Social Studies Quiz MP2

What did the Mexican government offer empresarios in return for their recruitment of colonists to settle in Texas?

• royal titles

• land grants

• summer vacations

• military appointments

Europeans explored the Western Hemisphere for all of the following reasons EXCEPT to—

• seek riches

• spread illness

• seek new lands

• spread religion

Complete the sentences by selecting the correct answers from the drop-down menus. In 1810, ______ issued a cry for freedom from the church in Dolores, Mexico. His actions contributed to the revolution against the ______ government.

• Father Miguel Hidalgo, Spanish

• Father José Morelos, French

• Father Miguel Hidalgo, British

• Father José Morelos, Portuguese

Complete the sentences by using the drop-down menus. Stephen F. Austin is known as the "father of Texas" because of his work as a(n) ______, organizing settlements in the early 1800s. When relations between the Texas settlers and ______ were strained, he traveled to meet the government and advocate on behalf of Texas settlers.

• empresario

• Mexico

• explorer

• Spain

• trader

The Spanish built missions in Texas MOSTLY because they wanted to —

• mine natural resources

• spread Catholic values

• fight American Indians

• make better maps

This map shows major cities in the state of Texas. Which locations were founded by the Spanish with early Catholic missions? Select TWO correct answers.

• El Paso

• Dallas

• San Antonio

• Houston

This map shows the location of Texas cities. The MOST likely explanation for the settlement of the three cities on the map above is that they were —

• at low elevations

• near railroad lines

• close to the Gulf of Mexico

• on the banks of the Nueces River

This picture shows one of the six flags to fly over Texas. Complete the sentences by selecting the correct answer from the drop-down menus. The nation of ruled areas of current day Texas for many years between 1519-1821. Various had a major impact in exploring the vast landscape of Texas. Many of them were on a quest for gold as they mapped the coastline, established missions, and contributed to the culture of Texas.

• Spain

• France

• Mexico

• United States

Cabeza de Vaca and Francisco Coronado explored Texas. What phrase BEST fits in the blank box?

• explored Mexico

• explored Spain

• explored Texas

• explored Dallas

This picture shows one of the six flags to fly over Texas. Complete the sentences by selecting the correct answer from the drop-down menus. The royal banner of the nation of [Spain, France, Germany] flew over parts of present-day Texas from 1684-1690. The explorer, [Cabeza de Vaca, Sieur de la Salle, Francisco Coronado] founded a colony on the Gulf Coast of Texas known as Fort St. Louis.

• Spain

• Italy

• France

• Sieur de la Salle

• Germany