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Texas History Review

7th grade Texas History Midterm Review

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THE FIRST PEOPLE KNOWN TO LIVE IN TEXAS NATIVE AMERICANS
ONLY ONE STATE IN LARGER THAN TEXAS. IT IS CALIFORNIA
WHICH RIVER FORMS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TEXAS AND MEXICO SABINE
A _________________ IS A MAN-MADE LAKE. DAM
THE SQUARE NORTHERN PART OF TEXAS IS REFERRED TO AS THE _______________________ CAPROCK
ANOTHER NAME FOR TEXAS IS LONGHORN STATE
THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS IS LOCATED IN WHICH TEXAS CITY? HOUSTON
THE ALAMO IS LOCATED IN WHICH TEXAS CITY? SAN ANTONIO
WHICH RIVER FORMS THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN TEXAS AND LOUISIANA? GUADALUPE
THE BIG BEND AREA, WHERE THE RIO GRANDE BENDS, IS LOCATED IN WHICH TEXAS SUB REGION? EDWARDS PLATEAU
A _______________ IS A LARGE NORTH AMERICAN ANIMAL WITH SHORT HORNS; IT IS OFTEN CALLED THE AMERICAN BUFFALO. LONGHORN
__________________ IS A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES PAST HUMAN LIFE BY STUDYING FOSSILS AND ARTIFACTS. A FOSSILIST
A _____________________ TEST CHECKS THE AGE OF AN ANCIENT ITEM. RADIO-CARBON
THE FIRST PEOPLE CAME TO THE AMERICAS FROM THE CONTINENT OF _________________________ AFRICA
DURING THE ________________ ERA, THE FIRST OF TEXAS' PREHISTORIC PERIODS, MEN WERE WANDERING BIG GAME HUNTERS PALEO-AMERICANO
ARCHAIC MAN TAMED WHAT ANIMAL? HOG
________________________ ARE INDIAN PICTURE WRITINGS FOUND ON CAVE WALLS AND ROCKS WHICH TELL STORIES OF EARLY TEXAS TRIBES CAVE WRITINGS
ANOTHER NAME FOR SHAMAN IS _____________________ MEDICINE MAN
_____________________ WAS DONE TO ENEMIES KILLED BY INDIANS SO THAT THEIR SOUL WOULD NOT ESCAPE TO HEAVEN AND COME BACK TO HAUNT THEM. SCALPING
THE SPANISH NAME FOR A WILD HOG OR BOAR IS _________________________ BISONITO
IN THE PALEO-AMERICA ERA MAN USED AN ATLATL TO HUNT GAME. AN ATLATL IS A ___________________ PRIMITIVE SWORD
THE KARANKAWAS WERE ___________________ BECAUSE THEY CLAIMED THAT BY EATING THE FLESH OF THEIR ENEMIES THEY WOULD GAIN STRENGTH AND COURAGE. CANNIBALS
THE ___________________________ WERE THE BEST FARMERS OF ALL TEXANS INDIANS CADDOES
THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD TO TEXAS INDIANS WAS CORN
THE COMANCHE INDIANS WERE NOMADS THAT FOLLOWED HERDS OF ______________ FOR CLOTHING, FOOD AND SHELTER. BISON
TAYSHA MEANS _______________________ FRIEND
THE ADOBE USED BY THE JUMANO HELPED THEM TO _______________________ INSULATE THEIR HOMES
TEPEES WERE WELL-SUITED FOR ___________________________________ THE NOMADIC WAY OF LIFE
PEMMICAN WAS IMPORTANT TO THE PLAINS INDIANS BECAUSE IT WAS EASY TO CARRY
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS OF CENTRAL IMPORTANCE TO THE COMANCHES THE HORSE
COAHUILTECAN IS TO MILOTE AS ________________________ IS TO THE SUN DANCE KIOWA
THE "BLACK GOLD" THAT MOSCOSO REPORTED WAS ACTUALLY THE RESOURCE THAT WE CALL ______________________________ OIL
THE 7 CITIES OF GOLD WERE LOCATED AT ______________________________ CIBOLA
AFTER ALL THE SPANISH EXPLORATION INTO NORTH AMERICA, THE VICEROY DECIDED TO ______________________________ SEND IN MISSIONARIES TO CHRISTIANIZE THE NATIVES
BY 1700, THE MAJOR COLONIZERS AND PROTECTORS OF THE AREA KNOWN AS TEXAS WERE _______________- PRIESTS
THE _______________ INTRODUCED THE HORSE TO THE TEXAS INDIANS SPANISH
AS A SCOUT LOOKING FOR THE 7 CITIES OF GOLD, ESTEBAN WAS TO SEND BACK TO CAMP A _______________ IF THERE WAS TREASURE AHEAD WHITE CROSS
______________________ WAS THE FIRST SPANISH COLONY ON THE MAINLAND OF NORTH AMERICA TENOCHTITLAN
THE HUNCH-BACKED COWS THAT CABEZA DE VACA REPORTED ABOUT WERE REALLY ________________________ BUFFALO
THE NARVAEZ EXPEDITION WAS SHIPWRECKED ON WHAT ISLAND? GLAVESTON
___________________ WAS CORONADO'S GUIDE THROUGH TEXAS AS HE SEARCHED FOR QUIVIRA THE TURK
SPANISH FORTS THAT PROTECTED THE MISSIONS WERE CALLED ________________________- PRESIDIOS
________________ WAS THE FRENCH EXPLORER WHO DISCOVERED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND GAVE FRANCE A SMALL CLAIM TO TEXAS LASALLE
THE FIRST FRENCH PEOPLE TO LAND IN TEXAS NAME THEIR SETTLEMENT _________________________ FORT ST. LOUIS
THE SURVIVOR OF LA SALLE'S COLONY WERE CAPTURED BY THE KARANKAWA
THE SPANISH PRIEST FATHER ___________________ ASKED FRANCE FOR HELP IN ESTABLISHING A MISSION AMONG THE CADDOES HIDALGO
WHAT EFFECT DID LA SALLE'S SETTLEMENT HAVE ON THE SPANISH IT MADE THEM REALIZE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO BUILD MORE SETTLEMENTS TO KEEP OUT THE FRENCH.
WHICH OF THESE IS TRUE OF THE FIRST EAST TEXAS MISSIONS? EPIDEMICS, DROUGHT AND HOSTILITY OF THE INDIANS FORCED THE PRIESTS TO ABANDON THE MISSIONS.
WHY DID THE MISSION OF SAN SABA FAILS? THE COMANCHES BURNED IT.
THE 2 MOST DANGEROUS INDIAN TRIBES THAT THE SPANISH FACED IN TEXAS WERE APACHE & COMANCHE
____________ MISSION BY ELPASO WAS THE FIRST PERMANENT SETTLEMENT BUILT IN TEXAS BY EUROPEANS YSLETA
____________ COUNTY WAS ESTABLISHED AROUND THE SAN ANTONIO AREA BEXAR
_____________ WAS CALLED THE "LAST CONQUISTADOR" ONATE
_______________ WAS THE MAJOR RELIGION OF THE SPANISH ROMAN CATHOLIC
GIL YBARBO LOOK HOMESICK EAST TEXANS BACK TO ____________________ NACOGDOCHES
WHAT WAS THE MAIN CONTRIBUTION MADE BY THE MARQUES DE RUBI IN HIS REPORT SPAIN COULD NO LONGER AFFORD ITS MISSIONS AND PRESIDIOS AND THEY OUGHT TO BE ABANDONED.
WHICH U.S. PRESIDENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PURCHASE OF LOUISIANA? JEFFERSON
WHO CAPTURED MUSTANGS AND WAS CONSIDERED A SPY BY THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT? NOLAN
THE U.S. BOUGHT LOUISIANA FROM _____________________- FRANCE
HOW MUCH DID THE U.S. PAY FOR LOUISIANA? $15 MILLION
UNDER THE ADAMS-0NIS TREATY, THE U.S. GAVE UP ALL CLAIMS TO TEXAS, AND SPAIN WOULD GIVE UP___________ FLORIDA
WHY WAS JEAN LAFITTE GIVEN A PARDON BY JEFFERSON WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT? BECAUSE HE HELPED THE U.S. IN TEH BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.
THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WHICH FINALLY FREED MEXICO FROM SPAIN _________________ WAS FINALLY SET UP IN 1821
THE NEW GOVERNMENT SET UP IN TEXAS AFTER MEXICO FROM SPAIN _____________________ RECOGNIZED ITURBIDE AS NEW EMPEROR OF MEXICO
NAME THE IRISHMAN WHO, ALONG WITH GUTIERREZ, LED THE REPUBLICAN ARMY OF THE NORTH. MAGEE
NAME THE LEADER OF THE ANGLO-AMERICAN EXPEDITION SENT TO INVADE TEXAS AND SET UP A REPUBLIC AUGUSTUS MAGEE
THE FIRST ANGLO-AMERICAN WOMAN TO SETTLE IN TEXAS AND BECOME A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSWOMAN WAS _______________ JANE LONG
ALL OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF PEOPLE WERE ENCOURAGED TO IMMIGRANT TO TEXAS EXCEPT ____________________ GAMBLERS
WHY DID MOSES AUSTIN BECOME INTERESTED IN GETTING A CONTRACT TO BRING SETTLERS TO TEXAS HE LOST ALL OF HIS MONEY IN A FINANCIAL PANIC
THE BUSINESS PEOPLE THAT BROUGHT SETTLERS INTO TEXAS WERE CALLED EMPRESARIOS
BARON DE BASTROP HELPED MOSES AUSTIN BY ________________________ CONVINCING SPANISH OFFICIALS TO ACCEPT HIS PLAN FOR SETTLEMENT
THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TRIED TO STOP THE MOVEMENT OF AMERICANS INTO TEXAS BY _____________ PASSING THE DECREE OF APRIL 6, 1830
WHICH OF THESE CAUSED TROUBLE BETWEEN TEXAS AND MEXICO? THE MEXICAN WANTED TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND MANY TEXANS OWNED SLAVES.
THE FIRST BATTLE OF GONZALES WAS OVER A ___________ CANNON
THE REPUBLIC OF FREDONIA WAS LOCATED IN ______________ TEXAS EAST
WHAT STOPPED THE FREDONIAN REBELLION? THE FREDONIANS FLED WHEN THEY HEARD THE MEXICAN ARMY WAS COMING.
WHAT OFFERED DID U.S. PRESIDENT JOHN Q. ADAMS MAKE REGARDING TEXAS? HE OFFERED TO BUY IT FOR THE U.S.
WHY DID THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ASK GENERAL MIER Y TERAN TO TOUR TEXAS TO FIND OUT WHAT MEXICO COULD DO TO HOLD ONTO TEXAS
WHICH OF THESE DID SANTA ANA NOT AGREE TO WHEN S.F. AUSTIN WENT TO MEXICO WITH TEXAS DEMANDS HE WOULD MAKE TEXAS A SEPARATE STATE FROM COAHUILA.
HOW LONG DID S.F. AUSTIN REMAIN IN THE MEXICAN JAIL WHEN HE WENT TO PRESENT TEXAS DEMAND 2 YEARS
WHAT DID SANTA ANNA DO THAT CAUSED THE TEXANS TO NO LONGER SUPPORT HIM? HE DID AWAY WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF 1824; SENT MORE TAX COLLECTORS INTO TEXAS; SENT MORE SOLDIERS INTO TEXAS
THE FLAG THAT FLEW OVER THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION SAID ___________________________ LIBERTY AND INDEPENDENCE
______________ IS A FORM OF GOVERNMENT WHERE THE PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE IN THE GOVERNMENT DEMOCRACY
A ____________________ IS A RULER WITH COMPLETE POWER DICTATOR
THE ________________ BROTHERS LED THE FREDONIAN REBELLION EDWARDS
ANOTHER TERM FOR CUSTOMS DUTIES IS TAXES
WHY WAS THE MEETING KNOWN AS " THE CONSULTATION " HELD? TO DECIDE TO ALIGN WITH FEDERALIST AND RESTORE RIGHTS GRANTED UNDER CONSTITUTION OF 1824 OR FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE
THE WAR FOR TEXAS INDEPENDENCE LASTED ____________ ONLY A FEW MONTHS ( 6 MONTHS)
IN THE GRASS FIGHT, THE TEXANS WERE TRYING TO CAPTURE _____________________ SILVER
WHAT WAS JAMES BOWIE ORDERED BY SAM HOUSTON TO DO AT THE ALAMO? TAKE THE WEAPON AND DESTROY IT.
WHICH OF THESE WAS NOT AT THE ALAMO MILAM
WHAT IS ONE REASON THAT THE BATTLE OF THE ALAMO IS SO IMPORTANT? IT MADE TEXANS SO "FIGHTING MAD" THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO WIN THE REVOLUTION.
WHAT DID THE SONG " EL DEQUELLO" MEAN WHEN IT WAS PLAYED BY THE MEXICAN ARMY? NO PRISONERS WOULD BE TAKEN AND NO MERCY WOULD BE SHOWN
LEGEND SAYS TAT TRAVIS DREW A LINE IN THE ALAMO SOMETIME ON MARCH 3RD. WHAT WAS THIS LINE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT? HE SAID THAT THOSE WHO WISHED TO STAY AND DEFEND THE ALAMO SHOULD CROSS THE LINE.
MARCH 2, 1836 IS TO TEXAS AS WHAT DATE IS TO THE UNITED STATES? JULY 4, 1776
THE RUNAWAY SCRAPE WAS ____________________- WHEN THE TEXANS FLED THEIR HOMES WHEN THEY THOUGHT THE MEXICANS WERE COMING
WHICH OF THESE BEST DESCRIBED THE ARMY LED BY HOUSTON? THEY WERE UNTRAINED, BUT LOYAL AND DEVOTED TO HOUSTON
THE TWIN SISTERS WERE _______________________________ TWO CANNONS THAT WERE SENT TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS BY THE CITIZENS OF CINCINNATI
THE TEXANS WERE ABLE TO WIN THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO BECAUSE THEY WERE ABLE TO SURPRISE THE MEXICAN ARMY AND CATCH THEM OFF GUARD
AFTER THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO SANTA ANA WAS FOUND HIDING IN THE WOODS AND HOUSTON SPREAD HIS LIFE.
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