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Cumulative Test Review (3 mins per question)

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 3hrs 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region will you find the only mountains in Texas?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

2.

Which region will you find the center of the Cattle Industry (Fort Worth)?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

3.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
4.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
5.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
6.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
7.

Which Empresario...

• The first successful empresario

• Fulfilled his father’s contract and took 300 Anglo families to Texas

• Known as the Father of Texas

a)

Moses Austin

b)

Stephen Austin

c)

Green De Witt

d)

Martin De Leon

e)

Erasmo Seguin

8.

• A businessperson who was granted the right to promote settlement in Texas (land / real estate agent)

• Made responsible for the new settlers that came

• Helped Mexico by increasing the population of Texas

a)

Spanish Conquistador

b)

Anglo

c)

Empresario

d)

Tejano

9.
Of the following, which is NOT a desirable character trait of a settler during the time of SFA's empresario.
a)
a. Good moral character
b)
b. Good thief
c)
c. Good Catholic
d)
d. Become a citizen
10.
Who is the father of Texas?
a)
Stephen F. Austin
b)
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
c)
Martin de Leon
d)
Green DeWitt
11.
Stephen F. Austin’s original colonists were called ____.
a)
The Old 300
b)
The Old 400
c)
Austin's Assembly
d)
The Original 300
12.
Special settlements were created by Spanish priests to convert Natives.  These settlements were called
a)
Alamos
b)
Presidios
c)
Colonies
d)
Missions
13.
Spanish or Mexican person living in Texas
a)
Friar
b)
Creollo
c)
Soldier
d)
Tejano
14.
Who were the Spanish trying to spread their religion to?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Explorers
c)
Conquistadors
d)
Friars
15.
What is this a picture of?
a)
a pond
b)
An acequia
c)
A bobsled track
d)
Fish colony
16.
Which of the following led to the failure of the missions?
a)
Lack of adequate protection from the precidios
b)
Native American disinterest and disease
c)
Constant attacks from Native groups
d)
Lack of good water supply
17.

Which Republic of Texas president wanted Texas to remain a free and independent country?

a)

Houston

b)

Lamar

c)

Jones

18.

Which Republic of Texas president wanted Texas to be annexed to the United States after Texas won its independence?

a)

Houston

b)

Lamar

c)

Jones

19.

Which president of the Republic of Texas moved the capital to Austin?

a)

Houston

b)

Lamar

c)

Jones

20.

Which president of the Republic of Texas made peace treaties with the Native Americans?

a)

Houston

b)

Lamar

c)

Jones

21.

Which president of the Republic of Texas is known as the Father of Education?

a)

Houston

b)

Lamar

c)

Jones

22.

Which president of the Republic of Texas went to war with the Native Americans?

a)

Houston

b)

Lamar

c)

Jones

23.

Which president of the Republic of Texas tried to balance the budget?

a)

Houston

b)

Lamar

c)

Jones

24.

Most importantly, the Law of April 6, 1830 stopped all American _________ to Texas.

a)

train routes

b)

immigration

c)

trade

d)

visits

25.

What was Stephen F. Austin asked to do at the Convention 1833?

a)

He was asked to lead the Conventions.

b)

He was asked to write the resolutions and present them at the Convention.

c)

He was asked to leave the Convention because he agreed with the Mexican government.

d)

He was asked to go to Mexico City to discuss the resolutions with the Mexican government.

26.

Why was Steven F. Austin imprisoned in Mexico City?

a)

He was plotting to overthrow the Mexican government.

b)

He was caught bringing in more slaves into Texas from Louisiana.

c)

His letter was intercepted that told the Texans to go ahead with their plans to organize a local government.

d)

He insulted the Mexican president by questioning the new laws that were in place to control Texas.

27.

I. Mier y Teran Report

II. Arrest of Stephen F. Austin

III. Fredonian Rebellion

IV. Turtle Bayou Resolutions

V. Law of April 6, 1830

Which is the correct order of events?

a)

V, II, I, III, IV

b)

IV, V, I, II, III

c)

III, I, V, IV, II

d)

III, II, I, IV, V

28.
I was the first battle of the Texas Revolution. Texas and Mexican forces fought over a cannon ending in Mexican defeat. What battle am I?
a)
Siege of San Antonio
b)
Battle of Gonzalez 
c)
Battle of San Jacinto
d)
Battle of the Alamo 
29.
Name the general and dictator of Mexico.
a)
Jose Urrea
b)
S.F.A
c)
Santa Ana
d)
William B. Travis
30.
What was the purpose of William B Travis's letter?
a)
To send reinforcements/help
b)
To announce their victory
c)
To inform americans of their plans
d)
To announce his surrender
31.
Name the battle in which Santa Ana surrendered and officially gave Texas to the Americans?
a)
Battle of Gonzales
b)
Grass Fight
c)
Battle of San Jacinto
d)
Battle of Coleto
32.
Which of the following events took place during the Texas Revolution
a)
Council House Fight
b)
Siege of the Alamo
c)
Sam Houston Elected
d)
Texas Annexation
33.
What is the significance of the battle of Gonzales?
a)
Gave the Texans confidence in their fighting
b)
Proved independence could be achieved
c)
Showed Mexicans could be defeated
d)
All of the above
34.
What year did Texas win its independence?
a)
1821
b)
1845
c)
1836
d)
1835
35.
Why is the Battle of the Alamo significant?
a)
It inspired the Texans to fight stronger
b)
It discouraged the Texan army
c)
It was an important win for the Texans
d)
Everyone, including the Mexican soldiers,died at the hands of Santa Anna
36.
Looking at the map in which region did the majority of the battles take place?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
Gulf Coastal Plains
c)
Central Plains
d)
Great Plains
37.
Texan governor who opposed secession.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Edward Clark
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Sam Houston
38.
Before the Civil War, what kind of work did most of the northerners and the southerners do? 
a)
Northerners worked in factories, banks, or fianance .
The Southerners worked on farms or were plantation owners 
b)
The Northerners were artisans and explorers.
The southerners were lumberjacks and fishermen.
c)
The northerners worked on farms or were plantation owners. 
The Southerners worked in factories, banks, or fiance. 
d)
The Northerners worked in oil fields and newspapers.
The Southerners worked in fields and growing cotton. 
39.
Why were the Southerners afraid of Abraham Lincoln becoming president?
a)
The Southerners believed that Lincoln would give the states more rights 
b)
The Southerners believed that Lincoln would make the North Secede from the South 
c)
The Southerners believed that Lincoln would want to keep slavery in the US
d)
The Southerners believed that the US government would abolish slavery 
40.
Why did Sam Houston not want to secede?
a)
He felt that the Union would crush the North, and there would be violence and destruction
b)
He felt that the Union would Crush the South, and there would be violence and destruction
c)
He felt that Texas needed to work on their economy 
d)
He felt that Texas needed more plantations and slaves 
41.
Slavery important in the South, because slaves were used for cheap field labor. True or False?
a)
True 
b)
False
42.
Why was Texas not physically affected during the Civil War?
a)
Most of the battles were fought in the West 
b)
Most of the battles were fought in the East
c)
Most of the battles were fought in the Northern territories 
d)
Most of the battles were fought in California 
43.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
a)
It did absolutely nothing
b)
It freed all the enslaved people in America
c)
It freed the slaves that were in the Union
d)
It freed the slaves that were in the Confederacy. 
44.

How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?

a)

Most Texans believed slavery was wrong and wanted to end it

b)

Most Texans did not own slaves so it did ot have an influence.

c)

Most Texans believed that slavery was vital to their economy

d)

Most Texans wanted to end the slave trade

45.

The data shown in the graphs best support the conclusion that the North -

a)

lagged behind the South in bank deposits.

b)

was better prepared economically to fight the Civil War.

c)

produced more agricultural products than the South.

d)

lacked several important resources to fight the war.

46.

What cash crop accounted for the large increase in the slave population during the 1800's in Texas?

a)

peanuts

b)

sugar cane

c)

potatoes

d)

cotton

47.
Which is the best description of Reconstruction?
a)
rebuilding the US after a big earthquake
b)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Revolutionary War
c)
a period of rebuilding in the US after the Civil War
d)
unfair treatment of African Americans after the Civil War
48.
the date celebrated as the anniversary of Emancipation Day for enslaved people in Texas 
a)
Ordinance
b)
Juneteenth
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Reconstruction
49.
The executive order that declared enslaved persons in the Confederate states were free 
a)
Freedman 
b)
Reconstruction
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Black Codes
50.
This word means to break away from.
a)
abolish
b)
secede
c)
emancipation
51.

A period within a war where neither side gains any advantage is referred to as

a)

trench warfare

b)

total war

c)

stalemate

d)

standstill

52.

This is what the Germans called their submarines

a)

U-Boats

b)

Convoy System

c)

Red Scare

d)

Reparations

53.

This forced Germany to accept full blame for WWI.

a)

Fourteen Points

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Armistice

d)

Red Scare

54.
A 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire for Mexico to join in an alliance with Germany.
a)
Trench Warfare
b)
Lusitania
c)
Zimmerman's Telegram
d)
The Great War
55.

What does neutral mean?

a)

cold

b)

hot

c)

take no sides

d)

middle

56.

Pick the vocabulary word: A yellow gas that would burn your insides until you die.

a)

Trenches

b)

Mustard Gas

c)

No Man's Land

d)

Lusitania

e)

Trigger

57.
Soldiers fought in long deep ditches dug for protection across from France from the English Channel to the border with Switzerland.
a)
Nuclear Warfare
b)
Guerrilla Warfare
c)
Trench Warfare
d)
Defensive Warfare
58.

president of the United States during WWI who campaigned for peace after the war

a)

George Washington

b)

Franz Ferdinand

c)

Woodrow Wilson

d)

Zimmermann

59.

Name the two U.S. presidents during WWII.

a)

Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover

b)

George Bush and Barack Obama

c)

Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman

d)

Adolf Hiter and Joseph Stalin

60.

Germany's use of tanks and planes to quickly takeover countries was called ___________________________.

a)

U-boat war

b)

trench war

c)

blitzkrieg (lightening war)

d)

nuclear war

61.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

62.

Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hidecki Tojo

63.

Germany, Italy and Japan were the ____________ during WWII.

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

NATO Powers

d)

Axis Powers

64.

A ruler (leader) with total power over a country is called a (n) ___________________.

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

dictator

c)

Congressional aide

d)

Captain of Industry

65.

Joseph Stalin was the leader of which large country during the war?

a)

Germany

b)

Soviet Union

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

66.

When Britain and France gave into Germany because they were sick of war and they had economic problems it was called

a)

Appeasement

b)

Fascism

c)

Communism

d)

Prohibition

67.

What was the reason Japan wanted to attack Pearl Harbor?

a)

to steal the natural resources of Hawaii

b)

to stop U.S. ships from getting in Japan's way

c)

in an attempt to take over the U.S. for Germany

d)

to help the Hawaiians break away from the U.S.

68.

The U.S. joined Britian, France and the Soviet Union. This group was known as what?

a)

Axis

b)

Fascist

c)

Nationalist

d)

Allies

69.

What country did the Allies invade on D-Day to kick out the Germans?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

France

70.

What world-changing weapon was used to end World War II in the Pacific?

a)

armored tank

b)

atomic bomb

c)

carrier pigeon

d)

fire bomb

71.

The first city the Atomic Bomb was dropped on

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Tokyo

d)

Pearl Harbor