TX23 - Fall Sem Exam Review #1

Which of these eras of Texas History was happening from 1500-1600?

• Age of Contact

• Mexican National Era

• Texas Revolution

• Republic of Texas

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

Which THREE [3] of these dates are correctly matched with their important event?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE THREE [3] CORRECT ANSWERS

• 1519 - mapping the Texas coast

• 1718 - Mexican independence from spain

• 1821 - city of San Antonio is founded

• 1836 - Texas wins independence from Mexico

• 1845 - Texas is annexed into the U.S.

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

• Gulf

• Pueblo

• Plains

• Southeastern

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

• Coronado

• Columbus

• Cortes

• Cabeza de Vaca

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

• Islam

• Catholicism

• Methodist

• Buddhism

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]

• 1845

• 1803

• 1821

• 1836

Which of these statements is TRUE about Stephen F. Austin?

• ALL of these are correct

• He was a successul empresario during the 1820s

• He was the leader of the Old Three Hundred

• He founded San Felipe on the Brazos River

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

• German immigrants

• French immigrants

• Italian immigrants

• British immigrants

Spanish settlement of Texas involved the building of missions and presidios to better control their claimed area in the New World.

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

• increase

• decrease

• stay the same