TEXES 7-12 SOCIAL STUDIES UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔**Comanche** - ✔✔The most skilled tribe in horse breeding and training
✔✔Comanche, Apache and Kiowa - ✔✔all 3 of these native American tribes lived on
the plains
✔✔Karankawas - ✔✔lived between Galveston and Corpus Christi. These native
Americans practiced ceremonial cannibalism where they would consume parts of the
conquered enemies.
✔✔What did the ancient Mayans worship? - ✔✔Nature. Sun God, Maize God and Rain
God
✔✔The constitution of 1824 - ✔✔established a republican government in Mexico but
failed to mention states rights
✔✔Treaty of Velasco - ✔✔This treaty ended the war between Texas and Mexico on
May 14, 1836 and set the boundary at Rio Grande. Santa Ana agreed to withdraw his
troops from Texas but the Mexican government refused to recognize Texas as
independent.
✔✔Sweatt vs. Painter - ✔✔ended segregation at UT and was a precedent to Brown vs.
Board
✔✔Cabeza de la Vava - ✔✔Spanish explorer who shipwrecked and explored most of
the region that would eventually be Texas.
✔✔expansionary policy - ✔✔to increase government spending and lower taxes in order
to reduce unemployment
✔✔contractionary policy - ✔✔to help counteract inflation, increase taxes and decrease
government spending.
✔✔**If the British pounds falls in value, should the US import more or export more to
Britain?** - ✔✔Import more. Export less. They could spend less US dollars to get the
same amount of British goods.
✔✔William Travis - ✔✔Commander of the Alamo, was determined to hold his position,
managed to send message through Mexican lines asking for help. He was killed in the
battle of the Alamo.
✔✔Texas Independence Day - ✔✔March 2, 1836
, ✔✔Stephen F Austin - ✔✔"Father of Texas", he led a project to settle 300 families in
Texas. He was the first man to bring Anglos to Texas
✔✔Washington on the Brazos - ✔✔where the Texas Declaration of Independence was
signed (location of the 1836 Convention)
✔✔The Gulf Coast Plains - ✔✔Major cities: Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi. The
most populated region. Has the most rainfall and humidity. Has the flattest land and is
closest to the ocean. This region is great for farming because of the rain.
✔✔North Central Plains - ✔✔DFW. Rolling hills and plains, 2nd most rainfall in region.
✔✔Great Plains in Texas - ✔✔Major cities: Lubbock, odessa, Midland. Great for farming
cotton and wheat. Ranches have sheep, horses, and cattle. Plateaus, hills, canyons, flat
but high elevation. Weather can be cool but also hot and dry in the summer.
✔✔Mountains and Basins - ✔✔Major cities: El Paso and Big Bend National Park. Least
populated region with the highest elevation. Very dry with little rainfall (desert). This
region has many factories, oil and gas production and salt mining.
✔✔First President of Texas - ✔✔David Burnet
✔✔Battle of the Alamo - ✔✔a battle that lasted 13 days, the Anglo-Americans defended
the Alamo from the attack by Santa Ana's army. William B Travis "drew the line in the
sand" during the battle. Susanna Dickinson survived this battle.
✔✔viceroy - ✔✔a spanish official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New
World.
✔✔States and characteristics of the Great Plains - ✔✔Iowa, Kansas, Montana,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado. They have tall grasses, prairies,
farmland and vast undeveloped areas. *Think" fly-over states"
✔✔examples of cultural regions - ✔✔Bible Belt, the South, the Midwest, Latin America
✔✔What caused the dust bowl? - ✔✔A combination of long droughts and high winds.
✔✔lapse rate - ✔✔drop in temperature as elevation increases
✔✔Oropgraphic lift - ✔✔when the mountains act as a barrier to wind and moisture.
✔✔El Nino weather - ✔✔dry weather for the US and heavy rains for Australia.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔**Comanche** - ✔✔The most skilled tribe in horse breeding and training
✔✔Comanche, Apache and Kiowa - ✔✔all 3 of these native American tribes lived on
the plains
✔✔Karankawas - ✔✔lived between Galveston and Corpus Christi. These native
Americans practiced ceremonial cannibalism where they would consume parts of the
conquered enemies.
✔✔What did the ancient Mayans worship? - ✔✔Nature. Sun God, Maize God and Rain
God
✔✔The constitution of 1824 - ✔✔established a republican government in Mexico but
failed to mention states rights
✔✔Treaty of Velasco - ✔✔This treaty ended the war between Texas and Mexico on
May 14, 1836 and set the boundary at Rio Grande. Santa Ana agreed to withdraw his
troops from Texas but the Mexican government refused to recognize Texas as
independent.
✔✔Sweatt vs. Painter - ✔✔ended segregation at UT and was a precedent to Brown vs.
Board
✔✔Cabeza de la Vava - ✔✔Spanish explorer who shipwrecked and explored most of
the region that would eventually be Texas.
✔✔expansionary policy - ✔✔to increase government spending and lower taxes in order
to reduce unemployment
✔✔contractionary policy - ✔✔to help counteract inflation, increase taxes and decrease
government spending.
✔✔**If the British pounds falls in value, should the US import more or export more to
Britain?** - ✔✔Import more. Export less. They could spend less US dollars to get the
same amount of British goods.
✔✔William Travis - ✔✔Commander of the Alamo, was determined to hold his position,
managed to send message through Mexican lines asking for help. He was killed in the
battle of the Alamo.
✔✔Texas Independence Day - ✔✔March 2, 1836
, ✔✔Stephen F Austin - ✔✔"Father of Texas", he led a project to settle 300 families in
Texas. He was the first man to bring Anglos to Texas
✔✔Washington on the Brazos - ✔✔where the Texas Declaration of Independence was
signed (location of the 1836 Convention)
✔✔The Gulf Coast Plains - ✔✔Major cities: Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi. The
most populated region. Has the most rainfall and humidity. Has the flattest land and is
closest to the ocean. This region is great for farming because of the rain.
✔✔North Central Plains - ✔✔DFW. Rolling hills and plains, 2nd most rainfall in region.
✔✔Great Plains in Texas - ✔✔Major cities: Lubbock, odessa, Midland. Great for farming
cotton and wheat. Ranches have sheep, horses, and cattle. Plateaus, hills, canyons, flat
but high elevation. Weather can be cool but also hot and dry in the summer.
✔✔Mountains and Basins - ✔✔Major cities: El Paso and Big Bend National Park. Least
populated region with the highest elevation. Very dry with little rainfall (desert). This
region has many factories, oil and gas production and salt mining.
✔✔First President of Texas - ✔✔David Burnet
✔✔Battle of the Alamo - ✔✔a battle that lasted 13 days, the Anglo-Americans defended
the Alamo from the attack by Santa Ana's army. William B Travis "drew the line in the
sand" during the battle. Susanna Dickinson survived this battle.
✔✔viceroy - ✔✔a spanish official appointed to rule land claimed by Spain in the New
World.
✔✔States and characteristics of the Great Plains - ✔✔Iowa, Kansas, Montana,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado. They have tall grasses, prairies,
farmland and vast undeveloped areas. *Think" fly-over states"
✔✔examples of cultural regions - ✔✔Bible Belt, the South, the Midwest, Latin America
✔✔What caused the dust bowl? - ✔✔A combination of long droughts and high winds.
✔✔lapse rate - ✔✔drop in temperature as elevation increases
✔✔Oropgraphic lift - ✔✔when the mountains act as a barrier to wind and moisture.
✔✔El Nino weather - ✔✔dry weather for the US and heavy rains for Australia.
