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Unit 1: Regions/Tribes of Texas

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which letter on the map represents the coastal plains?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

2.

Which letter represents the Central Plains?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

Which letter represents the Mountains and Basins?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

4.

The mountains and basins is the highest in elevation, very dry with deep canyons.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which region of Texas has the most urban and cultural centers?

a)

Coastal

b)

High Plains

c)

Central

d)

Mountains and Basins

6.

You will move from low to high elevations when traveling east to west across Texas.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which city is marked with the letter E?

a)

El Paso

b)

Fort Worth

c)

Dallas

d)

Midland

8.

When you move west, your elevation and rainfall will...

a)

Elevation will go up, rainfall will go down

b)

Elevation will go down, rainfall will go down

c)

Elevation will go up, rainfall will go up

d)

Elevation will stay the same, rainfall will go up

9.
What region of Texas has a high risk of hurricanes?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
High Plains
c)
Central Plains
d)
Coastal Plains
10.

What is the climate like in the Mountains and Basins region?

a)

Swamps and mashlands

b)

Flooding

c)

Dry, little precipitation

d)

20-30 inches of rainfall per year

11.

Which region has the Texas Panhandle?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

12.

Someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home

a)

Indigenous

b)

Nomad

c)

Adobe

d)

Sedentary

13.

People who move around from place to place are called

a)

sedentary

b)

hunter-gatherers

c)

nomadic

d)

native

14.

The Karankawa ...

a)

Hunted buffalo, elk, and bear and gathered nuts and berries.

b)

Raised small gardens.

c)

were hunter-gatherers who traded with other groups across Texas.

d)

were hunters, fishers, & gatherers, nomadic and traveled in canoes

15.
This Native American Tribe were known as skilled horseback riders.
a)
Comanche
b)
Kickapoo
c)
Caddo
d)
Pueblo
16.

Being __________________ means you stay in one place.

a)

sedentary

b)

immigrant

c)

migrant

d)

nomadic

17.

Which tribe made dugout canoes?

a)

Caddo

b)

Coahuiltecans

c)

Karankawa

d)

Comanche

18.

What type of home did the Comanche live in?

a)

Bee-hive hut (wigwam)

b)

wickiups

c)

adobe

d)

teepee

19.

Which letter shows the land of the JUMANO?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

Which letter represents the tribe land of the CADDO?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

21.

Cabeza de Vaca wrote a journal about _________.

a)

being a Spanish explorer

b)

the daily lives of the Indians

c)

getting shipwrecked

d)

conquering the Indians

22.

Where did Cabeza de Vaca get shipwrecked?

a)

Mexico City

b)

Spain

c)

Galveston Island

d)

Florida

23.

Who was shipwrecked following a hurricane?

a)

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

b)

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

c)

BOTH Pineda and Cabeza de Vaca

24.

Which explorer made the first map of the Gulf of Mexico and the Texas Gulf Coast?

a)

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

b)

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

c)

BOTH Pineda and Cabeza de Vaca

25.

Which explorer was the first to make 'first contact' with the Texas Native Americans (Karankawas)?

a)

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

b)

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

c)

BOTH Pineda and Cabeza de Vaca

26.

Which explorer was the first to write about the cultures and nature of Texas and Mexico? HIs writings inspired future expeditions.

a)

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

b)

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

c)

BOTH Pineda and Cabeza de Vaca

d)

Lizzo

27.

In what year did Alvarez de Pineda explore and map the Texas coastline?

a)

1519

b)

1528

c)

1541

d)

1542

28.

Which is NOT a reason for early exploration of the new world?

a)

gold

b)

gas

c)

glory

d)

God

29.

Which Spanish explorer defeated the Aztec Empire in 1519?

a)

Francisco Coronado

b)

Hernan Cortes

c)

Amerigo Vespucci

d)

Cabeza de Vaca

30.
What was Cibola and what role did it play in the early Spanish exploration of Texas?
a)
Cibola was a disease that wiped out many Spaniards.
b)
Cibola was a legend about seven cities of gold that drew many Spanish explorers to Texas.
c)
Cibola was a ship filled with Spanish colonists that landed on the Texas coast.
d)
Cibola was a successful mission that was established in San Antonio.
31.

What was the outcome of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado's search for the Seven Cities of Gold?

a)

Found all seven cities

b)

Found some of the cities

c)

Found one city

d)

Found NO gold

32.

What impact did Francisco Vasquez de Coronado's expedition have on the Native American Indian tribes?

a)

They liked him

b)

They all made steel swords

c)

They ignored him

d)

Some lost land and died of smallpox

33.

La Salle's explorations motivated the __________ to take a stronger interest in settling Texas.

a)

French

b)

Dutch

c)

Russian

d)

Spanish

34.

What is now Mexico was once called __________?

a)

New Spain

b)

Guatemala

c)

New Mexico

d)

India

35.

Around the time La Salle was exploring, the Spanish did not want this group to have the upper hand in settling Texas.

a)

The French

b)

The Roman

c)

The Polish

d)

The Irish