Geography
Natives/Explorers
Spanish/Mexican Texas
Texas Revolution
Republic of Texas
100
Elevation does this as you go from East to West Texas
a. decreases
b. increases
c. stays the same
d. does not change
What is increase?
100
Often travelled from place to place following buffalo
a. Sedentary
b. Nomadic
c. Tipis
d. Adobe
What is B nomadic?
100
This was used to claim lands and convert Native Americans to Christianity
a. Presidio
b. Mission
c. Adobe
d. Tipis
What is a Spanish Mission?
100
Name the battle that marked the beginning of Texas Revolution with the flag "Come and Take It"?
A. Battle of the Alamo
B. Battle of Gonzales
C. Battle of San Jacinto
D. Battle of La Bahia
What is the Battle of Gonzales?
100
This was used to determine who would be executed after the Mier Expedition
a. Black beans
b. Tobacco
c. Money
d. Straws
What is A Black beans?
200
How is the amount of precipitation in East Texas different from the amount in West Texas?
A. The East gets more rain than the West
B. The West gets more rain than the East
C. East Texas gets approximately 25cm or less precipitation per year
D. West Texas gets more than 75cm of precipitation a year
What is the A, the East gets more rain than the West?
200
Often in adobe homes, these tribes stayed and farmed the lands
a. Sedentary
b. Nomadic
c. Tipis
d. Adobe
What is A sedentary?
200
This describes an Empresario
a. Land Agent
b. Waged unofficial War in another country
c. Opposed to slavery
d. Favored Annexation
What is A Land Agent?
200
Ad-Interim President of Republic of Texas
a. Sam Houston
b. William B Travis
c. David G Burnet
d. George Childress
Who is David G Burnet?
200
The Cordova Rebellion and the Council House Fight both had to deal with these type of people:
a. Catholic priests
b. Enslaved Texans
c. Tejano Landowners
d. American Indian Tribes
Tipis
What are American Indian Tribes?
300
This river creates the Southern border between Texas and Mexico
What is the Rio Grande River?
300
Name the reasons for Early Exploration
(The 3 G's)
What is Gold, God, Glory?
300
Philip Nolan was suspected of being one of the people who waged war in another country
What is a filibuster?
300
Leader in charge of Texian Army during Texas Revolution
Who is Sam Houston?
300
Name the 4 ELECTED Presidential terms of the Republic of Texas in order
What is Sam Houston, Mirabeau Lamar, Sam Houston and Anson Jones?
400
Type of landform Texas is mostly made up of (Hint: Think of Names of the 4 regions
What is Plains?
400
Tribe who often roamed Great Plains known for the hostility and expert horseman
Who are the Comanche?
400
Father of the Mexican Revolution
What is Miguel Hidalgo?
400
Reason why Stephen F Austin was jailed and put into prison
What is writing a letter for Texas to become a separate state?
400
Name of failed expedition during Lamar's term that got his men and Jose Navarro imprisoned
What is Santa Fe Expedition?
500
Name 2 cities in the Coastal Plains region
What is Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston, Corpus Christi?
500
This explorer was captured by the Karankawa then released after he saved a life then later wrote about his findings of plants and animals he saw around Texas
Who is Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca?
500
This person is the Father of Texas and leader of the Old 300
Who is Stephen F Austin?
500
Wrote the Victory or Death Letter
Who was William B Travis?
500
Year Texas was Annexed into the Union
What is 1845?