Name: __________________________ Date: __________________________ Teacher: __________________________ Social Studies Grade 4 Unit 04: Exploration and Mission Life 2012-2013
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Test Date: October 25, 2012 Recommended Time: 1 class period This test is the property of TESCCC/CSCOPE and as such may not be replicated or changed without permission.
1
Which of the following is not a reason
for European exploration in North
America?
A
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spread of religion
B find new businesses to buy
C
search for money and wealth
D look to settle new lands
2 Which of the following is one way Álvar
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca affected the
settlement of Texas?
by starting the towns of Dallas and
Houston
F
I mission... II settlement
G
I settlement... II mission
by rebelling against Spanish rule
H
I region... II settlement
H by leading colonists up the Colorado
River
J
I Spain... II Texas
F
G
J
3
Which of the following pairs of words
complete the organizer?
by exploring and mapping Texas
Which of the following explains why
Spaniards explored Texas?
A Texas was on the route from Spain
to India.
B The Spanish wanted to sell Native
Americans as slaves in Spain.
5 This legend drove Coronado and other
explorers to search the New World.
What am I?
A The Enchanted Forest
B Seven Cities of Gold
C
The Pueblo of Life
D Magical Waters of Youth
C Spain wanted to find riches and
claim new lands.
D The Spanish were facing a severe
drought and needed other
settlements.
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6
Which information completes the key for the map above?
F
G
H
J
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Use this picture to answer the following questions
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Missions supported themselves
economically in all of the following
ways EXCEPT
A
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growing their own crops for food
B raising livestock to feed their
populations
9 Early missions were often within a
fenced area. Why did priests use
lumber to build fences and
barriers around their missions?
A
Their religion required it.
C building churches and bell towers to
deliver religion to Native Americans
B The priests thought they
needed protection from Native
Americans.
D using crops and livestock as
materials for making clothes
C The missions needed a better food
source.
8 What is the likely outcome if this mission
is successful?
F
It will become a town or city.
G
It will begin to look more like an
Indian village.
H The Spanish will sell it to the
Indians.
J
It will close, and the people will
move to open another mission.
D The missions were located close to
water sources.
10 How can you tell that people at this
mission had to overcome limited rain
as a resource?
F
They picked fruit from trees.
G
They built irrigation ditches from
the river.
H They planted fields of crops ouside
the mission.
J
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They raised pigs and cattle inside
the mission.
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Settlements in Early Texas
1 1 Which Spaniard below was responsible
for founding the towns shown on the
map above?
A
Cabeza de Vaca
B Francisco Coronado
C
José de Escandon
D None of the above.
13 All are likely reasons for the location of
the communities shown EXCEPT
which of the following?
A They were located near Mexico
where the Spaniards had control.
B They were located along a river
where transportation and
communication were easier.
C
12 What point of view held by the Spanish
is supported by this map?
F
Laredo is the most important
Spanish settlement.
G
South Texas is less important than
other parts of Texas.
They were close to each other for
easy trade or protection.
D They were located near the ocean
for trade with other countries.
H It is important to control the Rio
Grande River valley.
J
It doesn't matter where
settlements are located.
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14 The building of missions in Texas had
which of the following consequences on
the environment?
F
The water supply was completely
used up.
G
Adobe was hard to get.
H The forests were destroyed.
J
The environment was used to
meet needs of the people.
1 5 According to the map, Spanish missions
were started in all of the following
Texas regions EXCEPT
.
A
Central Plains
B
Great Plains
C
Gulf Coastal Plain
D
Mountain Basin
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16 Missions were established in Texas by
Catholic priests. These priests believed
that they should spread
to the people that lived
in Texas. They intended to convert
Native Americans and to establish
permanent
for
Spain.
Which words complete the paragraph
above?
F
religion...jobs
G
Christianity...settlements
H Christianity...safety
J
wealth...settlements
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1 7 What is an appropriate title for the
timeline?
A Exploration of the Texas Coast
B Spanish Exploration
C
Exploration of the New World
D Recent Exploration
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Based on the timeline, which of these is
TRUE?
F
Spanish exploration came a little
less than a century before French
exploration.
G
French exploration came first to
Texas.
H Columbus came to Texas.
J
Coronado came after deVaca but
before LaSalle.
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