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Unit 5: The Empresario System

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did land grants help motivate?

a)

Motivated people to grow more crops.

b)

Motivated settlers to move to Texas.

c)

Motivated the Mexicans to run from the Spanish

2.

Name the Empresario!

- The first Mexican Empresario

- He brought 100 settlers to Texas

- He and his wife founded the town of Victoria, Texas

a)

Moses Austin

b)

Gail Borden

c)

Martin De Leon

3.

The Texas setters preferred the Mexican rule because _______________

a)

Mexico gave them all land grants

b)

Mexico let them have more of a say

c)

Mexico protected them from potential invasions

4.

Name that Empresario!

- Brought the "ole 300"

- First American Empresario

- Established the first Texas settlement in 1822

a)

Lorenzo De Zavala

b)

Moses Austin

c)

Stephen F. Austin

5.

Click all that apply: What did Martin De Leon do?

a)

Founded Victoria, Texas with his wife

b)

Was the FIRST empresario

c)

Was an Empresario who brought settlers to the new colonies

6.

Click all that apply: What were traits of the Spanish settlers?

a)

Learned to grow crops such as beans & Squash

b)

Brought the 1st horses to Texas

c)

Brought the 1st turkeys to Texas

d)

Raised the 1st domestic sheep & goats

7.

Who did Mexico and Spain want to start colonies?

a)

American Indians

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Empresarios

d)

The U.S

8.

Click all that apply:

What is the difference between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources?

a)

Nonrenewable resources are source we will never run out of

b)

Renewable resources are source we will never run out of

c)

Nonrenewable resources are source we will run out of eventually

d)

Both resources are infinite!!!!

9.

Which body of water is closest to Houston?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Indian Ocean

10.

Click all that apply:

What are some things that Stephen F. Austin did as an Empresario?

a)

Traveled to Mexico city

b)

Founded Victoria, Texas

c)

Served in the Mexico Government

d)

Divided the land around the Brazos River