Name
Date
Class Period
Fall Semester Exam Review
Chapter 1 and 2
1. The ____
2. ___
____ keeps the climate of the Coastal Plains mild.
_____ is the most important economic activity in the Gulf Coast Plains.
3. What results when cool air from the North combines with moist warm air from the Gulf of Mexico?
4. What percent of the land area of the United States is Texas?
5. ___________ ________ are lines that are East and West of the Prime Meridian.
6. Climate is affected by absolute location, relative location and___________________.
7. _______
________ is the most important aspect of life in the Mountains & Basins Region
8. What question refers to the theme of location?
9. The greatest oil field ever discovered was located in
and was named
.
10. The population of the Mountains and Basins Region is very __
11. Name FOUR examples of physical characteristics of land.
, and
_____.
,
.
12. Why do the West Texas mountains receive more rainfall than the nearby desert?
13. ___________ __________ are lines that are North and South of the equator.
14. ____
____ is the wearing away of the earth’s surface by water, wind, and ice.
15. The ___
_____ elevation of the Great Plains keeps the temperatures cooler.
16. What is agribusiness?
Chapter 3
1. Why were the Wichita Indians so often at war?
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2. In the trouble between the French and Spanish, which did the Caddos support? Why?
3. What was the person who led religious ceremonies called?
4. What were the final years of the Lipan Apaches like?
5. What two activities did the Comanche life center on?
6. What is a building material made of sun-dried brick?
7. Why did people migrate from Asia to North America?
8. What is culture?
9. For what did the Plains people use horses?
10. What is a person who studies past human activities called?
11. How did people migrating from Asia to the Americas get to Alaska?
Chapter 4 and 5
1. What is the mission chapel at Mission San Antonio de Valero known as? When was it built? Why was it
important?
2. Who was the church official who established the Tejas mission?
3. By 1772, what was the largest Spanish settlement in Texas?
4. Who was the leader of the French outpost in Texas?
5. What is a conquistador?
6. What was the first Spanish settlement in Texas?
7. What did La Salle name the inland region drained by the Mississippi?
8. What friar requested to reopen the Tejas mission?
9. What was often the first type of Spanish settlement in an area? Why were they important?
10. Who was the first European to explore/map the Texas coast? When?
11. What did not seem to be of interest to the French?
12. What conquistador invaded the Aztecs?
13. How did La Salle’s exploration affect Spanish activities in Texas?
Chapter 6 and 7
1. Why was Erasmo Seguin important to the growth of early settlements in Texas?
2. Why did Anglo-Americans settle in Texas?
3. Why did Stephen F. Austin want his colony along the coast?
4. What city did Green DeWitt establish as the headquarters for his colony?
5. List the differences between Anglo and Spanish settlements in Texas?
6. List the components of the colonization laws of 1824.
7. In the Mexican Constitution of 1824, which province was united with Texas to form a new Mexican
state?
8. Who supported the Mexican Constitution of 1824? Federalists or Centralists
9. What did the Adams-Onis Treaty do? Where was the line drawn?
10. Where did most immigrants to Texas immigrate from?
11. How did the Spanish view filibusters?
How did the Americans view filibusters?
12. What happened to the size of the United States as a result of the Louisiana Purchase?
13. Who paved the way for Anglo settlements in Texas?
14. What are some examples of the Spanish legacy in Texas?
15. What is Manifest Destiny?
16. What did the Centralists in the Mexican government believe?
17. Who were the Old Three Hundred?
18. What are filibusters?
19. What did the Federalists in the Mexican government believe?
20. Who was the first person in Mexico to call for freedom from Spain?
Chapter 8
1. In 1835, why did the residents of Anahuac quarrel with Captain Antonio Tenorio?
2. In 1834, where was Stephen F. Austin arrested? Why was he arrested?
3. Evaluate the most important result of the Fredonian Revolt?
4. What did Haden Edwards discover when he arrived in Nacogdoches?
5. What did the Convention of 1832 propose?
6. Which part of Texas’ economy was closely tied to that of the United States?
7. What document did Santa Anna promise to support?
8. What did the Law of April 6, 1830 state?
9. Why did the colonists dislike the Centralists government?
10. When General Mier y Teran arrived in East Texas, what did he observe?
11. Who said “war is our only recourse”? Why did he say it?
12. Summarize the Turtle Bayou Resolutions.
13. Why did most Texans back Santa Anna?
14. What did the decree of 1829 state?
15. Who was the Centralist President of Mexico?
16. In what area of East Texas, did the first clash occur between colonists and Mexican authorities?
17. Who was the commander of the Mexican forces in Coahuila?
Chapter 9
1. When did the Siege of Bexar occur?
2. Upon fleeing the advance of Santa Anna’s troops, where did David Burnet and his council set up
government?
3. At the Consultation, what did the Peace Party object to?
4. After the Declaration of the People, what important thing did the Consultation create?
5. Why did the Texans decide to lay siege to San Antonio rather than attacking?
6. What is the significance of the statement, “Come and take it”?
7. Who was the “Grass Fight” between?
8. Where did the Mexican troops, under General Cos, take refuge?
9. What did the settlers form after Cos arrived in San Antonio?
10. Why was the meeting of the Consultation moved from Washington – on – the- Brazos to San Felipe?
11. At the Consultation, what did the War Party delegates favor? Why?
12. Who was put in charge of both the volunteers and regular army?
13. What effect did the victories at Gonzales and Goliad have on many Texans?
14. What did the Texas volunteers believe at the end of the battle in San Antonio?
15. Who wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence?
16. To what was the Texas Declaration of Independence similar?
17. Why is March 2, 1836 important in Texas history?
18. When was the Consultation held?
19. What did the Peace Party hope to accomplish by declaring they were fighting for the Mexican
Constitution of 1824?
20. Who led a column and was killed at the Siege of Bexar?
21. What happened at the Convention of 1836? (3 answers)
22. What is the battle of Gonzales known as?
23. How did the Texas Constitution regard slavery? ( 3 answers)
24. Define the term veto.