1st 6 Weeks Review

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1st 6 Weeks Review
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1. Which area of Texas gets the most rainfall?
The least?

• Most rainfall-Gulf Coast Plain (East Texas)
• Least rainfall-Mountains and Basins (West Texas)

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2. Which region of Texas has the highest
elevation? The lowest?

• Highest elevation-Mountains and Basins
• Lowest elevation-Gulf Coast Plains

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3. Describe the mission-building era of Texas.

• Colonize Texas
• Convert Native Texans to the Catholic faith
• Teach the Native Texans to be good subjects of
  the Spanish crown
• Good laborers

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4. What were the negative effects of Spanish
missions in Texas?

• Exposure to deadly diseases

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5. Why did Hernando de Soto travel across Texas
and the Americas?

• To find gold and treasures for Spain

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6. Which country was Texas a part of during the
18th Century?

• Spain

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7. Which explorer was shipwrecked near Galveston
while searching for the legendary city of El
Dorado?

• Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

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8. Describe Cibola and why was it important to
the early Spanish exploration of Texas.

• Cibola was a legend of seven cities of gold
• It drew explorers to Texas in search of the gold

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9. List three possible primary sources and three
possible secondary sources.

• Primary
• Picture
• Diary
• Letter
• Secondary
• Textbook
• Encyclopedia
• Newspaper

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10. If you wanted to grow a crop with a long
growing period, what region would be best?

• Gulf Coast Plains

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11. Describe some similarities between the
Apaches and Comanches.

• Similarities
• Nomads
• Depended on buffalo for survivial

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12. How are the Jumanos and other Pueblo people
similar?

• Primarily farmers
• Mountain and Basins region
• Adobe homes

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13. Cities such as El Paso, Amarillo, and San
Antonio reflect the culture and influence of what
country?

• Spain

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14. Counties represent what type of region in
Texas?

• Political regions

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15. What Texas region(s) lie within the Great
Plains region of the United States? What are
some Texas cities that lie within that region?

• Great Plains region of Texas
• Amarillo and Lubbock

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16. Which Texas region has the highest population
density?

• Gulf Coast Plains

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17. Why do Texans need to conserve water?

• Water is necessary for farming to be successful

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18. How have the Tejanos maintained their
heritage while adapting to American culture?

• Created a language that combines Spanish and
  English together

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19. Why is East Texas important to the states
economy?

• Timber (tree) farms

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20. How did the Caddo use the environment to meet
their needs?

• Crops for food
• Grass houses
• Clay Pottery

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21. How did most Spanish settlers earn a living
in the late 1600s and early 1700s?

• Missionaries

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22. Which Native American group lived in the Gulf
Coast region of Texas in the 1500s?

• Karankawa

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23. When did the Spanish FIRST begin building
Catholic missions in Texas?

• Late 1600s