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Texas History BUILD UP!

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 7hrs 59mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This tribe is known for hunting buffalo and mastery of horsemanship skills

a)

Comanche

b)

Jumano

c)

Karankawa

d)

Caddo

2.

Nomads, bison hunters, and teepees relate MOST to which tribe?

a)

Comanche

b)

Karankawa

c)

Caddo

d)

Jumano

3.
What state creates the border of Texas to the northwest?
a)
New Mexico
b)
Arizona
c)
Colorado
d)
Arkansas
4.
What river creates the border between Texas and Oklahoma?
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Red River
c)
Sabine River
d)
Trinity River
5.
The Rio Grande creates the border between Texas and.....
a)
New Mexico
b)
United States
c)
Mexico
d)
Canada
6.
What large body of water borders Texas to the southeast?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Caribbean Sea
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Gulf of California
7.

Identify the YELLOW area

a)
Arkansas
b)
Oklahoma
c)
New Mexico
d)
Mexico
8.

Identify the YELLOW area

a)
Mexico
b)
Oklahoma
c)
Arkansas
d)
Louisiana
9.

Identify the YELLOW area

a)
Mexico
b)
New Mexico
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Arkansas
10.

Identify the YELLOW area

a)
Louisiana
b)
New Mexico
c)
Mexico
d)
Arkansas
11.

Identify the explorer who discovered the New World in 1492, and started Spanish Exploration into Texas.

a)

Columbus

b)

Pineda

c)

Cabeza De Vaca

d)

La Salle

12.

Which explorer was trying to take control of the Mississippi river?

a)

Pineda

b)

Coronado

c)

La Salle

d)

Cabeza De Vaca

13.

Which Explorer went looking for the "cities of gold" but found only simple adobe brick houses?

a)
Cabeza De Vaca
b)
Coronado
c)
Pineda
d)
La Salle
14.

His mission to find gold in Texas failed

a)

Cortes

b)

Pineda

c)

Cabeza de Vaca

d)

Coronado

15.

Which of the following explorers NEVER came to Texas:

a)

Pineada

b)

De Vaca

c)

La Salle

d)

Columbus

16.

I established the FRENCH Fort St. Louis after not finding the Mississippi River:

a)

La Salle

b)

Cornado

c)

Onate

d)

Moscoso

17.

Which Explorer was considered "part of the tribe" after establishing himself as a medicine man?

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Coronado

c)

La Salle

18.

Whose remaining colonists were killed by the Karankawa Indians while he was away on an expedition?

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

Coronado

c)

La Salle

19.

What is a filibuster?

a)

a person that moves from one place to another consuming resources

b)

a free state

c)

a person who is fighting another country without government permission.

d)

a person that stays forever in one place and consumes all resources.

20.

What is a MISSION?

a)

military fort or outpost

b)

district or colony

c)

religious settlement

d)

official that rules in the name of the king or queen

21.

This EXPLORER convinced the Aztecs to rebel against their leader, before enslaving them and then destroying their entire civilization.

a)

Cortes

b)

Pineda

c)

De Vaca

d)

Coronado

22.

What was the MAIN reason that the SPANISH built the MISSIONS?

a)

To keep the French out of their land (AKA TEXAS)!

b)

To convert the Natives.

c)

To acquire more land from Americans.

d)

To kill of more natives in their territory with disease and starvation.

23.
The Spanish wanted Indians to follow what religion?
a)
Baptist Religion
b)
Texan Religion
c)
Puritan Religion
d)
Catholic Religion
24.

Missions were used by WHO to convert the Native Americans?

a)
Spanish
b)
Texans
25.

Which economic activity would the Spanish have engaged in while in the SOUTHERN Central Texas PLAINS? (REMEMBER THE REGIONS OF TEXAS)

a)
Mining
b)
Shipping
c)
Farming
d)
Ranching
26.
A vaquero is someone that works the land, takes care of cattle and rides horses...What would vaquero translate to?
a)
Cowboy
b)
Soldier
c)
Mayor
d)
Sheriff
27.

Missions do all of the following:

a)

Establish Claim over Texas

b)

Provide Protection for Citizens

c)

Convert Natives to Christianity

d)

Colonize Texas

e)

Provide clothing for Colonists

28.

How did geography influence early settlements in Texas?

a)

South Texas provided the best location for settlements.

b)

Settlements in West Texas were isolated.

c)

Settlements were often started near sources of water.

d)

There were more Missions in Texas than there were Presidios.

29.

A MOVEMENT to bring about CHANGE.

a)

Filibuster

b)

Revolution

c)

Nationalism

30.

An EXTREME love or patriotism for your homeland/country A MOVEMENT to become an independent nation

a)

Filibuster

b)

Revolution

c)

Nationalism

31.

Check 3 out of 4 of the main causes of the MEXICAN REVOLUTION.

a)

New Spain was too far from Spain to protect the BORDERLAND

b)

New Spain wanted to govern themselves.

c)

Spain could not protect its citizens from the Galveston Pirates.

d)

Spain was not treating New Spain/Mexico fairly.

32.

Who was the leader who sparked the Mexican Revolution with the GRITO DE DELORES?

a)

Father Miguel Hidalgo

b)

Philip Nolan

c)

Jean Lafitte and Aury

d)

James Long

e)

Gutierrez and Magee

33.

Read or examine the map. (Click the + sign to magnify the image).

What area or region was claimed by Spain?

a)

the central part of present-day United States

b)

the eastern part of present-day United States

c)

the southern part & western part of present-day United States as well as present-day Florida (the state), Mexico and Central America

d)

the Caribbean Islands

34.

Read or examine the map. (Click the + sign to magnify the image).

What area or region was claimed by France?

a)

the central part of present-day United States

b)

the eastern part of present-day United States

c)

the southern part & western part of present-day United States as well as present-day Mexico and Central America

d)

the Caribbean Islands

35.

Read or examine the map. (Click the + sign to magnify the image).

What area or region was claimed by Britain or England?

a)

the central part of present-day United States

b)

the eastern part of present-day United States

c)

the southern part & western part of present-day United States as well as present-day Mexico and Central America

d)

the Caribbean Islands

36.

What effect did the Age of Exploration have on the Native Americans?

a)

Majority of them died from European diseases such as small pox, were enslaved by the Spaniards, and/or were displaced by the English when westward expansion started.

b)

They flourished in their land and were allowed to keep living as they were before.

c)

They became the laborers for the 13 colonies.

d)

They traded with the French and Spanish.

37.

Which word best suits this situation: a country decides to sail to a new land and claim it as their own.

a)

pull factor

b)

colony

c)

colonization

d)

push factor

38.

A is a part of land area with similar characteristics.

a)

region

b)

colony

c)

country

d)

continent

39.

means the way people spend and make money.

a)

democracy

b)

monarchies

c)

fluency

d)

economy

40.

What country had already claimed the land that Fort St. Louis was built upon?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Great Brittan

d)

Canada

41.

Why did Spain leave Texas alone for 150 years?

a)

There was no food

b)

There was no gold

c)

There was too many mountains

d)

Not enough rivers

42.

Why did Spain set up missions?

a)

To find gold

b)

To control and colonize Texas.

c)

To find glory

d)

To ranch

43.
What's the definition of empresario?
a)
A group of citizens acting as a military force
b)
Land agent whose job it was to bring new settlers to an area
c)
A white person living in the U.S. & who isn't Hispanic
d)
government in which people elect representatives
44.
What is important about the year 1821?
a)
Coronado defeated the Aztecs
b)
Alamo was built
c)
Mexico gained their independence from Spain.
d)
The Federal Constitution of 1824 was adopted
45.
The person MOST responsible for the settlement of Texas with Americans is
a)
Viceroy Martinez
b)
Moses Austin
c)
Stephen F. Austin
d)
Baron de Bastrop
46.
1. Moses Austin was given permission to settle in Texas
2. Mexico gained Independence from Spain
3. Mexican Constitution of 1824
4. ?
a)
Empresarios were granted contracts
b)
Spain started to recolonize
c)
Americans started to move out of Texas
d)
Baron de Bastrop moved to Mexico city
47.
There were three requirements to being able to move to Mexican Texas one of the three requirements were...
a)
Gambling.
b)
Becoming a Mexican citizen.
c)
Going out to parties.
d)
Raising 20,000 horses.
48.
This is a mission system, what does it represent?
a)
Anglo settlement
b)
Spanish methods of settlement
c)
Spanish style of Architecture
d)
nothing
49.
What does this picture represent?
a)
Spanish settlement
b)
French shelters
c)
Anglo settlement
d)
nithing
50.

A white (Caucasian) European living in the United States and who is not Hispanic.

a)

Anglo American

b)

Empresario

c)

Tejano

d)

Pioneer

51.

The Spanish word for a land agent whose job it was to bring new settlers into an area.

a)

Empresario

b)

Tejano

c)

Anglo American

d)

Pioneer

52.

A person of Mexican heritage who considers Texas home.

a)

Tejano

b)

Anglo American

c)

Empresario

d)

Pioneer