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Texas History Unit 1 Exam Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of Region A?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

2.

Which part of Texas is the most arid (dry)?

a)

North Texas

b)

South Texas

c)

East Texas

d)

West Texas

3.

Which of the Puebloan people did not move around?

a)

Jumano

b)

Caddo

c)

Karankawa

d)

Tigua

4.

Where did many Texas cities develop?

a)

close to the Mountains and Basins

b)

along the Great Plains

c)

near the Texas border with Louisiana

d)

near waterways and transportation routes

5.

How do the Coastal Plains differ from the Mountains and Basins?

a)

the Coastal Plains are higher in elevation

b)

the Coastal Plains have more rivers

c)

the Coastal Plains are less populated

d)

the Coastal Plains are more arid

6.

What is region D called?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

7.

What group lived in Area III?

a)

the Western Gulf people

b)

the Puebloan people

c)

the Southeastern people

d)

the Plains people

8.

How did the Native American people living in Texas get their food?

a)

agriculture

b)

hunting and gathering

c)

trade

d)

conquest

9.

When and where did the Comanche come to Texas?

a)

they arrived in the North Central Plains in the 1600s

b)

the moved North from Mexico in the 1800s

c)

they arrived in the 1700’s and dominated the Great Plains.

d)

they emerged in the Mountains and Basins in the 1500s

10.

Which Native American group was the last to come to Texas?

a)

Comanche

b)

Apache

c)

Caddo

d)

Kiowa

11.

What do the Great Plains and Coastal Plains have in common?

a)

they are both arid

b)

they were both the locations of the Coahuiltecan people

c)

they both contain Mountains and Basins

d)

they both contain plains

12.

As you travel east to west through Texas,-

a)

the elevation increases

b)

the elevation decreases

c)

the population increases

d)

the amount of rainfall increases

13.

What did the Tigua and Jumano people make their houses out of?

a)

grass

b)

wood

c)

animal hides

d)

adobe

14.

Why did the Southeast and Pueblo peoples make baskets and pottery?

a)

to help them build their mounds

b)

to store and protect extra or surplus crops

c)

to keep water in

d)

to keep fish in

15.

Which of the following is not one of the four regions of Texas?

a)

North Central Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Western Plains

e)

Mountains and Basins

16.

What is the name of Region C?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

17.

Which Native American group in Texas used dugout canoes?

a)

Karankawa

b)

Caddo

c)

Comanche

d)

Jumano

18.

Why is Natural Texas and Its People considered an era?

a)

because it explains why the Spanish came to Texas

b)

because it explains why the Comanche came to Texas

c)

because it studies both geographic causes and historical effects on Texas history.

d)

because it explains why the Mountains and Basins region was so arid

19.

Region B is called:

a)

the Coastal Plains

b)

the North Central Plains

c)

the Great Plains

d)

the Mountains and Basins

20.

Why is finding where the Comanche and Coahuiltecans lived hard?

a)

the groups went to war with each other and destroyed any evidence of their settlements

b)

all of their artifacts were destroyed by a wildfire

c)

both groups traveled constantly, so they left little evidence of their settlements.

d)

the Spanish plundered all evidence of their existence

21.

What group lived in Area II?

a)

the Western Gulf people

b)

the Puebloan people

c)

the Southeastern people

d)

the Plains people

22.

What did the Caddo have because of farming surplus crops?

a)

enemies

b)

moveable homes

c)

adobe homes

d)

permanent settlements

23.

What group lived in Area IV?

a)

the Western Gulf people

b)

the Puebloan people

c)

the Southeastern people

d)

the Plains people

24.

Which river is located in the area marked E?

a)

Nueces River

b)

San Antonio River

c)

Red River

d)

Rio Grande

25.

What did the Comanche do to other Indians?

a)

they pushed other Plains people off their lands

b)

they attacked the Puebloan people

c)

they disrupted the trade with the Caddo

d)

they went to war with the Kiowa

26.

How did the Plains cultures differ from the Puebloan?

a)

The Plains culture made canoes while the Puebloan tribes hunted buffalo

b)

The Plains culture hunted buffalo while the Puebloan tribes lived in one place and farmed.

c)

The Plains culture lived in one place and farmed while the Puebloan tribes hunted buffalo

d)

The Plains culture made pottery while the Puebloan traveled from place to place hunting for food.

27.

What group lived in Area I?

a)

the Western Gulf people

b)

the Puebloan people

c)

the Southeastern people

d)

the Plains people