Final Exam Review Fall 2015
Geography
1. The highest point in Texas is?
2. The only natural lake in Texas is?
3. Houston is located in which region?
4. Ogallala Aquifer is located in what region?
5. Which region contains Palo Duro Canyon?
6. Label the regions
7. Label the cities on the map
Prehistoric Times
8. Prehistoric cultures may not have left written record, but they did leave remains behind. These remains
help archaeologist learn about past cultures.
9. Most of the Texas Indian bands that did not disappear had to settle on land set aside by the government
in Oklahoma.
10. In what era did early man hunt Mammoths and Mastodons?
11. What does AD mean? Hint: Does NOT mean after death
12. What ended Prehistoric Times?
13. How did early man come to North America?
14. Time period from 35,000 to 5,000 BC
15. Time period where early man farmed maize, beans, squash and pumpkin
Native Americans
16. Only friend of the Comanche
17. Raccoon eyed
18. Wailed and moaned
19. Ate second harvest
20. Ruled the high plains
21. Lived in adobe houses
22. Cannibalistic “man eaters”
23. Put their arrowheads in mistletoe juice
24. The medicine man of each tribe is called?
25. Moving crops from field to field is known as?
26. A way of doing things is known as?
27. Animal skins stretched over poles create what type of shelter?
28. Most advanced tribe in Texas?
Explorers
29. (T or F) Spain lacked interest in Texas because the conquistadors found no treasure like they had found in Mexico
City.
30. (T or F) Esteban traveled with Narvaez, Cabeza de Vaca, Fray Marcos, and Coronado.
31. Which explorer was the first to reach the Americas from Europe?
32. At first the Aztecs welcomed Cortes because they thought he was…
33. Which Spanish leaders defeated the Aztecs and the Incas?
34. The Spanish soldiers who sought wealth and glory were called?
35. Columbus sailed from Spain with the goal of?
36. Alvarez de Pineda failed to find riches along the Gulf coast, but his expedition did produce what?
37. Why were the Spanish able to conquer Native Americans?
38. Name the conquistador who invaded the Aztec empire.
39. Name the first European to explore the Texas coast.
40. Name the friar sent to check on stories of Cibola.
41. Name the explorer who searched for Quivira.
42.
Name the leader of the French outpost in Texas.
Missions
43. What was the first mission in Texas?
44. For defense, the Spanish built several forts, called…
45. Why did the Spanish decide to build missions in East Texas?
46. To what religion were the Spanish trying to convert the Indians?
47. What were the purposes of the missions?
48. What were reasons that Native Americans came to missions?
49. Which mission became the capital of Texas?
50. What major industry in Texas grew out of the mission system?
51. Which mission was halfway between the Rio Grande and East Texas?
52. Why did Spain drop the policy of building missions?
End of Spanish Rule
53. Who won the French and Indian War?
54. What Treaty ended the French and Indian War
55. Napoleon Bonaparte sold Louisiana to U.S. President Thomas Jefferson for ? million dollars.
56. The Louisiana Purchase _________the size of the United States
57. Mexico became independent from Spain in 18____
58. What treaty settled the dispute over Texas between the United States and Spain?
59. Jane Long is the __________ of Texas.
60. Why was Jane Long given this title?
61. What did Jane Long do to earn a living?
62. James Long was a?
63. Father Hidalgo is known because he started the revolution in Mexico to get rid of Spain with these
famous words.
64. Who is the Frenchman who was a pirate of the Caribbean and then lived on Galveston Island?
Warm-Ups
65. The _________________ border(s) Canada in the northeast
66. The first Americans came over the Bering Strait from
67. Europeans wanted to find a Northwest Passage to______________.
68. ____________________ found a Northwest Passage around the Americas.
69. The Pilgrims sailed from England to America in what year?
70. Before they got off the ship, all the men signed the ________________.
71. The Pilgrims named their colony ______________.
72. William Penn was part of a religious group called the
73. People moved to Pennsylvania because of the
74. Before the French and Indian War, ____________ owned the 13 American colonies and the northern
part of Canada.
75. All the Townshend Acts were repealed except the tax on?
76. The colonists fought against the _______ army in the American Revolution.
77. Common Sense was a _______.
78. The _________ created a government with three branches.
79. The _________ ___ _________ did not give the national government enough power.