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Unit 1 Texas History Quiz

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
2.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
3.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
4.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
5.
What region has the cities of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, and Corpus Christi?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
High Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Central Plains
6.
Located in the Mountains and Basins, what is the highest point in Texas?
a)
Davis Mountains
b)
Chisos Mountians
c)
Guadalupe Peak
d)
Rocky Mountains
7.
What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?
a)
Red River
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Lake Travis
d)
Colorado River
8.
What correctly describes the Mountains and Basins region?
a)
Least amount of rain and least populated
b)
Most amount of rain
c)
More people live here than in any other region
d)
Largest region
9.
Texas Region with flat, treeless plains and grasslands, Palo Duro Canyon?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
10.
What is the climate like in the Mountains and Basins region?
a)
Cool and dry
b)
Hot and dry
c)
Hot and wet
d)
Cool and wet
11.
What are regions?
a)
Bodies of water
b)
Areas of land with physical features that set them apart from other areas of land
c)
A group of people with a shared set of beliefs, goals and religious customs.
d)
People who study the past.
12.
The Red River makes the border on the Northern part of Texas.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
13.
The _____________ were cannibals and ate the flesh of their enemies.
a)
Jumano
b)
Apache
c)
Karankawa
14.
A person that wanders from place to place is a ______________.
a)
dweller
b)
nomad
c)
chief
15.
How do archaeologists believe people first came to the Americas?
a)
Asian hunters followed animals as they migrated; hunters used a land bridge
b)
Asian hunters came by boat; hunters used the Golden Gate Bridge
c)
Asian hunters followed the Indians; hunters followed the animals they were hunting
d)
Asian hunters followed the guides; hunters used 4 wheelers
16.
What were the Karankawa and Caddo?
a)
Caddo - farmers; Karankawa - nomads
b)
Caddo - nomads; Karankawa - farmers
c)
Caddo - hunters; Karankawa - gatherers
d)
Caddo - gatherers; Karankawa - hunters
17.
What is adobe?
a)
a Spanish word that means village
b)
bricks formed by clay and straw
c)
an open pit
d)
an object made by people
18.
What is a reservation?
a)
an area of land set aside as a place for Native Americans
b)
a person who does not have a permanent home and moves from place to place
c)
a wooden frame used to carry belongings
d)
the planting of seeds to grow food
19.
What similarities do the Kiowa and the Apache share?
a)
They were nomads who depended on buffalo.
b)
They built dome like grass huts.
c)
They built permanent buildings.
d)
They lived near the Gulf and ate primarily fish.
20.
If you travel from East Texas to West Texas, what is true?
a)
You begin at a high elevation and move to a lower elevation
b)
You begin at a lower elevation and move to a higher elevation
c)
You begin in canyons and move to the gulf
21.
This river is the boundary between Oklahoma and Texas.
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Sabine
c)
Red
d)
Brazos
22.
This river is the boundary between Louisiana and Texas
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Red
c)
Sabine
d)
Brazos
23.
This tribe used teepees for shelter.  Teepees were easy to take with them since they were nomads.
a)
Karankawa
b)
Caddo
c)
Comanche
d)
Pueblo
24.
The Caddos and the Comanche were forced to leave Texas and move to reservations in this state: 
a)
Texas
b)
Nebraska
c)
Iowa
d)
Oklahoma
25.
Where did the early Native Americans come from?
a)
Spain
b)
Europe
c)
Asia
d)
Africa
26.

These tribes main food source was fishing in between Galveston & Corpus Christi.

a)

Caddos & Apaches

b)

Karankawas & Coahuiltecans

c)

Jumanos & Karankawas

27.

These tribes main food source was buffalo of the Great Plains.

a)

Comanches & Apaches & Kiowa

b)

Karankawa & Coahuiltecans

c)

Jumanos & Tigua & Concho

d)

Caddo & Wichita & Atakapan

28.

What was the most important natural resource for the Plains Indians (other than water)?

a)

Corn

b)

Buffalo

c)

Rice

d)

Pumpkins

29.
What is the significance of the Caddo Indians?
a)
They were the most advanced tribe with farming and society
b)
They were nomadic fishermen who invented canoes
c)
They were fierce warriors who defended their land
d)
They fled the Spaniards and created a new home in West Texas
30.

The ______________ Native Group farmed Corn

a)

Caddo

b)

Kiowa

c)

Jumano

d)

Comanche

31.

All Indian tribes lived in teepees.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

The Caddo Indians called their tribes "Tejas". In English this means what?

a)

Those who are friends

b)

Eastern Texas

c)

Our Family

d)

Live for each other

33.

The name Texas comes from the Caddo language and means ___________.

a)

one

b)

many

c)

friend

d)

power

34.

Which tribe was the first in Texas to meet Europeans?

a)

Apache

b)

Karankawa

c)

Caddo

d)

Tigua

35.

What are the four cultures of American Indians in Texas?

a)

Gulf, Northeastern, Western, and Coastal

b)

Gulf, Plains, Coastal, and Southeastern

c)

Gulf, Plains, Southern, and Puebloan

d)

Gulf, Plains, Southeastern, and Puebloan

36.

This Texas region extends north into the U.S. and Canada.

a)

North Central Plains

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

Mountain and Basins

d)

Great Plains

37.

How did learning to farm [around 100 B.C.] change the culture of early people?

a)

populations grew

b)

people settled in one place longer

c)

more complex societies developed

d)

All of these answers are correct

38.

The position of a place on the Earth's surface...

a)

location

b)

history

c)

era

d)

geography

39.

The study of past events is called ____________________.

a)

History

b)

Geography

c)

Science

d)

Era

40.

Another way to say a "time period"

a)

era

b)

history

c)

geography

d)

chronological

41.

The study of the Earth and the people who live on it is...

a)

location

b)

math

c)

geography

d)

history

42.

The order in which things happen...

a)

chronological

b)

history

c)

era

d)

bar graph

43.

Which culture was located near the Gulf of Mexico and mostly fished for food?

a)

Plains Culture

b)

Southeastern Culture

c)

Pueblo Culture

d)

Gulf Culture

44.

Which culture lived in tee-pees and hunted buffalo?

a)

Plains Culture

b)

Southeastern Culture

c)

Gulf Culture

d)

Pueblo Culture

45.

Which culture lived in east Texas and used hunting and farming for food?

a)

Southeastern culture

b)

Pueblo culture

c)

Gulf culture

d)

Plains culture

46.

Which culture lived in adobe villages in the mountains of far west Texas?

a)

Pueblo culture

b)

Gulf culture

c)

Southeastern culture

d)

Plains culture

47.

Which region of Texas is mainly agricultural and its biggest city is Fort Worth?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

48.

Which region has lower average temperatures because the land is higher in elevation?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

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