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TEXAS HISTORY FALL FINAL EXAM REVIEW
Chapter 1 & 2
1. Be able to describe the differences between the following (Give an example or picture)
a. Relative Location and Absolute Location
b. Latitude and Longitude
c. Equator and Prime Meridian
d. Reference Map and Thematic Map
e. Renewable Resources and Nonrenewable Resources
f. Forecast and Climate
2. Identify the difference aspects of an ecosystem
3. What divides the earth in half and or in fours?
4. What was one of the major turning points for the Native American’s society and way of life when the Europeans
moved to Texas?
6. What is the purpose of a map’s legend/key?
7. Why must mapmakers include map projections and a compass on their map?
8. Describe the purpose of geography and demography
9. List and define the six elements of geography
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10. How is a physical map helpful when studying an area?
11. What major body of water do all of the major Texas Rivers flow into?
12. What are the four physical systems that geographers study?
13. Describe the difference between; drought, erosion, humidity, and hurricanes
14. What is the purpose of identifying a region in an area?
15. How does the distance from the equator and the North Pole affect the temperature?
16. Explain the difference between an urban environment verses a rural environment.
17. Describe the different types of landforms found in Texas
18. What are some the of major differences between West Texas and East Texas? (landforms, climate, environment, etc.)
19. Identify the difference between migration and immigration? Where do most of Texas’s immigrants originate from?
20. Within the US, Texas is the ______________ largest state in total area and population.
Chapter 3 Review
1. Write the names of the natural regions in the spaces below. Study and know each regions location!
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2. What is a natural region? (Complete definition)
3. What is the largest natural region in Texas?
4. What is the smallest natural region in Texas?
5. Which region contains the highest landform?
6. How many natural regions are found in Texas? How many natural regions are there TOTAL in the continental US?
7. The oil industry caused what major city to grow in the 20th century?
8. Why do the coastal plains have the longest growing season?
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The Edwards Aquifer is located near what natural landform? What is an aquifer?
10. Why did major metropolitan areas develop in Texas?
11. Dallas, Fort Worth, and their suburbs combine to form what cultural region?
12. Why would some consider Fort Worth to be part of West Texas instead of the Coastal Plains?
13. The Gulf Coast Plain is located near what major body of water?
14. Compare and contrast the physical characteristics of the Coastal Plains and the Mountain and Basin region.
Use the Venn diagram provided.
Mountain and Basin
Coastal Plains
Coastal Plains
15. Label the following cities on the map below. Dallas, Austin, Houston, El Paso and Brownsville.
Ch. 4 Review
1. Place the following tribes with the culture they belong to.
Karankawas, Coahuiltecans, Caddo, Wichitas, Atakapas, Jumano, Tonkawas, Apaches, Comanches and Kiowas.
Western Gulf
Southeastern
Pueblo
Plains
2. Place the following tribes in the correct location/region on the map.
Karankawas, Coahuiltecans, Caddo, Wichitas, Atakapas, Jumano, Tonkawas, Apaches, Comanches and Kiowas.
3. The Pueblo/Jumano Indians built homes of what material?
4. What tribe used their horse skills to attack both the Spanish and other Indian groups?
5. The process that helped the Caddos prevent the soil from wearing out was called
6. What major activity was the Coahuiltecans unable to do due to their dry climate?
7. How was having portable/mobile homes an advantage for the Plains cultures?
8. Describe the many uses of Buffalo to Native American cultures.
9. What were the subgroups of the Apaches? (2)
10. Describe the characteristics and practices of the Comanche Indians.
11. What were major factors in the decline of the Jumanos?
12. Describe a matrilineal society.
13. Define the term Nomad.
14. What is a commonality between all Texas Indian cultures?
15. What major activity helped create more permanent, complex societies?
Ch. 5 and 6 Review
Ch. 5
1. Explorers failing to find gold or other treasure caused the decline of
2. Why did American Indians die of diseases that did not kill Europeans?
3. Indian stories of cities and gold drove the Spanish to explore which area of America?
4. Which European explorer is known for creating the first map of the northern Gulf of Mexico?
5. Hernan Cortes led the conquest of which mighty empire?
6. How did Cabeza de Vaca describe the climate and geographic features of Texas?
7. The meeting of the Karankawas and Cabeza de Vaca in1528 marked the beginning of what Era in Texas?
8. Describe the Columbian Exchange and the major foods, products and animals that were exchanged.
9. What valuable good was rumored to be at Cibola and Quivera?
10. Cabeza de Vaca wrote the first European account of
11. What were the 3 main goals of conquistadores in traveling to America?
12. What happened when Fray Marcos and Estevanico reached what they thought was a golden city?
13. A major reason for Spanish and Native American conflict was that both groups claimed the same
14. Which American Indian group(s) became feared enemies of the Spanish due to their skill on horseback?
Ch. 6
15. How did the Spanish react when the French began exploring East Texas?
16. Where was the first organized civil government in Texas?
17. A Spanish priest would most likely be found at a
18. The mission San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas was established by who? (2)
19. What were the 3 main reasons the French wanted to establish settlements in Texas?
20. Why is the year 1718 significant in Texas history?
21. Describe ALL the duties of presidio soldiers.
22. Who was Antonio Margil de Jesus and what did he do?
23. Who was Louis Juchereau de St. Denis looking for when he first went to Texas?
24. What was the FINAL reaction of the Tejas to the establishment of the mission San Francisco de los Tejas?
25. What happened to the settlement at Fort St. Louis?
26. What were the 2 major economic activities in Spanish Texas?
27. Superior armor and weapons, spread of European diseases and horses were all ways this specific group of Spanish
adventurers/explorers were able to defeat large groups of Indians with only a small number of soldiers.
28. Describe the purpose of a mission AND a presidio.
29. Describe the daily life in a typical mission.
30. Describe the aspects of society that has been impacted by Spanish culture.
31. Father Francisco Hidalgo asked the French to help him in establishing
32. Complete the timeline by adding the significant event(s) for each important date.
Ch. 7 Review
1. Why did Spain come close to losing its northern borderlands in the America’s in the 1760s?
2. Father Miguel Hidalgo’s Grito de Dolores sparked what revolution?
3. Why did the Gutierrrez-Magee expedition fail?
4. How did the Tejanos in East Texas feel about being forced from their homes as a result of Rubi’s recommendations?
5. What was the main complaint and request from the soldiers concerning the conditions of missions and presidios?
6. How did Spanish policy change regarding American Indians after Rubi’s report and recommendations in the late 1700s?
7. San Antonio was the __________________ settlement in Texas during the Spanish period.
8. What were the causes of the Mexican Revolution?
9. Mexico won independence from Spain in what year?
10. Spain secured control of Texas as a result of what treaty?
11. What were Rubi’s recommendations?
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12. What was the result of the Battle of Medina?
13. The ranching industry grew in Texas after…
14. What filibuster wanted Texas to be part of the United States?
15. The Louisiana Purchase caused Spanish officials to perceive the United States as a…
16. Define the term filibuster. (full definition)
17. Missions being built to establish Spanish land claims are a defining characteristic of what era in Texas?
18. What major foreign revolution did Mexico draw their inspiration for revolution from?
19. What did the U.S. gain as a result of the Adams-Onis Treaty?
Ch. 8 Review
1. Which part of Mexico did Mexican officials view as vital in protecting the rest of the country?
2. The value of Texas and other frontier territories was in their
3. What type(s) of settlements were used to teach Christianity to the American Indians?
4. What was the purpose for and method of settlement for Anglo settlers of Texas?
5. Which empresario wanted to establish colonies in Texas to regain his wealth?
6. Why were the 3 reasons used by Moses Austin to convince the Mexican government to support his plan to colonize
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7. What was the main reason settlers moved to Texas?
8. What were the characteristics Stephen F. Austin looked for when looking for potential settlers?
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9. What were Stephen F. Austin’s responsibilities as a colony leader?
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10. What were the hardships faced by Austin’s first colonists?
11. What was the correct sequence in which Moses Austin, Stephen F. Austin and Green DeWitt were given the right to
bring settlers to Texas?
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12. Where did most of the Old Three Hundred come from?
13. What was the capitol of Stephen F. Austin’s colony?
14. What was Mexico’s main goal when it created the empresario system?
15. List all elements of the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824.
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16. List all elements of the State Colonization Law of 1825.
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17. Which empresario founded a Texas Colony primarily of Mexican settlers?
18. Who was the second most successful empresario and established the town of Gonzales?
19. What were the privileges Tejano colonies received?
20. Define the term republic. Complete definition.
21. Which Tejano rancher served as the Texas state representative to the congress that wrote the Mexican Federal
Constitution of 1824?