TX23 - Fall Sem Exam Review #1

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Which of these eras of Texas History was happening from 1500-1600? Age of Contact, Mexican National Era, Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas

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Age of Contact

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Which era of Texas History is INCORRECT? AGE OF CONTACT - Spanish and French explorers claimed land in Texas, NATURAL TEXAS AND ITS PEOPLE - American Indian tribes lived in Texas and adapted to their environment, MEXICAN NATIONAL - social and political unrest leads to a war for Mexican independence, TEXAS REVOLUTION - Spanish missions and presidios were built to spread the religion and culture of Spain

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TEXAS REVOLUTION - Spanish missions and presidios were built to spread the religion and culture of Spain

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Which culture group lived in teepees, hunted the buffalo, and included the tribes of Apaches, Comanches, and Tonkawas?

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Plains

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Which Spanish explorer is described below?

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• * survived a shipwreck in Texas
• * traveled through Texas on his long journey home
• * wrote a book about his travels called "La Relacion" that inspired further explorations of Texas

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Cabeza de Vaca

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What religion was taught to Native Americans living in missions during the Spanish Colonial Era?

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Catholicism

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In what year did Mexico win independence and the government of Texas changed from Spanish to Mexican governance? [hint: this was the same year that Anglo colonization began with settlers from the U.S. following empresario Stephen F. Austin to Texas]

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1821

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Which of these statements is TRUE about Stephen F. Austin?
- He was a successful empresario during the 1820s
- He was the leader of the Old Three Hundred
- He founded San Felipe on the Brazos River

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ALL of these are correct

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Hispanic immigrants spread across the LARGEST area of Texas. What culture group [from Europe] was the second largest?

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German immigrants

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Mexican and Anglo settlement of Texas involved following empresarios to Texas, which caused the population to -

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increase

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Which group followed empresarios [land agents] who sold land grants to new arrivals in Texas, helping to INCREASE the population of Texas in the 1820s and 1830s? Options: Spanish friars, Mexican filibusters, Anglo settlers, German immigrants

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Anglo settlers