FORMATIVE MINI ASSESSMENTS
Second Grading Period 2010-11
December 7-10
STUDENT NAME ______________________________________________________
DATE ______________
Social Studies – Grade 4
Read each question and choose the best answer. Be sure to mark all of your answers.
1
The best title for this picture is —
A Trade with the Native Americans
B Social Life with the “Old 300”
C Building a Barn on the Farm
D Selling Crops on the Frontier
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An empresario is a person who —
A gives land grants to settlers
B rules the countryside with laws
C leads the army into battle
D teaches colonists a different language
2
One reason, farmers and settlers came to
Texas was —
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F expensive real estate
G great transportation
F Mexican independence from Spain
H cheap land
J
Each year, many Texans celebrate diez y seis de
septiembre, or September 16th. This day is a
celebration for —
G Mexican indpendence from France
abundant gold
H Colonists coming to Texas from Mexico
J
3 Stephen F. Austin is considered the “Father of
Texas” because he —
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Spanish colonizing Texas
A began Anglo colonization in Texas
Which of the following caused problems
between the Mexican government and the
Texas colonists?
B began the first missionary school in Texas
A Conflicts among Tejanos
C was born in Austin, Texas
B Conflicts with native Americans
D helped the Native Americans
C Spanish missions
D Laws that limited rights
4
The empresario system was used to bring
settlers to Texas. All of the empresarios
contributed to the various colony settlements of
Texas. Which empresario brought 100 families
from Mexico and founded the town of Victoria?
8 Which of the statements explains the major
cause of the Texas Revolution? Mexico —
F Moses Austin
F sent troops to Texas to burn ranches
G Martin de Leon
G forced Anglo settlers to speak Spanish
H Green De Witt
H passed a law to stop immigration to Texas in
1830
J
Lorenzo de Zavala
J
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forced immigrants to become Catholics
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1519
Alvarez de
Pineda
explores the
Texas coast
1718
San Antonio
mission
(Alamo) is
founded
1821
?
1836
Battle of the
Alamo occurs;
Texas wins
independence
9 What is missing in the time line?
A Mexican War
B Civil War
C Texas Annexation
D Anglo colonization begins in Texas
10 In early Texas, Spain ruled Mexico, including
the part that is known as Texas. In the early
1800s, Mexico won independence from Spain.
During this time, Stephen F. Austin set up a new
colony in Texas. Texas settlers became
Mexican citizens. The Mexican government
passed laws to limit settlers’ rights. From this
paragraph you can infer that —
F problems developed between Mexico and
the settlers
G there were no problems between Mexico and
the settlers
H the settlers were very happy to do what the
Mexican government wanted them to do
J
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the Mexican government decided to give
pass laws to give more rights to the settlers
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