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POLS 2312 UTA -EXAM 1 (2025/2026)
Updated: EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS | GET IT RIGHT!!
first occupiers of Texas - (answers)Native Americans for up to 10,000 years
the first tribes to settle in Texas - (answers)Caddo and Apache
why was Texas popular for settlement - (answers)plentiful hunting and farming
land
Caddos occupied land from - (answers)Trinity River to Mississippi River and north
to Red River
Apache occupied - (answers)south and west to the area now known as Big Bend
the other two tribes - (answers)Karankawa and Coahuiltecan
these two tribes settled the - (answers)coastal regions
first explorers - (answers)-Spanish: Alvar Nunez de Vaca
-rescued near Galveston Island
-Spain established missions, military bases and settlements throughout Texas and
Mexico calling it New Spain
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Texans of Mexican heritage are called - (answers)Tejanos
most tejanos stayed out of the war between Texas and Mexico and preferred self
governance called - (answers)ayuntamiento
tejanos who did not fight for Mexico were - (answers)rewarded with land but
their ancestral land was taken from them
mexican govt promoted the ___ settlement in Texas - (answers)Anglo
who were these people - (answers)american settlers
why did mexicans support anglo settlement? - (answers)raise revenue through
taxes
people who were granted the right to settle the land and recruit other settlers to
come to Texas were called - (answers)empersarios
these settlements led to - (answers)conflicts between Tejanos and Anglos
if Texas were an independent nation today, our economy would rank -
(answers)10th in the world
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our gross state product in 2017 was - (answers)$1.7 trillion, 2nd highest in US
texas is home to ___ of the top 50 companies on fortune 500 list - (answers)6
sources of texas economic strength - (answers)1. food and fiber(corn, cotton,
timber)
2. fuel
3. cattle
4. manufacturing
what is the texas miracle - (answers)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 - (answers)Texas suburbs
in 2016, Texas ranked ___ in energy consumption - (answers)6th
fastest growing demographic in Texas - (answers)Asians
political culture - (answers)set of shared values and practices held by people that
informs their expectations of government and society
POLS 2312 UTA -EXAM 1 (2025/2026)
Updated: EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE ANSWERS | GET IT RIGHT!!
first occupiers of Texas - (answers)Native Americans for up to 10,000 years
the first tribes to settle in Texas - (answers)Caddo and Apache
why was Texas popular for settlement - (answers)plentiful hunting and farming
land
Caddos occupied land from - (answers)Trinity River to Mississippi River and north
to Red River
Apache occupied - (answers)south and west to the area now known as Big Bend
the other two tribes - (answers)Karankawa and Coahuiltecan
these two tribes settled the - (answers)coastal regions
first explorers - (answers)-Spanish: Alvar Nunez de Vaca
-rescued near Galveston Island
-Spain established missions, military bases and settlements throughout Texas and
Mexico calling it New Spain
, 2
Texans of Mexican heritage are called - (answers)Tejanos
most tejanos stayed out of the war between Texas and Mexico and preferred self
governance called - (answers)ayuntamiento
tejanos who did not fight for Mexico were - (answers)rewarded with land but
their ancestral land was taken from them
mexican govt promoted the ___ settlement in Texas - (answers)Anglo
who were these people - (answers)american settlers
why did mexicans support anglo settlement? - (answers)raise revenue through
taxes
people who were granted the right to settle the land and recruit other settlers to
come to Texas were called - (answers)empersarios
these settlements led to - (answers)conflicts between Tejanos and Anglos
if Texas were an independent nation today, our economy would rank -
(answers)10th in the world
, 3
our gross state product in 2017 was - (answers)$1.7 trillion, 2nd highest in US
texas is home to ___ of the top 50 companies on fortune 500 list - (answers)6
sources of texas economic strength - (answers)1. food and fiber(corn, cotton,
timber)
2. fuel
3. cattle
4. manufacturing
what is the texas miracle - (answers)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 - (answers)Texas suburbs
in 2016, Texas ranked ___ in energy consumption - (answers)6th
fastest growing demographic in Texas - (answers)Asians
political culture - (answers)set of shared values and practices held by people that
informs their expectations of government and society
