Texas History 9 Week District Assessment Review
1.
Which major Texas city is located in the Mountain and Basin region?
2.
Which river, in north Texas, forms the border between Oklahoma and
Texas?
3.
Which group of Texans adapted to and used their environment to meet their needs?
4.
Which groups of Native Texans were nomads who depended on the buffalo?
5.
Native Texans who moved around following a food source were known as?
6.
Which group of Native Texans lived in East Texas and ate fish as their major food source? Which geographic region is this?
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7.
Elevation increases as you travel which direction across Texas?
8.
Which geographic region in Texas has the most rivers?
9.
The Era of Exploration last approximately from when to when?
10.
Put the following explorers in order of their exploration: Pineda, LaSalle,
Cabeza de Vaca.
11.
Why is 1519 important?
12.
Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, shipwrecked where in Texas?
13.
Name the “ 3 G’s” of exploration.
14.
Pineda did what two things in 1519?
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15.
Why did the French colony at Matagorda Bay fail?
16.
Missions were used to claim land during which era?
17.
When was San Antonio founded?
18.
Native Texans viewed which Spanish building with suspicion?
19.
Why is Jose de Escandon important?
20.
Why is Francisco Hidalgo important?
21.
Which major cities in Texas have Spanish names?
22.
Why is Fray Damian Massanet important?
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23.
How did early Spanish settlers adapt to their environment?
24.
How did colonial Spanish settlers meet their needs for food, clothing, and shelter?
25.
Who, coming from Spain, searched for wealth and land in the Americas?
26.
Where were Texas cities built and why?
27.
What is the Spanish word for cowboy?
28.
What type of buildings would you find in a Spanish mission?
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