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Social Studies Week 4

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the estimated population of Texas?

a)

29 thousand

b)

29 million

c)

290 thousand

d)

2.9 million

2.

Which of the following is not an example of a need?

a)

television

b)

water

c)

food

d)

shelter

3.

Many early settlers in Texas formed communities near sources of ________ to meet their needs.

a)

entertainment

b)

transportation

c)

water

d)

oil

4.

Who were the first inhabitants that lived in Texas?

a)

American settlers

b)

American Indians

c)

european colonists

d)

Mexican explorers

5.

Spanish settlers built forts across Texas called __________.

a)

missions

b)

outposts

c)

castillos

d)

presidios

6.

Where were the first missions in Texas constructed?

a)

Austin

b)

El Paso

c)

San Antonio

d)

Dallas

7.

Mexico gained its independence from what country?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

United States

8.

Who was one of the first American settlers to create a colony in Texas?

a)

Stephen F. Austin

b)

Sam Houston

c)

Lorenzo de Zavala

d)

Joseph Glidden

9.

An _________ was a land agent that encouraged immigration to Texas?

a)

presidio

b)

empresario

c)

missionary

d)

surveyor

10.

The largest group to settle Texas came from __________.

a)

Ireland

b)

Germany

c)

Poland

d)

Hungary

11.

What was the primary reason the Wends immigrated to Texas?

a)

to seek religious freedom

b)

to build new towns

c)

to open new schools

d)

to establish churches

12.

Which group was not one of the major European immigrant groups to settle in Texas during the mid 1800s?

a)

Irish

b)

Germans

c)

Polish

d)

Japanese

13.

Where did most people live when Texas became a state?

a)

cities

b)

farms

c)

apartments

d)

plantations

14.

When did the first railroad begin operating in Texas?

a)

1800

b)

1821

c)

1850

d)

1950

15.

What invention improved automobile travel through Texas?

a)

interstate highway system

b)

railroad construction

c)

better forms of concrete

d)

steam powered ships

16.

The city of San Antonio grew from Spanish __________ called San Antonio de Valero.

a)

castillo

b)

fort

c)

mission

d)

presidio

17.

Which of the following is not one of the major economic activities of Galveston?

a)

shipping

b)

farming

c)

fishing

d)

tourism

18.

For the first 50 years of its existence, the major economic activity of Abilene was __________.

a)

agriculture

b)

fishing

c)

tourism

d)

oil production