TEXAS HISTORY SEMESTER EXAM 2023-2024 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
1.
If you were studying how man adapted to their environment, which theme of
geography would you be applying?
Human-Environment Interaction
2.
Which Texas region is characterized by having vast plains, high winds, and uses
the Ogallala Aquifer?
Great Plains / High Plains
3.
Which characteristic is common to most major Texas cities?
Near a water source
4.
Why was the buffalo important to the American Indian people?
Food, shelter, clothing, tools, medicine, survival
5.
What similarities did the Apache and Commanche share?
Hint: What lifestyle did they both live?
Hint: What was their main food source?
-nomadic lifestyles
- buffalo
6.
Because Texas is so big, and it has different climates, and different landforms,
and regions with their own plant and animal resources, Native Americans in
Texas used the plant and animal resources available to them in the region they
lived.
, This made Texas Native American cultures ____________ (the same) or (different)
Different
7.
According to the Catholic friars/priests, how did the Spanish soldiers treat the
Native Americans in the Texas missions?
- terrible
- forced conversion of religion
- forced them to assimilate into their cultures
8.
Which event marked the beginning of the Mexican National Era?
Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821
9.
Fredonian Rebellion, Law of April 6, 1830, Mier Y Teran Report, Arrest of Stephen
F. Austin, and the Turtle Bayou Resolutions.
All of the events listed above led to what major event in Texas History?
The Texas Revolution
10.
Which event, on the Road to Revolution, influenced the Mexican government to
issue the Law of April 6, 1830?
The Mier y Terán Report
11.
The first attempt by Anglo settlers to secede from Mexico took place near
Nacogdoches, and it was led by the Edwards brothers. What is this attempt at
independence from Mexico known as?
Fredonian Rebellion
12.
What were ALL of the parts of the Law of April 6, 1830?
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
1.
If you were studying how man adapted to their environment, which theme of
geography would you be applying?
Human-Environment Interaction
2.
Which Texas region is characterized by having vast plains, high winds, and uses
the Ogallala Aquifer?
Great Plains / High Plains
3.
Which characteristic is common to most major Texas cities?
Near a water source
4.
Why was the buffalo important to the American Indian people?
Food, shelter, clothing, tools, medicine, survival
5.
What similarities did the Apache and Commanche share?
Hint: What lifestyle did they both live?
Hint: What was their main food source?
-nomadic lifestyles
- buffalo
6.
Because Texas is so big, and it has different climates, and different landforms,
and regions with their own plant and animal resources, Native Americans in
Texas used the plant and animal resources available to them in the region they
lived.
, This made Texas Native American cultures ____________ (the same) or (different)
Different
7.
According to the Catholic friars/priests, how did the Spanish soldiers treat the
Native Americans in the Texas missions?
- terrible
- forced conversion of religion
- forced them to assimilate into their cultures
8.
Which event marked the beginning of the Mexican National Era?
Mexico's independence from Spain in 1821
9.
Fredonian Rebellion, Law of April 6, 1830, Mier Y Teran Report, Arrest of Stephen
F. Austin, and the Turtle Bayou Resolutions.
All of the events listed above led to what major event in Texas History?
The Texas Revolution
10.
Which event, on the Road to Revolution, influenced the Mexican government to
issue the Law of April 6, 1830?
The Mier y Terán Report
11.
The first attempt by Anglo settlers to secede from Mexico took place near
Nacogdoches, and it was led by the Edwards brothers. What is this attempt at
independence from Mexico known as?
Fredonian Rebellion
12.
What were ALL of the parts of the Law of April 6, 1830?
