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Texas History Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

NAME THE UNIT WE ARE STUDYING?

a)

SPANISH COLONIZATION

b)

TEXAS REVOLUTION

c)

EARLY TEXAS EXPLORERERS FIRST CONTACT

d)

BEING A HISTORIAN

2.

WHICH CONTINENT DID THE EUROPEANS WANT TO OBTAIN GOODS FROM?

a)

EASTERN EUROPE

b)

ASIA

c)

SOUTH AMERICA

d)

AUSTRALIA

3.

OVERLAND TRADE ROUTES FOR GOODS HAD BECOME EXPENSIVE, TIME CONSUMING AND ___________.

a)

HARD TO FIND

b)

EASY

c)

LOW IN DEMAND

d)

DANGEROUS

4.

WHO WAS THE FIRST TO INSPIRE EXPLORATION IN THE NEW WORLD?

a)

PINEDA

b)

CABEZA DE VACA

c)

COLUMBUS

d)

CORONADO

5.

MISSIONS ARE ESTABLISHED, PRESIDIOS ARE BUILT TO PROTECT MISSIONS AND TOWNS, TOWN OF BEXAR IS ESTABLISHED: WHAT ERA OF TEXAS WOULD THESE BE?

a)

THE AGE OF CONTACT

b)

THE SPANISH COLONIAL ERA

c)

THE MEXICAN NATIONAL ERA

d)

THE ERA OF REVOLUTION AND REPUBLIC

6.

HOW DID LA SALLE GET TO THE COAST OF TEXAS?

a)

HE THOUGHT THIS WAS WHERE MISSISSIPPI RIVER EMPTIED INTO GULF OF MEXICO

b)

HE THOUGH TEXAS WAS FULL OF GOLD

c)

HE WAS LOOKING FOR LOUISIANA

d)

HE WAS SEARCHING FOR A PASSAGE TO ASIA

7.

WHY DID THE SPANISH JOURNEY TO TEXAS?

a)

THEY WERE SEARCHING FOR GOLD

b)

TO PROTECT THE SPANISH CLAIMS AGAINST THE FRENCH SETTLERS

c)

TO CONVERT INDIANS TO CHRISTIANITY

d)

NOT ENOUGH LAND IN MEXICO

8.

WHAT DID THE SPANISH SOLDIERS FIND AT FORT SAINT LOUIS IN 1689?

a)

HOSTILE FRENCH SOLDIERS

b)

AN EMPTY DESERTED SETTLEMENT

c)

ANGRY INDIANS

d)

FRIENDLY FRENCH SETTLERS

9.

HE WAS A SEA CAPTAIN THAT WAS ONE OF FIRST EXPLORERS TO LAND IN TEXAS, AND CAPTURED BY KARANKAWAS

a)

PINEDA

b)

CABEZA DE VACA

c)

ESCANDON

d)

CORONADO

10.

HE PUBLISHED THE BOOK SHIPWEECKED IN 1542, LANDED ON GALVESTON ISLAND

a)

FRANCISCO HIDALGO

b)

CORONADO

c)

DE LEON

d)

CABEZA DE VACA

11.

LA SALLE ESTABLISHED A FORT AT MATAGORDA BAY, HOW DID THE SPANISH REACT TO THIS NEWS?

a)

THE KING OF FRANCE OFFERED TO SELL THE LAND

b)

THEY IGNORED IT BECAUSE IT WAS TOO SMALL

c)

THEY ENCOURAGED INDIANS TO ATTACK

d)

THEY SENT EXPLORERS TO THE BAY AND LATER BUILT A FORT IN SAME LOCATION

12.

WHAT ARE THE SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS CALLED THAT THE SPANISH CREATED TO CONVERT INDIAN TRIBES TO CHRISTIANITY AND EDUCATE AND ACCULTURATE THEM? THEY HAD SMALL CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN THEM AND AN INSIDE PATIO.

a)

MISSIONS

b)

COLONIES

c)

PRESIDIOS

d)

FRONTIERS

13.

CONQUISTADORS WERE?

a)

PRIESTS

b)

MAP MAKERS

c)

CRAFTSMEN

d)

SOLDIERS

14.

MISSIONARIES WERE?

a)

SOLDIERS

b)

MAP MAKERS

c)

MOTIVATED BY GOD

d)

CRAFTSMEN

15.

WHAT WAS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTION THAT PINEDA MADE?

a)

EXPLORE THE INTERIOR OF FLORIDA

b)

MAP THE GULF COAST

c)

EXPLORE KANSAS

d)

BEING CAPTURED BY THE KARANKAWAS

16.

CORONADO SEARCHED FOR CIBOLA WHICH ARE WHAT?

a)

SPANISH MISSIONS

b)

AN INDIAN VILLAGE

c)

CITIES MADE OF GOLD

d)

SHIPS

17.

WHAT NATIONALITY WAS RENE LA SALLE?

a)

PORTUGUESE

b)

FRENCH

c)

SPANISH

d)

TEXAN

18.

AS A RESULT OF LA SALLE'S SETTLEMENT IN TEXAS, THE SPANISH ______.

a)

WERE ANGERED AT THE FRENCH AND DECIDED TO START MISSIONS

b)

CLAIMED TEXAS FOR SPAIN

c)

GAINED CONTROL OF TEXAS

d)

ENCOURAGED INDIANS TO ATTACK THE SETTLEMENT

19.

AT THE MISSIONS, THE INDIANS WERE______________.

a)

TAUGHT TO DRIVE

b)

LEAD THROUGH DAILY ACTIVITIES

c)

LEARNED TO MAKE BREAD

d)

PLANTED CROPS

20.

WHO WAS THE PRIEST FROM NORTHERN MEXICO THAT MARCHED WITH AN ARMY TO CONQUER NATIVE AMERICAN GROUPS IN TEXAS?

a)

CABEZA DE VACA

b)

FRAY MARCOS

c)

FRANCISCO HIDALGO

d)

DAMIAN MASSENT

21.

DAMIAN MASSENT WAS A PRIEST WHO FOUNDED MISSIONS IN _____TEXAS ALONG THE ____________.

a)

WEST, JUMANOS

b)

NORTH, APACHES

c)

SOUTH, KARANKAWAS

d)

EAST, CADDOS

22.

_____________WAS IMPORTANT FOR ESTABLISHING SETTLEMENT AND MISSIONS ALONG THE __________.

a)

FRANCISCO HIDALGO, RIO GRANDE RIVER

b)

JOSE DE ESCANDON, RIO GRANDE RIVER

c)

ANTONIO MARGIL, RED RIVER

d)

CABEZA DE VACA, BRAZOS RIVER

23.

WHAT WAS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR ESTABLISHING CATHOLIC MISSIONS IN SPANISH TEXAS?

a)

TO FIND GOLD FOR THE KING OF SPAIN

b)

TO FIND FARMLAND FOR NEW SETTLERS

c)

TO PROTECT THE SPANISH CLAIM AGAINST THE FRENCH

d)

TO CONVERT THE INDIANS TO CHRISTIANITY