE ___ PLAINS REGION RECEIVES THE MOST RAINFALL IN TEXAS. (THINK ABOUT WHERE IT IS MOST HUMID!)

a)

mountains

b)

coastal

c)

great

d)

pineywoods

24.

STEPHEN F AUSTIN WAS THE MOST FAMOUS _____ (THIS WORD DEALS WITH LAND AND PROMOTING IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS)

a)

empresario

b)

dictator

c)

conservative

d)

historian

25.

THE ___ NATIVE AMERICAN GROUP LIVED IN EAST TEXAS, WHICH INCLUDES THE COASTAL PLAINS REGION.

a)

Karankawas

b)

Caddos

c)

Jumanos

d)

English

26.

THE COMANCHES LIVED IN THE ___ PLAINS REGION.

a)

Great

b)

Pineywoods

c)

North Central

d)

Coastal

27.

CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

1 – PINEDA MAPS ____ (STATE YOU LIVE IN)

2 – CABEZA DE VACA REPORTS ON TEXAS

3 – LA SALLE ESTABLISHED FORT ST ____

a)

Louisiana/Louis

b)

Texas/Louis

c)

Oklahoma/Andrews

d)

Texas/Sumter

28.

SAN _____ WAS FOUNDED IN 1718

a)

Augustine

b)

Antonio

c)

Felipe

d)

Juan Batista

29.

MEXICO WON ITS ___ FROM SPAIN IN 1821

a)

government

b)

fame

c)

independence

d)

name

30.

MANY EARLY HUNTER-GATHERERS CHANGED TO ____ OVER TIME.

a)

fishing

b)

shopping

c)

farming

d)

ship building

31.

IN THE SPANISH COLONIAL ERA - ___ WERE BUILT TO ESTABLISH SPANISH OWNERSHIP (CLAIMS) TO THE LAND IN TEXAS.

a)

crowns

b)

missions

c)

cars

d)

languages

32.

ORDER OF SPANISH EXPLORERS ARRIVING IN TEXAS:

-1. PINEDA

-2. DE _____

-3. CORONADO

-4. MOSCOSO

a)

Cortes

b)

Vaca

c)

Austin

d)

Lincoln

33.

to show the world exactly as it is means to show it __.

a)

distorted

b)

accurately

c)

poorly

d)

not correct

34.

to provide an ___ of something means to make a reasonable guess based on information available.

a)

estimate

b)

exact

35.

helps interpret colors and symbols on a map

a)

legend

b)

title

c)

scale

d)

compass rose

36.

type of map that shows boundaries, border, cities, and capitals

a)

political

b)

physical

c)

climate

37.

tool on a map that shows cardinal directions

a)

title

b)

compass rose

c)

legend

d)

scale

38.

the map's ___ show it's purpose

a)

title

b)

scale

c)

legend

d)

compass rose

39.

the purpose of a map's ___ is to measure distance

a)

title

b)

compass rose

c)

scale

d)

legend

40.

Winkel Tripel, Goode Equal Area, and Mercator are examples of ___ projections.

a)

map

b)

book

c)

computer

d)

ipad

41.

a visual representation of the Earth's surface is called a __

a)

book

b)

map

c)

computer

d)

paper

42.

distance above or below sea level is called ___

a)

projection

b)

distortion

c)

elevation

43.

Which is NOT a type of map?

a)

compass

b)

topographical

c)

political

d)

climate