FIRST SEMESTER EXAM TEST REVIEW
VOCABULARY
Nomadic
Cultural Diffusion
Manifest Destiny
Abolitionist
Annexation
Treaty
Empresario
1.
Put these events in order: Hernan Cortes conquers Tenochtitlan, San Antonio de Valero
(Alamo) is established, Ancient Natives cross the Bering Strait into North America, Christopher
Columbus discovered America.
2. What was the effect of Hernan Cortes’ defeat of the Aztec empire on the Americas?
3. What major events led to the Texas Revolution?
4. Most missions and presidios were located near which vital human resource?
5. Why do historians divide history into eras?
6. Which famous Texas landmark was established in 1718?
7. How did the Spanish colonize Texas?
8. European settlers to the new world were looking for what?
9. How did Thomas Paine view the King of England?
10. What were the requirements for Anglo-Texans to settle in Mexican Texas?
11. Which primary source would be best to research Colonial America (the 13 colonies)?
12. Which European nation fought with Spain for control of Texas?
13. Who were the people (Empresarios) who contributed to the colonization of Texas?
14. Who wrote the American Declaration of Independence?
15. A Spanish mission could be compared to what?
16. What milestones led to the fighting (American Revolution) between Britain and the colonies in
1775?
17. Which region of Texas has abundant forests, fertile soil and good shipping harbors?
18. Why did Empresarios seek land near oceans and rivers?
19. What are “unalienable rights”?
20. “No taxation without representation” expresses a belief in what?
21. What did the Stamp Act lead to?
22. What was the main goal of “Manifest Destiny”?
23. What was the difference between Spanish and Anglo settlements in Texas?
24. What would be the viewpoint of someone from Britain regarding the Stamp Act?
25. What did the Louisiana Purchase, Texas annexation, and the U.S. –Mexican War have in
common?
26. Cities in Texas reflect which European nation’s heritage?
27. What is the significance of the Battle of San Jacinto?
28. What is the viewpoint of Samuel Adams on “Taxation without Representation”?
29. What major events led to the American Revolution?
30. Which part of the U.S. territory was gained after the U.S. – Mexican War?
31. How is the Texas Revolution different from the U.S. – Mexican War?
32. What effect did the massacre at Goliad have on the Texans fighting in the Texas Revolution?
33. Why did the U.S. reject Texas’ request to become a state in 1837?
34. The discovery of what led to a rapid population increase in California after 1849?
35. Why did most Texans favor annexation to the United States?
36. Why did the United States want to control New Orleans in 1803?
37. What was the purpose of the letter William B. Travis wrote from the Alamo?
38. Which president of Texas was in favor of adding to the territory of Texas, was anti-native Texan,
and increased the debt of Texas?
39. Why did President Thomas Jefferson (U.S.) support the Louisiana Purchase?