Semester Exam
Review Answers
Chapter 1
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B
B
A
B
B
Geography – study of Earth, its natural
features, its people, and the
ways in which
they interact
Chapter 1
7. Where a place is in relation to other places
• Described by distance/direction
8. Longitude
Latitude
9. Equator
9. Imaginary line running from N→S at 0
degrees longitude
11. Determine directions on a map
Chapter 1
12. Political = boundaries
Physical = landforms/water features
Thematic = specific topic
13. Scale – shows the relationship of a
measurement on the map
and the actual
distance on Earth’s
surface
14. Legend – explains meaning of all symbols on
a map
Chapter 1
15. bar graph
16. line graph
17. pie chart
18. time line
19. flow chart
20. causation chart
Chapter 2
21. equator
22. Gulf of Mexico
23. droughts
24. East
Chapter 2
25. birth rate – # of births per 1,000 people
26. immigration – movement of people from
one place to another
27. growth rate – speed of growth
28. death rate – # of deaths per 1,000 people
29. demography – branch of government that
studies human population
Chapter 2
30. nonrenewable resources
definition – cannot be replaced by Earth’s natural
processes
examples – coal, natural gas, oil, copper, sulfur, salt
31. renewable resources
definition – easily replaced by Earth’s natural
processes
examples – sun, wind, water, trees
32. agricultural resources
livestock – cows, pigs, horses, chicken, sheep, turkey
crops – cotton, wheat, rice, nuts, fruits, vegtables
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
34. prehistory
35. Archaeologist
36. artifacts
37. Asia
38. Paleo-Indians
39. 12,000
40. hunters-gatherers
Chapter 4
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Coahuiltecan
Caddo
Karankawa
Wichita
Coahuiltecan
Caddo
Caddo
Karankawa
Caddo
50. Matrilineal – family is traced through the
mother’s side
Chapter 4
51. adobe
52. along Rio Grande, Big Bend area
53. irrigation → watering crops
54. B
55. B
56. A
57. B
Chapter 5
58. 7 (1540)
59. 1 (1492)
60. 3 (1519-1521)
61. 4 (1527)
62. 5 (1539)
63. 2 (1519)
64. 6 (1539)
Chapter 5
65. La Salle
66. Fort St. Louis
67. Hunger & disease, Indian attacks, La Belle
wrecked, La Salle killed by his own
men
68. Conquistador – soldiers and adventures in
search of 3Gs
Chapter 5
69. Columbian Exchange – transfer of plants,
animals, and diseases between
Americas and
other continents
• Horses, smallpox
• Corn, buffalo, peanuts, turkeys
Chapter 6
70. 3 Goals of Spanish Mission system
1. Spread Christianity → convert Indians
2. Represent the Spanish gov.
3. Develop settlements in the borderlands
71. churches, dormitories, workrooms, cemetary,
livestock, presidios, barns, farms,
garders
*NO jails or hospitals
Chapter 6
72. mission – religious community
presidios – protects missions from attacks
73. Corpus Christi de la Isleta
Chapter 7
74. French/Indian War (1754)
• France vs. Britain → spread to Europe
• Spain sided with France
75. Treaty of Paris (1763)
• Ended the French/Indian War
• Spain = everything east of Miss. River, Britain = everything
west
• France gave up all land in N. America, Spain gave up Florida
76. Marques de Rubi Report (1767)
1. Abandon all missions except those in San Antonio
2. San Antonio should be the capital
3. Move East Texas population to San Antonio
4. Befriend the Comanche and fight the Apache
Chapter 7
77. American Revolution (1775)
• Patriots (13 colonies) vs. Britain
• “Taxation without representation”
• First cattle drives took place
78. Louisiana Purchase (1803)
• France sold land to US for 15 million
79. Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
• Spain and US agree to a boundary
• US gave up claim to TX; Spain gave up Florida
Chapter 7
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James Long
Lafitte
Nolan
Guiterrez-Magee
Jane Long
Nolan
Lafitte
James Long
Filibuster – military adventures who wanted to
free TX from Spanish rule. Wanted
TX to join US
or be independent
Chapter 8
89. Causes:
• social class division
• bad Spanish government
• saw American Revolution as examples
• Father Hidalgo’s cry for independence
Effects:
• independent Mexico
• financial ruin
• unstable government
• invited Europeans/Americans to move to TX
Chapter 8
90. lead
91. Louisiana (present day Missouri)
92. Panic of 1819
93. Baron de Bastrop
94. got sick → died
95. SFA
96.
1. drought
2. Lack of supplies/low on food
3. Indian raids
Chapter 8
97. 300
98. 640
99. lead
100. militia
101. SFA
102. 1. cheap land
2. outlaws looking to escape arrest
3. wanted escape debt of Panic of 1819
4. freed slaves