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2013/2014 Fall Final Exam Review

2013/2014 Fall Final Exam Review. 1. The highest point in Texas. Guadalupe Peak. 2. The only natural lake in Texas. Caddo Lake. 3. Which rivers form borders for Texas?. Red River Sabine River Rio Grande. 4. These people survived by searching for wild plants and animals to eat.

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2013/2014 Fall Final Exam Review

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  1. 2013/2014Fall Final Exam Review

  2. 1. The highest point in Texas Guadalupe Peak

  3. 2. The only natural lake in Texas Caddo Lake

  4. 3. Which rivers form borders for Texas? Red River Sabine River Rio Grande

  5. 4. These people survived by searching for wild plants and animals to eat. Hunter-gatherers

  6. 5. The time in Texas before the written word Pre-history

  7. 6. Scenes of Native American life carved into rocks. Petroglyphs

  8. 7. The initials for A.D. stand for Ano Domini

  9. 8. Medicine men of Native American tribes were called… Shaman

  10. 9. The main food source for the Comanche was… Buffalo

  11. 10. The name of bricks made from drying clay is Adobe

  12. 11. A people’s way of doing things is known as Culture

  13. 12. These man-made objects showed how early cultures lived Artifacts

  14. 13. Which tribe was known as “lord of the Plains”? Comanche

  15. 14. Which tribe was the most advanced of the Texas Indians? Caddo

  16. 15. Which tribe was a ‘scavenger’ group and ate anything they could find? Coahuiltecans

  17. 16. Indian tribes could communicate with each other because they had similar Sign language

  18. 17. This tribe used canoes because of their location near the Gulf of Mexico. Karankawa

  19. 18. The conquistadors from Spain brought which animal to the New World? horse

  20. 19. Which explorer first encountered the New World? Christopher Columbus

  21. 20. When Tenochtitlan was destroyed, what city was built on top of the ruins? Mexico City

  22. 21. What year did Columbus sail across the “ocean blue”? 1492

  23. 22. Which Spanish leaders defeated the Aztecs and Incas? Cortes and Pizzaro

  24. 23. The outpost built by LaSalle in Texas was named Fort St. Louis

  25. 24. In response to LaSalle’s activities in Texas, the Spanish Shifted their focus to Texas

  26. 25. The Spanish soldiers who sought wealth and glory were called Conquistadors

  27. 26. Cabeza de Vaca reached Texas as a result of which expedition? Narvaez

  28. 27. Columbus sailed from Spain with the goal of reaching? Asia

  29. 28. Alvarez de Pineda failed to find riches along the Gulf coast, but his expedition did produce what item? A map of the Texas coast

  30. 29. How did Fray Marcos de Niza contribute to the legend of the Seven Cities of Gold? He said he saw the Seven Cities

  31. 30. How were so few Spanish able to conquer the large population of Native Americans? The Spanish had better weapons and armor

  32. 31. Which explorer traveled in the Panhandle of Texas and the Grand Canyon? Coronado

  33. 32. The first mission in Texas was Corpus Christi de la Ysleta

  34. 33. The first mission in East Texas San Francisco de los Tejas

  35. 34. Jane Long is known as The “Mother of Texas”

  36. 35. Mexico won its independence from Spain in what year? 1821

  37. 36. Who did Moses Austin ask to carry out his colonization plans when he died? Stephen F. Austin

  38. 37. Where did Stephen F. Austin decide to establish his colony? Between the Brazos and the Colorado Rivers

  39. 38. Many Anglo Americans settled in Texas because they wanted what? Good farmland at low prices

  40. 39. What hardships occurred while Stephen F. Austin was away from his colony? Drought, Indian raids, and disagreements over land

  41. 40. What was the advertised price for Austin’s colony in Texas? 12.5¢ per acre

  42. 41. The wealthiest of Stephen F. Austin’s colonists Jared Groce

  43. 42. When Moses Austin first went to see Governor Martinez in 1820 about colonization, what was Martinez’ initial reaction? Austin’s plans were refused

  44. 43. The first cities were built near what natural landforms? Rivers

  45. 44. Ancient hunters came across what landform? The Bering Strait

  46. 45. What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims came over on? The Mayflower

  47. 46. What did the Pilgrims call their new colony? Plymouth

  48. 47. What ocean did the Pilgrims cross to get to America from England? The Atlantic Ocean

  49. 48. William Penn was part of a religious group called Quakers

  50. 49. Before the French and Indian War, _________ owned the 13 American colonies and the northern part of Canada. England

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