WorksheetsHistory Final Exam
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is absolute location?
Exact location of a place on the earth described by global coordinates
What is relative location?
where a place is located in relation to other places
What is the largest populated region in Texas?
Texas Coastal Plains
Great Plains
High Plains
Which region has the highest point in Texas?
Great Plains
Central Plains
Coastal Plains
Mountain and Basins
Which region of Texas has rolling hills, good soil, and grasslands and forests?
Great Plains
Coastal Plains
High Plains
North Central Plains
Who was the first American to receive a Spanish land grant in Mexico, later Texas. He died and passed land to his son?
Who was known as the Father of Texas, and led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States?
Who was the empresario that was ordered to leave Texas by Governor Victor Blanco after a dispute over land titles in East Texas?
Haden Edwards
Who was the Mexican General sent by the government to investigate Texas? (He observed that the Anglo-American influence was too strong in East Texas that Anglo's out number Mexican 10 to 1 and he believed that with so many Anglo's the United States had a strong influence. He recommended that the Mexican government act or lose Texas forever; Law of April 6, 1830 was based on his recommendations.)
Mier y Terán
Who defeated the Aztec in Mexico?
Hernan Cortes
Who shipwrecked on what is believed today to be Galveston Island in 1528? (After trading in the region for some six years, he later explored the Texas interior on his way to Mexico.)
Cabeza de Vaca
Who was the Spanish explorer who led an army into Texas in search of the Seven Cities of Gold?
Francisco Coronado
Who were the first people to discover East Texas?
De Soto and Moscoso
Santa Anna
tribes
Who was the explorer that claimed all land that drained into the Mississippi for France?
La Salle
Who was the Spanish governor who came over to help America and helped raise an army?
Who called for the liberation of the Mexican people from Spain?
Father/Miguel Hidalgo
Which law made immigration from American illegal and stated no new slaves will be able to be brought into Texas?
The residents of (a) become angry with the Mexican government in the spring of
1835 because the government began collecting customs duties on imports.
Who was the Federalist Governor who many in Texas liked before he changed to a Centralist?
Met in San Felipe de Austin
Elected 56 delegates to pledge that they supported Const. 1824. Wanted the following -
Open US immigration,
better schools,
better Postal Service, and Protection from Indians
Constitution of 1832 and 1833
What served as the provisional government of Mexican Texas?
Consultation of 1835
What was the Native American revolt against the Spanish in late 17th century; expelled the Spanish for over 10 years; Spain began to take an accommodating approach to Natives after the revolt?
What is the act of changing physical location or position or of having this changed?
What is an area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features?
What is the distance north or south of the equator?
What is the distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees?
What is 0 degrees longitude?
What is 0 degrees latitude?
Who is the American filibuster who led two unsuccessful expeditions into Texas in 1819 and 1821?
Who was the Mother of Texas?
What is someone who wants to overthrow a government or leaders of a government?
a filibuster
What is the agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States?
What is a person who arranged for the settlement of land in Texas during the 1800s?
empresario
What is a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies?
What is a proof of land ownership?
Land Title
Who was the last Spanish governor of Texas?
Antonio Martínez
What is Austin's first group of settlers called?
What is the capital of Austin's colony?
Who is an important American empresario who settled 166 families in the area near present day Gonzales?
Green DeWitt
Who is the empresario who started a colony of about 200 Tejano families in Victoria Texas?
What is property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage?
What is the Independent Republic of Fredonia created by Haden Edwards? ( it didn't last)
Fredonia Revolt
What were the first Colonies in the Texas region?
Austin colonies
Who is the GOAT? (only adding because it is on the Quizlet)
Beames
You
Santa Anna
What established a government in which state governments had most of the power and therefore provided for more local control of issues important to settlers? (Most Texas settlers supported this constitution.)
Constitution of the 1824
Which law promoted colonization and immigration to Texas? (New settlers did not have to pay taxes for 10 years. Only requirements were to be Catholic and Mexican citizens of good character)
Colonization Law of 1825
Which law was passed by the Mexican government and stopped immigration to Texas from the U.S.?
What is this from?
1. Mexico's was losing influence and control in TX
2. More trade with TX, less with Mexico
3. Mexico needed more soldiers in TX
4. Needed more European settlers
Colonization Law
Santa Anna
Mier y Teran Report
