WorksheetsReading: VAQUEROS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
After what year men were called cowboys?
After 1870.
After 1850.
After 1860.
After 1960.
When did Texas declare itself independent from Mexico?
1836
1846
1936
1756
What was the result of losing the war with the U.S. for Mexico?
As a result, Mexico lost its lands.
As a result, Mexico lost its southern lands.
As a result, Mexico lost its western lands.
As a result, Mexico lost its northern lands.
What did the lost northern lands from Mexico become?
They become in the states of New York, North Carolina, Washington and Florida.
They become in the states of California, Nevada, Utah, parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.
They become in the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Toronto.
They become in the states of California, Carolina, Florida, Texas, New York, and Colorado.
How did the vaquero decline begin?
Began because the vaqueros didn't like to work.
Began with the invention of fences.
Began with the invention of barbed wire.
Began with the invention of the charrerias.
What is celebrated on September 14th?
Independence of MExico.
Mexicans celebrate “El día del charro”.
Texas declare itself independent from Mexico.
Mexico lost the war.
What kind of celebration is “El día del charro”?
It is an American party.
It is a dressing holiday,
It is a holiday of parades, church services,music and charrerías.
It is a religious celebration.
What tools did the vaquero need to do his job? Choose 3 of them.
wide-brimmed hats (sombreros de ala ancha)
harmonica (armónica)
Chaps (chaparreras).
The lasso or lariat (lazo)
Cows (vacas)
It protected the Vaqueros from the sun.
(a)
Function of Chaps (chaparreras)
It protected them from cactus, thickets of wild brush and rope burns.
Made them look good
It protected them from coyotes.
It protected them from electricity
They used their own horse
True
False
They use the owner hacienda's saddle
True
False
The vaquero’s job was to keep tabs on cattle in the wild and round them up.
True
False
The vaquero’s job was to capture the wild horses that flourished on the prairies.
True
False
The roundups are called rodeos in Spanish.
True
False
How do the roundups are called? The word in Spanish.
(a)
From what Spanish word became the word ¨Mustangs¨?
(a)
How were the impacts of Columbus and Cortes similar?
They both traveled by boat.
They both met the indigenous.
They both concord lands.
They both filled the colonized lands with their animals.
Write 6 Spanish words that were borrowed to the English word in this reading.
Write 1 sentence with each one of the following words: Flourished, Hostile, Dominated.
