First Semester Test Review
Geography
Definitions IN Pg 13-16
1. Plain
2. barrier island (and give examples)
3. relative location
4. absolute location
5. escarpment
6. aquifer
7. List the 4 regions of Texas: Know where they are located!!! IN PG 21
8. Which region includes the panhandle? IN PG 21 Textbook Pg 34
9. What part of the state has Big Bend National Park? IN Pg 7 or 21
10. What river borders Texas and Louisiana? IN Pg 11
11. What river borders Texas and Oklahoma? IN Pg 11
12. What river borders Texas and Mexico? IN Pg 11
13. What part of Texas has a wetter climate and why? IN Pg 20
Indians IN Pg 23-26
1. Write the definition of a nomadic tribe.
2. What was the most valuable animal to the Plains tribes for food, clothing, and shelter?
3. Why did so many Indians die of European diseases?
Explorers
1. Which European country was the first to explore in the American Southwest? IN Pg 32
2. What is a conquistador? IN Pg 38
3. What were the conquistadors searching for? IN Pg 38 and 42
4. What was their goal? IN Pg 38
5. During the Columbian Exchange, what goods were moved from the “Old World” to the
“New World?” IN Pg 35
6. What goods were moved from the “New World” to the “Old World?” IN Pg 35
7. What role did Cabeza de Vaca have in the exploration of Texas? IN Pg 35
Missions
Definitions
1. Presidio (Textbook Pg 121)
2. mission (Textbook Pg 103) IN Pg 38
3. How did the French and Spanish differ in their relationships with Texas Indians? IN Pg
41-42
4. How did most Indians feel about the Spanish missions? IN Pg 48
5. What legacy did Spain leave in Texas? IN Pg 52
6. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803? IN Pg 53-54
7. In what year did Mexico become independent from Spain? Textbook Pg 150
Empresario Period
Definitions IN Pg 60-62
1. Tejano
2. El Camino Real
3. empresario
4. militia
5. vaquero
6. survey
7. Who is the “Old 300?” IN Pg 57 Textbook 164
8. Who was the most successful empresario and known as the Father of Texas? IN Pg 57-58
9. Where did most of the colonists come from during the Mexican colonial period? (Look at
Colonial Outline, IN Pg 63-66)
10. What attracted many Anglo-Americans to Texas? IN Pg 63
11. What was the capital of Austin’s colony? IN Pg 56 Textbook Pg 170
12. Where did Stephen F. Austin settle his colony? (Between what two rivers) IN Pg 57-58
13. What requirements did you have to follow to live in Mexican Texas? Textbook Pg 167
14. Why were Coahuila y Texas combined? IN Pg 72
15. What was the capital of Coahuila y Tejas and why was this a problem for the colonists?
IN Pg 69 Textbook Pg 173
16. Describe the Mexican Constitution of 1824 and explain its importance. IN Pg 72
Road to Revolution
Definitions IN Pg 79-80 or Textbook Glossary/ Index
1. customs duty
2. decree
3. skirmish
4. dictator
5. exempt
6. cholera
7. epidemic
8. List the cultural differences between Texas and Mexico. IN Pg 73-74
9. Why did many colonists support Santa Anna at first?
10. Why were colonists angry about the Decree of April 6, 1830? IN Pg 83-84
11. Why was Austin imprisoned in Mexico City? IN Pg 89-90
12. What did the colonists call for at the Convention of 1832 and 1833? (6 things- IN Pg 88)
Texas Revolution
Definition IN Pg 105-108
1. Provisional government
2. besieged
3. fortified
4. calvary
5. infantry
6. What did the Texian forces at Gonzales show? IN Pg 93
7. What did the flag say at the Battle of Gonzales? IN Pg 93
8. What year and where did Texas declare independence from Mexico?
9. What 2 documents were created during the Convention of 1836? IN Pg 110 (Textbook
215)
10. Who wrote the Texas Declaration of Independence? IN Pg 110 (Textbook 215)
11. The Texas Declaration of Independence was modeled after what? IN Pg 110 (Textbook
215)
12. Who was chosen as commander and chief of the army at the Convention of 1836? IN Pg
110 (Textbook 216)
13. What was alarming the Convention delegates at the end of the meeting? IN Pg 110
(Textbook 218)
14. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Alamo defenses? IN Pg 111 (Textbook
231)
15. When did the Battle of the Alamo end? IN Pg 111
Battles Chart IN Pg 103… Who, What, When, Where and Why
Gonzales
Alamo
Who’s Who (All can be found in textbook, use index to find correct page numbers for
information on each individual)
1. Santa Anna
2. Urrea
3. Bowie
4. Crockett
5. Childress
6. Houston
7. Fannin
8. Seguin
9. Travis
10. Zavala
End of the Revolution/Independence Won
1. What was the Goliad Massacre? IN Pg 112 (Textbook Pg 238)
2. What was the Runaway Scrape? IN Pg 112 (Textbook Pg 248)
3. What date the Battle of San Jacinto occur? IN Pg 113 (Textbook Pg 254-255)
4. What was the effect of the Battle of San Jacinto? IN Pg 113 (Textbook Pg 258-259)