TX23 - Fall Sem Exam Review 4

Most of the major cities of Texas are located near -

• mountains

• waterways

• borders

• ports

Match the following Native Texan culture groups with the description of the environment that they lived in, respected, and protected.

• dry lands in far west Texas

• SOUTHEASTERN

• good farmland and abundant rivers

• GULF

• low, flat land close to the coastline

• PLAINS

• flat grassland filled with buffalo herds

• PUEBLO

Which explorer is shown and described here?

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• * Spanish explorer in the 1500s

• * Shipwreck survivor

• * Inspired further exploration of Texas through his book "La Relacion"

c

Cabeza de Vaca

Columbus

Cortes

Coronado

Read the passage provided.

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• Briefly summarize how "Dia de los Muertos" brings together Spanish and Indian cultures.

Mexican and Anglo Settlement of Texas

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• Both of these goups followed ​ (a)   to Texas and caused the population of the area to ​ (b)   during the 1820s and 1830s.​

• empresarios
• increase
• filibusters
• decrease
• entrepreneurs
• stay the same

Put these events of 1836 in the correct CHRONOLOGICAL order. [hint: that means, the order that they occurred]

• Santa Anna is captured

• Sam Houston is elected as Texas President

• Treaty of Velasco

• Texas Declaration of Independence

• Battle of San Jacinto

Where were most of the battles of the Texas Revolution fought?

Which THREE [3] of these statements about Texas annexation are correct?

• It doubled the size of the U.S.

• It happened on December 29, 1845

• U.S. President Polk signed the resolution

• Texas became the 28th state in the U.S.

• Texas President Sam Houston made the deal happen

Organize these options into the right categories. There should be TWO [2] items in each category.

Groups:

(a) Natural Texas and Its People

,

(b) Age of Contact

,

(c) Mexican National

,

(d) Texas Revolution

• Early people adapted to their environments

• Father Hidalgo called for an end to Spanish rule

• American Indian tribes developed cultures

• Spanish explorers claimed land in Texas

• Mexico won independence from Spain

• The Battle of the Alamo was fought

• Mexico imposed tighter control over TX

• A French fort was built in Spanish territory

In the first few years of "Early Statehood", which TWO of these groups could not legally own land in Texas?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO [2] CORRECT ANSWERS

• enslaved people

• Native Americans

• college students

• veterans of the Texas Revolution