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Texas Studies Weekly 14 & 15 Test Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the men who got grants from Mexico to begin new colonies called?

a)

dictators

b)

empresarios

c)

Texans

d)

immigrants

2.

What is a quick and complete change in government called?

a)

take over

b)

revolt

c)

revolution

d)

fight

3.

What is someone who is in total control of a group of people called?

a)

filibuster

b)

president

c)

leader

d)

dictator

4.

What is a town that almost no one lives in anymore called?

a)

Houston

b)

ghost town

c)

vacant

d)

boom town

5.

What are the original 300 families that settled Texas called?

a)

Old 300

b)

The Originals

c)

family

d)

empresarios

6.

What are people who move from one country to another called?

a)

dictators

b)

empresarios

c)

filibusters

d)

immigrants

7.

What were the mountain men and frontiersmen who immigrated to Texas and didn't like government called?

a)

Empresarios

b)

Leather Stockings

c)

Runaways

d)

Immigrants

8.

What is a person who entered Spanish territory but fought against Spanish rule called?

a)

leather stocking

b)

dictator

c)

filibuster

d)

empresario

9.

What stirring speech led to the Mexican Revolution?

a)

Grito de Delores

b)

Come and Take It

c)

I Have a Dream

d)

Runaway Scrape

10.

When is Mexico's independence from Spain celebrated?

a)

July 4th

b)

December 25th

c)

September 16th

d)

June 14th

11.

Who lived with the Cherokee Indians for many years and was important in the Texas Revolution?

a)

Stephen F. Austin

b)

James Bowie

c)

Santa Anna

d)

Sam Houston

12.

What treaty was unique because it was made by private citizens and not the government?

a)

The Treaty of Paris

b)

Meusebach-Comanche Treaty

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

The Congress of Vienna

13.

Who is known as the Father of Texas and began colonizing Texas with the Old 300?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

Santa Anna

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

James Bowie

14.

Who was the priest who wrote the Grito de Delores?

a)

Father Miguel Hispanola

b)

Father Michael Jones

c)

Father Miguel Hidalgo

d)

Father Michael Austin

15.

Who was the Mexican dictator who didn't want to give up any power over Texas?

a)

Santa Clause

b)

Santa Anna

c)

Miguel Hidalgo

d)

Sam Houston

16.

Between which two rivers did Stephen F. Austin start his colony?

a)

Colorado and San Jacinto

b)

Brazos and San Jacinto

c)

Colorado and Guadalupe

d)

Brazos and Colorado

17.

What did the empresario, Mason de Leon, do?

a)

brought families from Texas to settle in Mexico

b)

brought families from Mexico to settle in Texas

c)

set up the Old 300 Colony

d)

Created a treaty with Mexico

18.

Texans who feared Santa Anna fled eastward to get away from him. What was this called?

a)

Runaway Scrape

b)

Runaway Group

c)

escape artists

d)

freedom fighters

19.

What attracted colonists to Texas?

a)

Good land at high prices

b)

The promise of oil

c)

Freedom of religion

d)

Good land at low prices

20.

A group of revolutionary Texans in Gonzales flew a flag that challenged Mexican soldiers. What did the flag say?

a)

Come and Get It

b)

Come and Take It

c)

Come and See It

d)

Come and Grab It