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Semester Review-Texas History

Total questions: 95

Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these gives the BEST description of an "Anglo" settler?

a)

"Anglo" settlers were primarily from the U.S. and came to Texas for the good, cheap land

b)

"Anglo" settlers were from the southern part of Mexico and moved to Texas to help rebuild abandoned missions

c)

"Anglo" settlers were from France and hunted the Texas beaver for its fur

d)

"Anglo" settlers were mostly from Spain and wanted to find the legendary Seven Cities of Gold

2.

What document created political tensions in Texas when it combined the states of Coahuila and Texas in 1824?

a)

the Mexican Constitution of 1824

b)

the Treaty of Texas

c)

the Coahuila y Texas Compromise

d)

the Spanish Articles of Confederation

3.

On September 16, 1810 ____ issued a call for freedom from Spain.

a)

Bernardo Gutierreza

b)

Augustus Magee

c)

Father Hidalgo

d)

Jose Maria Morelos y Pavon

4.

The year 1821 is important in the history of Texas because it was the year that —

a)

Austin was established as the capital of Texas

b)

Moses Austin received permission to bring 300 Mexican families to Texas

c)

Juan Seguín migrated to Texas with Mexican settlers

d)

Mexico gained independence from Spain

5.

How did Anglo colonization of Texas differ from Spanish colonization of Texas?

a)

Anglo settlers helped to build missions and presidios.

b)

Anglo settlers followed empresarios with land grants.

c)

Anglo settlers colonized along the border with Mexico.

d)

Anglo settlers hoped to claim land for the United States

6.

Why did many Americans and Mexicans migrate to Mexican Texas in the 1820’s?

a)

To gain religious freedom

b)

To build missions and forts

c)

To search for cities of gold

d)

To find cheap farmland

7.

Which group was the first to settle Texas?

a)

Germans

b)

French

c)

Spanish

d)

Anglos

8.

Analyzing the map above, which physical geographic feature influenced where the missions

and presidios were built in Texas?

a)

mountains

b)

cities

c)

rivers

d)

heavy rainfalls

9.

Choose the two countries that had conflicting territorial claims in Texas during the 1600 and 1700s.

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

Mexico

d)

Britain

10.

Father Hidalgo's "El Grito de Dolores" speech is a significant event that led up to the ________________.

a)

Anglo settlement of Texas

b)

Establishment of missions in Texas

c)

Texas Revolution

d)

Mexican War for Independence

11.

Stephen F. Austin chose a spot for his colony between what two rivers?

a)

Nueces and Rio Grande

b)

Colorado and Brazos

c)

Colorado and Nueces

d)

Brazos and Sabine

12.

Why did the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824's merger of the states of Texas and Coahuila upset many Texans?

a)

It led to increased taxes, raising the price of land

b)

It made them more vulnerable to Indian attacks

c)

It required that all settlers be Catholic, and many of them were not

d)

It resulted in less representation for Texas in the Mexican government

13.

What famous Texan founded the first significant Anglo colony in Texas and for that reason is known as the "Father of Texas"?

a)

Fray Damian Massanet

b)

Green DeWitt

c)

Martin de Leon

d)

Stephen F. Austin

14.

What led to the population increase shown in the chart?

a)

The outbreak of the Texas Revolution.

b)

The arrival of Anglo settlers in Texas.

c)

The annexation of Texas by the U.S.

d)

The elimination of slavery in Texas.

15.

Who was the first person granted permission to bring U.S. settlers to Texas?

a)

Erasmo Seguin

b)

Green DeWitt

c)

Dr. James Long

d)

Moses Austin

16.

Which group would have included in this advertisement in U.S. newspapers?

a)

Empresarios

b)

Filibusters

c)

Friars

d)

Vaqueros

17.

Which statement correctly replaces the question mark in the diagram?

a)

The U.S. government took over Texas.

b)

Texans elected Sam Houston president.

c)

People left Texas and moved to France.

d)

Many Americans started immigrating to Texas.

18.

A person "of Mexican heritage who lives in Texas" is also known as a _____.

a)

Tejano

b)

Mestizo

c)

Anglo

d)

Texian

19.

Why was the Spanish government concerned by filibuster Philip Nolan?

a)

They suspected that he was a spy for the U.S.

b)

He was working for the French government in Louisiana

c)

He was stealing horses from Texas

d)

They thought he was working for the pirate Jean Lafitte

20.

In which region were the most successful land grants in Texas located?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

Great Plains

d)

Central Plains

21.

Which number is the Rio Grande River?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.

Which river is located at number 2?

a)

Red

b)

Sabine

c)

Colorado

d)

Rio Grande

23.

Which letter represents Austin?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

24.
Identify the area
a)
Arkansas
b)
Oklahoma
c)
New Mexico
d)
Mexico
25.
What region is this?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
26.
What city is this?
a)
Dallas
b)
Corpus Christi
c)
Houston
d)
Austin
27.
What is the capitol of Texas?
a)
Dallas
b)
Houston
c)
San Antonio
d)
Austin
28.

What large body of water borders Texas to the southeast?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Caribbean Sea

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Gulf of California

29.

The ELEVATION of TEXAS...

a)

Increases South to North

b)

Increases East to West

c)

Increases West to East

d)

Increases North to South

30.
Which region has the cities of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, and Corpus Christi?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Great Plains
31.

Fishing, Shipping, and oil are major industries in this region.

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

32.

This region is mostly desert with the least amount of rainfall in Texas.

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

33.

The Indians living along the Gulf Coast were different from the other Indian Tribes in Texas. What made the Gulf Coast Indians different?

a)

They lived in cone-shaped tents of buffalo hide.

b)

They conducted extensive trade with the Aztecs of Mexico

c)

They ate large amounts of fish, turtles, oysters, and clams.

d)

They were among the first tribes to grow wheat.

34.

What region of Texas is shaded orange?

a)

coastal plains

b)

central plains

c)

great plains

d)

mountains and basins

35.

What region of Texas is shaded green?

a)

coastal plains

b)

central plains

c)

great plains

d)

mountains and basins

36.

What region of Texas is shaded blue?

a)

coastal plains

b)

central plains

c)

great plains

d)

mountains and basins

37.

What region of Texas is shaded pink?

a)

coastal plains

b)

central plains

c)

great plains

d)

mountains and basins

38.

What region of Texas has the most precipitation?

a)

coastal plains

b)

central plains

c)

great plains

d)

mountains and basins

39.

What region of Texas has the least precipitation?

a)

coastal plains

b)

central plains

c)

great plains

d)

mountains and basins

40.

What is the name of the land bridge that appeared during the Ice Age between the continents of Asia and the United States?

a)

The Strait

b)

The Bering Strait

c)

The Bering

d)

The Strait Bering

41.

8. How did people migrate from Asia to North America thousands of years ago?

a)

walked across a land bridge

b)

Swimming

c)

Airplain

d)

Automobile

42.
Moisture that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
a)
weather
b)
climate
c)
precipitation
43.
What region has a hot and humid climate and is likely to have tropical storms
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
Central Plains
d)
Great Plains
44.

In what pars of Texas are most of the mountains located?

a)

North

b)

West

c)

South

d)

East

45.

An Underground Reservoir...

a)

Steep Cliff

b)

Aquifer

c)

Sea Coast

d)

Hill

46.

The Height above Sea Level is...

a)

Sea Coast

b)

Elevation

c)

Mesa

d)

Delta

47.

What contributed to the development of major cities along rivers?

a)

Source of Fresh Water

b)

Precious Metals

c)

Cultural Diversity

d)

Timber

48.

Why is buffalo important to the American Indian people?

a)

Provides protection

b)

Buffalo stampedes

c)

Food, Shelter, and tools

d)

fought each other

49.

Adobe is?

a)

Mud and Clay Which was Used to Build Homes.

b)

An Internet Program

c)

A Material that Natives ate.

d)

A Type of Clothing That Natives Used

50.

Artifacts are?

a)

Human Made objects.

b)

Something that changes a person's observation.

c)

A person's point of view.

51.
Lived in permanent villages in West Texas (sedentary)
a)
Gulf Coast
b)
Plains
c)
Pueblo
d)
Southeastern
52.
Had portable homes in North Texas (nomadic)
a)
Gulf Coast
b)
Plains
c)
Pueblo
d)
Southeastern
53.
What contribution did Alvarez de Pineda make for Spanish exploration?
a)
mapped the Texas coast
b)
defeated the Aztec
c)
settled Mexico City
d)
explored New Mexico
54.
Which of the following best describes the defining characteristics of the Age of Contact era in Texas history?
a)
Anglo and Spanish settlers established colonies in Texas.
b)
American Indian tribes were driven out of Texas by French settlers.
c)
Spanish explorers and French explorers both claimed land in Texas.
d)
Spanish colonists abandoned exploration of Texas after not finding any gold.
55.
Which of these explorers landed at Matagorda Bay while searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River?
a)
Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle
b)
Hernando Cortés
c)
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
d)
Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
56.
What happened during Spanish Colonial Era? 
a)
The Spanish protected the Indians
b)
The Spanish protected the French
c)
The Spanish built missions to spread their religion
d)
The Spanish explored Texas but never settled
57.
Why did the Spanish adopt the process of building missions and presidios?
a)
to help the local Indians maintain their Indian lands and expand the Indian cultures.
b)
to research the local Indians and publish Academic reports on world cultures.
c)
To claim the land for Spain, also convert the local Indians to Christianity, grow settlements and towns
d)
to find better lands for the French.
58.
The main goal of French settlers in Texas was to
a)
impose French culture on the Native Texans
b)
establish trade networks with the Native Texans
c)
convert the Native Texans to Catholicism
d)
eradicate all traces of the Native Texan customs
59.
What were the goals of the Spanish missions?
a)
convert Native Americans to Christianity
b)
teach Native Americans to adopt the Spanish way of life
c)
Strengthen Spain's hold on Texas land
d)
all of the above
60.

During Cortes’ destruction of the Aztec Empire what was Spain’s most destructive weapon?

a)

Disease

b)

Cannons

c)

Muskets

d)

Horses

61.
This military commander is known as the "father of the lower Rio Grande valley" because he built 20 settlements
a)
Francisco Hidalgo
b)
Jose de Escandon
c)
Damian Massanet
d)
Antonio Margil de Jesus
62.

Based on this map, which of the following statements is true about Texas Indians. (7.2A, 21C)

a)

The Comanches were originally from Central Texas.

b)

The Apaches drove the Comanches into Wyoming.

c)

The Comanches lived along the Gulf Coast.

d)

The Comanches drove the Apaches into West Texas and New Mexico.

63.

Texas Indians in which culture group built homes from adobe? (7.2A)

a)

Western Gulf

b)

Plains

c)

Southeastern

d)

Pueblo

64.

Which of the following Indian groups would have been most likely to build canoes? (7.2A)

a)

Comanches

b)

Karankawas

c)

Jumanos

d)

Wichitas

65.

How did the Native Americans adapt to their environment?

a)

By relying on the natural resources and materials around them

b)

By copying European practices

c)

The Natives did not rely on natural resources

d)

By praying to their gods for food and water

66.

Many Plains Indians used hides to make movable homes called (7.2A)

a)

wigwams

b)

tepees

c)

grass huts

d)

pueblos

67.

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

68.

Military bases in Spanish Colonial America designed to protect the missions from American Indian attacks

a)

Missions

b)

Presidios

c)

Haciendas

d)

Ranchos

69.

This building represents not only the period of Spanish missions in Texas, but is also a historical landmark because of the famous battle that occurred here.

a)

Corpus Christi de la Isleta

b)

San Francisco de los Tejas

c)

San Antonio de Valero

d)

Santa Cruz de San Saba

70.
 What was the importance of Alonso Álvarez de Pineda's 
exploration of the Texas coast in 1519?
a)
 His journey inspired conquistadores
to explore what is now Texas.
b)
He was the first European
to explore and map what is now the
Texas coastline.
c)
He led explorers to an
island near
present-day Galveston.
71.

Spanish soldiers who sought out God, Glory, and Gold

a)

Presidio

b)

Viceroy

c)
Conquistadors
d)

Explorers

72.

Many cities in Texas reflect the cultural heritage or legacy of which country?

a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
Portugal
73.

What two animals did the plains culture rely on?

a)

Cattle and sheep

b)

Buffalo and horses

c)

Goats and sheep

d)

Pigs and horses

74.

The picture shows daily life for which of the following tribes?

a)

Jumano

b)

Karankawa

c)

Comanche

d)

Caddo

75.

Who shipwrecked near Galveston, became a Karankawa slave, and wrote a book about his travels in Texas?

a)

Cabeza de Vaca

b)

La Salle

c)

Pineda

d)

Cortes

76.

A Spanish fort is called a -

a)

friar

b)

ranchero

c)

presidio

d)

mission

77.

Disease, Native Texans running away, and lack of resources from Spain all contributed to the -

a)

Native Texans going to the Spanish Missions

b)

Spanish-Native Texan War

c)

Spanish Missions failing

d)

Spanish leaving Texas

78.

Which is NOT a reason Spanish Missions were established?

a)

To establish Spanish chicken ranches in Texas

b)

To keep the French out of Texas

c)

To convert the Native Texans to Christianity

d)

To increase the land and resources of Span

79.
Name the era of Texas History that includes the Battle of the Alamo, the Texas Declaration of Independence, the Goliad Massacre, and the capture of Santa Anna.
a)
Age of Contact
b)
Mexican National Era
c)
Texas Revolution
d)
Republic of Texas Era
80.
Where did the Texans win a decisive 18-minute battle against the Mexican Army, and then they managed to capture the Mexican dictator on the following day?
a)
San Jacinto
b)
San Felipe
c)
San Antonio
d)
San Marcos
81.

What is an empresario?

a)

a man who received a land grant from the Mexican government in order to bring settlers into Texas

b)

a man who could do a salsa dance and sing at the same time

c)

a man who could serve as a barista in times of need

82.

Banned U.S. immigration to Texas, taxed all U.S. imports, outlawed slavery, cancelled unfilled Empresario contracts.

a)

Law of April 6, 1830

b)

Conflict at Anahuac

c)

Turtle Bayou Resolutions

d)

Mier y Teran Repor

83.
Which battle is considered to the beginning of the Texas Revolution?
a)
Battle of The Alamo
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Gonzales
d)
Grass fight
84.
What year did Texas win its independence?
a)
1821
b)
1845
c)
1836
d)
1835
85.

What was the main outcome of the Convention of 1836?

a)

Texians outlawed slavery

b)

Texians sent a peace treaty to Mexico

c)

Texas Declaration of Independence was written

d)

Texians decided to join the United States

86.

The famous "Victory or Death" letter was written to...

a)

let people know that reinforcements were needed at the Alamo

b)

surrender the Alamo to the Mexican Army

c)

taunt the Mexican army into a fight at the Alamo

d)

advertise that the Alamo would be sold to the highest bidder

87.

On March 2nd, 1836, this man wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence?

a)

Sam Houston

b)

George Childress

c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)

Juan Seguin

88.

A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives—unlike the dictatorship established by Santa Anna. 

a)

Republic

b)

Monarchy

c)

Federalism

d)

Centralism

89.

The delegates at the Convention of 1836 formed an ad interim government and elected this man as the commander-in-chief of the Texas military.

a)

Stephen F. Austin

b)

George Childress

c)

Sam Houston

d)

Mirabeau Lamar

90.

59 delegates at the Convention of 1836 met to decide to split and declare independence from which of these countries?

a)

Spain

b)

United States

c)

Mexico

d)

England

91.

Who was the Texas officer that Sam Houston ordered to retreat from Goliad and head east to safety back to Victoria? (He didn't follow General Houston's orders)

a)
George Childress
b)
James Fannin
c)

Stephen F. Austin

d)
William B. Travis
92.
Santa Anna ordered to execute prisoners at
a)

The Coleto Creek Massacre

b)

The Goliad Massacre

c)

The San Jacinto Massacre

d)

The San Antonio Massacre

93.
Who was the author of the Texas Declaration of Independence?
a)
Lorenzo De Zavala
b)
Juan Seguin
c)
Sam Houston
d)
George Childress
94.
The battle cry at San Jacinto was?
a)
" Don't Mess with Texas"
b)
"Remember  Goliad"
c)
"Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad"
d)

"Come and Take It"

95.

In which Battle did Texas win its independence from Mexico?

a)
Battle of the Alamo
b)
Battle of Golliad
c)
Battle of Gonzales
d)
Battle of San Jacinto

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