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Common Assessment #4 Test Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which hospital made Houston a center of science and medicine and is known as the best cancer hospital in Texas?

a)

MD Anderson

b)

Dr. Jordan

c)

Dr Spoc

d)

MD Otto

2.

Who was the first A.A. female Senator for Texas?

a)

Barbara Jordan

b)

Barbara Bush

c)

Barbara Johnson

d)

Barbara Smith

3.

What was one of the main causes of the Civil War?

a)

Factory workers

b)

British navy attacking American Ships

c)

northern states want to annex Alaska

d)

Slavery

4.

Who was the second President of the U.S. from Texas known for the “Great Society”?

a)

Lyndon B. Johnson

b)

George W. Bush

c)

George H. W. Bush

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

5.

What is a wildcatter?

a)

A person who drills for oil in an area where oil has not been found.

b)

A large species of feline

c)

A person with the largest amount of oil

d)

A small cat know for its aggressiveness

6.

Which invention allowed farmers and ranchers of West Texas to irrigate crops without having access to a river?

a)

Windmills

b)

Barbed wire

c)

Canels

d)

Water hoses

7.

What do we call the severe drought during the Great Depression that caused soil to erode and blow into the air covering EVERYTHING?

a)

Dust Bowl

b)

Sand Bowl

c)

Super Bowl

d)

Soil Bowl

8.

Which region of Texas is too dry to support farming, so ranching is more prominent?

a)

West Texas / Mountains and Basins

b)

Coastal / Easter Texas

c)

Southern / Coastal Texas

d)

North Eastern Texas/ Mountains and Basins

9.

During which Texas era did urban or cities grow tremendously?

a)

Age of Oil

b)

Age of Cowboys

c)

Age of Contact

d)

Age of Industry

10.

Serving on a jury is a ________________ responsibility of Texas citizens.

a)

Civic

b)

unreasonable

c)

hated

d)

duty

11.

A greater demand for jobs and schools shows that the Texas population is ________________.

a)

increasing

b)

decreasing

c)

unchanging

d)

ceasing

12.

Voting for public officials is a ______________ responsibility of Texas citizens.

a)

Civic

b)

unused

c)

misused

d)

duty

13.

What brought women into the workforce?

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

Civil War

d)

War for independence

14.

Who founded the American G. I. Forum?

a)

Hector P. Garcia

b)

Hector G. Gonzales

c)

Jose P Gonzales

d)

Jose G. Garcia

15.

Why did the plains of Texas panhandle lose many of its underground water resources used for farming and ranching?

a)

Over irrigating of crops and animals.

b)

Under irrigating of crops and animals

c)

drought

d)

flash floods filling underground aquifers

16.

What do we call the economic programs that supplied jobs to Texans and Americans after the Great Depression, put into effect by President Franklin Roosevelt?

a)

The New Deal

b)

The Old Deal

c)

The unused Deal

d)

The Expanding Depression for years Deal

17.

The loss of what animal forced many Native Americans to reservations after Reconstruction?

a)

The Buffalo

b)

The Cows

c)

The Water Buffalos

d)

Sheep

18.

Many people lost their __________ with the oil industry bust during the 1980’s and 1990’s

a)

jobs

b)

minds

c)

buffalos

d)

cars

19.

Dallas and Houston became major urban centers during the early twentieth century with the building of _______________.

a)

railroads

b)

rivers

c)

houses

d)

stores

20.

Texas benefited economically from WWII by supplying many ___________ needed in the war effort.

a)

natural resources

b)

Unnatural resources

c)

roads

d)

mountains

21.

“Many People Move to Texas for Jobs” would be a newspaper headline during which Texas era?

a)

Explores find New World

b)

Contemporary (Modern) Texas

c)

Gold Gold Gold

d)

The British are Coming

22.

Who worked as sharecroppers after the Civil War?

a)

Former slaves

b)

Rich people

c)

Soldiers

d)

Bankers

23.

he Texas industry of oil could be affected by a crisis in the ___________________.

a)

Middle East

b)

Middle West

c)

Middle North

d)

Middle South

24.

With the end of the Civil War the demand for beef increased in the East, affecting which industry?

a)

Cattle Industry

b)

House Industry

c)

Cotton Industry

d)

Sheep Industry

25.

The population of many Texas cities began to grow during which century?

a)

20th Century

b)

21st Century

c)

19th Century

d)

16th Century

26.

Who was James A. Baker III?

a)

Texan who served as Chief of Staff in both the Reagan and Bush administrations.

b)

Texan who served as Chief of Staff in both Clinton and Obama administrations.

c)

Texan who served as Senator of California

d)

Texan who served as Railroad Commissioner during the Reagan and Clinton administrations.

27.

Which two groups have differing views about educational spending in Texas?

a)

Republican and educational leaders

b)

Democrats and educational leaders.

c)

Educational leaders and Green Party

d)

Green Party and Democrats

28.

Overproduction leads to price decreases is a principle of the law of ___________ and __________________.

a)

supply / demand

b)

Supply / decrease

c)

increase / demand

d)

Surplus / deny

29.

The end of the cattle drives was brought about by the use of what type of fences?

a)

barbed wire

b)

Osage Orange

c)

Net wire

d)

Electric wire

30.

During which convention did Texas leave the U.S. over the issue of slavery?

a)

June Teenth

b)

Turtle Bayou Resolutions

c)

Secession Convention

d)

Recession Convention