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Unit 1 Test Review (On-Level) KEY
1. Describe the characteristics of the four regions of Texas.
North Central Plains: cold, medium population, third largest region, hot in summer
Great Plains: plains, second largest region, cold in summer and dry in summer
Coastal Plains: largest population; flat lands, windy, cool, largest region
Mountains and Basins: smallest population; dry, hot, desert, plateaus, rivers
2. What region has the highest population of people?
Coastal Plains
3. What era did the earliest people in Texas arrive?
Natural Texas and its People
4. Why is the year 1519 is significant in Texas History?
1519 is the year that Pineda mapped the Texas coast
5. Describe the culture of the Caddo tribe.
The Caddos were an agricultural society and part of a large trade network
6. Describe the culture of the Karankawa.
The Karankawas were nomadic people who lived by hunting, fishing, and
gathering.
7. What tribe was a part of the Puebloan culture?
Tigua, Jumano, Jornada
8. What tribe was a part of the Plains culture?
(Lipan) Apache, Comanche, Tonkawa
9. What is being described in the passage below?
“…the hair is very long... Of the small hides the Indians make blankets to cover themselves with,
and of the taller ones they make shoes and targets. These cows...are found all over the land for
over four hundred leagues.”
-Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
Herds of buffalo
10. What is a primary source?
A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created
during the time under study
11. What is a secondary source?
A secondary source is a document written after an event has occurred, providing
secondhand accounts of that event, person, or topic.
12. Study the chart below.
Person
Cabeza de Vaca
Coronado
Estevanico
LaSalle
Significance
Survivor of the Narvaez expedition; traveled through Texas with
Estevanico from 1528-1535; wrote book about his experience in Texas
along with many stories of cities of wealth and riches
Led expedition in the Southwest from 1540-1542 looking for the Seven
Cities of Cibola; returned to Mexico when the expedition failed
Survivor of Narvaez expedition; in Texas from 1528-1536; traveled
through Texas with Cabeza de Vaca; killed by Indians during the Fray
Marcos expedition
Explored Mississippi River and Texas in 1680s; claimed Mississippi River
valley for France; started the only French colony in Texas; killed by his
own men
*** PLEASE REVIEW YOUR NOTES AND UNIT PLAN IN ADDITION
TO THIS STUDY GUIDE (ALSO SEE THE “UNIT 1 TEST STUDY LIST”
SLIDE ON MR. ANTHIS’S WEBPAGE)***