POLS 2312 UTA EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ the first tribes to settle in Texas.
Answer: Caddo and Apache
◉ why was Texas popular for settlement.
Answer: plentiful hunting and farming land
◉ Caddos occupied land from.
Answer: Trinity River to Mississippi River and north to Red River
◉ Apache occupied.
Answer: south and west to the area now known as Big Bend
◉ the other two tribes.
Answer: Karankawa and Coahuiltecan
◉ these two tribes settled the.
Answer: coastal regions
,◉ first explorers.
Answer: -Spanish: Alvar Nunez de Vaca
-rescued near Galveston Island
-Spain established missions, military bases and settlements
throughout Texas and Mexico calling it New Spain
◉ Texans of Mexican heritage are called.
Answer: Tejanos
◉ most tejanos stayed out of the war between Texas and Mexico and
preferred self governance called.
Answer: ayuntamiento
◉ tejanos who did not fight for Mexico were.
Answer: rewarded with land but their ancestral land was taken from
them
◉ mexican govt promoted the ___ settlement in Texas.
Answer: Anglo
◉ who were these people.
Answer: american settlers
,◉ why did mexicans support anglo settlement?.
Answer: raise revenue through taxes
◉ people who were granted the right to settle the land and recruit
other settlers to come to Texas were called.
Answer: empersarios
◉ these settlements led to.
Answer: conflicts between Tejanos and Anglos
◉ if Texas were an independent nation today, our economy would
rank.
Answer: 10th in the world
◉ our gross state product in 2017 was.
Answer: $1.7 trillion, 2nd highest in US
◉ texas is home to ___ of the top 50 companies on fortune 500 list.
Answer: 6
◉ sources of texas economic strength.
, Answer: 1. food and fiber(corn, cotton, timber)
2. fuel
3. cattle
4. manufacturing
◉ what is the texas miracle.
Answer: economic good fortune from 2001 to 2008. texas did not
suffer from 2008 recession unlike other states due to the price of
fuel
◉ half of the country's fastest growing cities.
Answer: Texas suburbs
◉ in 2016, Texas ranked ___ in energy consumption.
Answer: 6th
◉ fastest growing demographic in Texas.
Answer: Asians
◉ political culture.
Answer: set of shared values and practices held by people that
informs their expectations of government and society
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ the first tribes to settle in Texas.
Answer: Caddo and Apache
◉ why was Texas popular for settlement.
Answer: plentiful hunting and farming land
◉ Caddos occupied land from.
Answer: Trinity River to Mississippi River and north to Red River
◉ Apache occupied.
Answer: south and west to the area now known as Big Bend
◉ the other two tribes.
Answer: Karankawa and Coahuiltecan
◉ these two tribes settled the.
Answer: coastal regions
,◉ first explorers.
Answer: -Spanish: Alvar Nunez de Vaca
-rescued near Galveston Island
-Spain established missions, military bases and settlements
throughout Texas and Mexico calling it New Spain
◉ Texans of Mexican heritage are called.
Answer: Tejanos
◉ most tejanos stayed out of the war between Texas and Mexico and
preferred self governance called.
Answer: ayuntamiento
◉ tejanos who did not fight for Mexico were.
Answer: rewarded with land but their ancestral land was taken from
them
◉ mexican govt promoted the ___ settlement in Texas.
Answer: Anglo
◉ who were these people.
Answer: american settlers
,◉ why did mexicans support anglo settlement?.
Answer: raise revenue through taxes
◉ people who were granted the right to settle the land and recruit
other settlers to come to Texas were called.
Answer: empersarios
◉ these settlements led to.
Answer: conflicts between Tejanos and Anglos
◉ if Texas were an independent nation today, our economy would
rank.
Answer: 10th in the world
◉ our gross state product in 2017 was.
Answer: $1.7 trillion, 2nd highest in US
◉ texas is home to ___ of the top 50 companies on fortune 500 list.
Answer: 6
◉ sources of texas economic strength.
, Answer: 1. food and fiber(corn, cotton, timber)
2. fuel
3. cattle
4. manufacturing
◉ what is the texas miracle.
Answer: economic good fortune from 2001 to 2008. texas did not
suffer from 2008 recession unlike other states due to the price of
fuel
◉ half of the country's fastest growing cities.
Answer: Texas suburbs
◉ in 2016, Texas ranked ___ in energy consumption.
Answer: 6th
◉ fastest growing demographic in Texas.
Answer: Asians
◉ political culture.
Answer: set of shared values and practices held by people that
informs their expectations of government and society
