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Objectives for 9 – 13 January
• 9 January – We continue to review for the
finals this week
• 10 January - We continue to review for the
finals this week
• 11 January – Semester Subjective Final Exam
• 12 January - Bring study materials for an Exam
period tomorrow
• 13 January - – Semester Objective Final Exam
Study Guide for Semester Exams
2011 – 2012 1st Semester
Chapters 1 & 2 Study Questions
Questions 1 and 2
____ 1. Wind, water, and
glaciers can wear down
landforms in a process
called
a. drought.
b. erosion.
c. plate tectonics.
d. scaling.
____ 2. The imaginary
line that divides the
Earth into northern and
southern halves is the
a. Prime Latitude.
b. Prime Meridian.
c. Equator.
d. Absolute Longitude.
Questions 3 & 4
____ 3. Which of the
following is not a
cause of erosion?
a. wind
b. plate tectonics
c. water
d. glaciers
____ 4. The Llano
Estacado and the
Edwards Plateau are
landforms in the
a. Coastal Plains region.
b. North Central Plains
region.
c. Great Plains region.
d. Mountains and
Basins region.
Questions 5 & 6
____ 5. Geography is the
study . . .
a. of the oceans of the
earth.
b. of the landforms of the
earth.
c. of the earth.
d. of the moon.
____ 6. The two branches
of geography are . . .
a. plains and plateau
geography.
b. mountain and coastal
geography.
c. human and physical
geography.
d. rural and urban
geography.
Questions 7 & 8
____ 7. Physical
geography is
the
a. human
characteristics
of a place.
b. physical
characteristics
of a place.
____ 8. How did climate allow
the first humans to come to the
Americas from Asia?
a. a warm climate made it easier
to find food along the way.
b. cold climate lowered ocean
levels, creating a land bridge.
c. Heavy rains allowed them to
float boats across the sea.
d. strong winds blew their
sailboats to a new shore.
Questions 9 & 10
____ 9. Which of the
following is not one of
the three periods of
prehistory in Texas?
a. Archaic Era
b. Late Prehistoric Era
c. Paleolithic Era
d. Spanish Conquest Era
____10. How did the
atlatl help Native
Americans hunt?
a. They could throw
spears with more force.
b. They could hunt in
larger groups.
c. They could follow
herds over greater
distances.
d. all of the above
Short Answer Questions
11. What is the name of region A?
The name of region A is
Coastal Plains.
12. What is the name of region B?
The name of region B is
North Central Plains.
13. What is the name of region C?
The name of region C is
Great Plains.
14. What is the name of region D?
The name of region D is
Mountain and Basins.
15. Which region is the most populous? Why?
The Coastal Plains is the most populous region. Most of the world’s
population is near coastal areas, because of better climate and rainfall
for agriculture. Also transportation and recreation opportunities are
better in coastal plains areas.
Review/Study Questions
Chapters 3 and 4
____ 16. The Reconquista ended in _____
a. 711.
b. 1215.
c. 1492.
d. 1540.
____ 17. Which explorer was the first to reach
the Americas from Europe?
a. Cabeza de Vaca
b. Columbus
c. Coronado
d. Cortés
____18. Which of the following was not a
goal of the Spanish in exploring
the New World?
a. to defeat the English
b. to gain wealth for themselves
c. to make their country more
powerful
d. to spread Christianity
____ 19. Which of the following helps explain
why the Spanish were able to conquer Native
Americans?
a. Native Americans did not have sailing ships.
b. Native Americans were too busy hunting
buffalo.
c. The Spanish had better communications.
d. The Spanish had better weapons and
armor.
____ 20. Cabeza de Vaca reached Texas as
a result of . . .
a. the failed Narváez expedition.
b. the Cortés expedition.
c. Coronado’s expedition.
d. Estevanico’s expedition.
____ 21. Which physical feature of Texas
did Coronado cross?
a. Edwards Plateau
b. Hill Country
c. Llano Estacado
d. lower Rio Grande valley
____ 22. Which of the following was not a
reason the king and queen of Spain
backed Columbus’s voyage?
a. to gain wealth
b. to become more powerful than
Portugal
c. to convert indigenous Americans
d. to spread Christianity to China and
India
____ 23. Columbus sailed from Spain with
the goal of
a. completing the Reconquista.
b. reaching India and China.
c. defeating the Aztecs.
d. rescuing the Narváez expedition.
____ 24. Which Spanish leaders defeated the
Aztecs and Incas?
a. Cabeza de Vaca and Coronado
b. Cortés and Pizarro
c. De Soto and Moscoso
d. Narváez and Marcos de Niza
____ 25. For defense of the missions, the
Spanish built forts, called
a. epidemics.
b. castles.
c. mestizos.
d. presidios.
____ 26. The Spanish hoped to convert
Native Americans by setting up
a. catechisms.
b. expeditions.
c. missions.
d. pueblos.
____ 27. Which of the following was not a
reason that Native Americans came to
missions?
a. to join the army
b. to have a steady supply of food
c. to protect themselves from
enemies
d. because the Spanish offered them
gifts to do so
See Chart for Questions
28, 29 and 30
PERSON
SIGNIFICANCE
Cabeza de
Vaca
Survivor of Narváez expedition; traveled through Texas
with Estevanico; in Texas from 1528 to 1536; wrote book
about Texas that mentioned legend of Seven Cities of
Cíbola
Coronado
Led expedition in Southwest from 1640 to 1642 looking
for Seven Cities of Cíbola; returned to Mexico when
mission failed
Estevanico
La Salle
Survivor of Narváez expedition; in Texas from 1528 to
1536; traveled through Texas with Cabeza de Vaca; killed
by Native Americans while part of Marcos de Niza
expedition
Explored Mississippi River and Texas in 1680s; claimed
Mississippi River valley for France; started the only French
colony in Texas; killed by his own men
28. Why did several Spanish explorers try to
find the Seven Cities of Cíbola?
29. In what order did these explorers travel
in Texas?
30. Why was La Salle’s colony a threat to
Spain?
These questions are from Chapter 2
(Remember your answer must be in the form of a complete sentence.)
31. Name and date the three Eras of Texas
Prehistoric cultures.
The three eras are the Paleolithic Era that was from 11,00 BC to 6,000 BC;
the Archaic Era that last from 6000 BC until about AD 700; and the Late
Prehistoric Era last from AD 700 to around AD1500.
32. How did getting the horse help Native
Americans hunt the buffalo?
Getting the horse made it easier to hunt the buffalo, because they could
follow the herds greater distances and hunt more safely than on foot.
Questions from Chapter 4 continued
____ 33. Several Americans who launched
unofficial wars were called
a. expeditions.
b. filibusters.
c. garrisons.
d. skirmishes.
____ 34. The United States ceded its claim
to Texas, meaning that it . . .
a. added the area to its country.
b. sent several expeditions to the
area.
c. gave up any claim to the land.
d. backed up its claim with forts.
____ 35. Why did Spain start to build
missions in East Texas?
a. to block the filibusters
b. to end the revolts in Texas
c. to push the Comanches out of Texas
d. to try to keep France out of Texas
____ 36. The Spanish hoped to convert
Native Americans by setting up
a. catechisms.
b. missions.
c. expeditions.
d. pueblos.
____ 37. Why did conservatives dislike the
revolt of Hidalgo?
a. They feared that the lower classes
would take their power.
b. They were loyal to the king.
c. They resented his alliance with
filibusters.
d. They supported Morelos instead.
____ 38. When did Mexico win its
independence?
a.
b.
c.
d.
1810
1814
1821
1827
____ 39. A government in which citizens
elect people who make laws is a
a. colony.
b. catechism.
c. viceroy.
d. republic.
____ 40. Why was San Antonio de Béxar
located where it was?
a. because it was halfway between
the Rio Grande and East Texas
b. because it was at an excellent
harbor on the coast
c. because it was close to the
government in Mexico
____ 41. What contribution did missions
make to Texas?
a. They started the cattle industry.
b. They started the oil industry.
c. They introduced cotton farming.
d. They helped the number of Native
Americans in Texas grow larger.
___ 42. What did friars use the catechism for?
a. to teach Native Americans to farm
b. to convert Native Americans
c. to punish Native Americans
d. all of the above
____ 43. What group in Mexico had the
highest rank in society?
a. criollos
c. mestizos
b. Native Americans
d. peninsulares
Short Answer Questions
Answer must be in the form of a complete sentence.
44. When did Mexico win independence
from Spain?
45. How did the United States gain
Louisiana?
46. What was the difference between a
mission and a presidio?
Chapter 5 Study Questions
___ 47. What is one reason many
Mexicans did not want to colonize
Texas?
They feared attacks
from Native
Americans.
____48. What three occupations did
Moses Austin have before he became
an empresario?
storekeeper, mine operator,
banker
___ 49. What happened when Moses
Austin went to San Antonio in 1820?
He gained a contract as an
empresario.
____50. What was the effect of Mexican
independence on Texas?
Land became even cheaper
and more available than
before.
___ 51. Who were the Old Three
Hundred?
the first families to settle in
Texas with Austin
____52. How did Mexico’s colonization
laws attract settlers?
by offering land at low prices
___ 53. What happened to Austin’s grant
when Mexico won independence?
The new government
accepted it.
___ 54. Which empresario launched a
revolt against Mexican authority?
Hadden Edwards
___ 55. Which empresario came from
Mexico?
De Leon
READING A TABLE
Study the table below, and then answer the questions that follow.
Year
Number of Empresario
Contracts Issued
Number of Families Empresarios
Promised to Settle
1821
1
300
1825
6
2,641
1826
6
1,700
1827
1
100
1828
5
800
1829
3
850
1830
1
800
1831
1
600
1832
1
200
56. In which two years were the most
empresario contracts issued?
The most contracts were issued in
1825 and 1826.
57. What law led to the signing of contracts in
these two years?
Colonization Law of 1824 led to the
signing of contracts in 1825 and 1826.
58. How did the number of families that
empresarios promised to settle change
over time?
The number became very high in the early
years after the colonization law, then
leveled off in the middle years, and then
fell sharply at the end.
59. Only one empresario contract was given
before 1825. Who received that contract,
which came from the Spanish government?
The only empresario given a contract before
1825 was Moses Austin
60. Why did the number of contracts and
settlers increase rapidly in 1825 and 1826?
Mexico passed the colonization laws of 1823
and 1824.
61. What happened to the number of contracts
issued over time?
The number of contracts jumped after the
colonization laws were passed. There were
some other years with many contracts, but
generally the number of contracts and
settlers decreased over time.
Chapter 6 Study Questions
INTERPRETING GRAPHS - Study the time line below
62. What is the connection between the
events of 1826 and those of 1827?
The Fredonian Rebellion caused the Mexican government to
send General Mier y Terán on tour through Texas in 1827.
63. What was the Texans’ response to the
election of Santa Anna in 1833? Why?
Because Santa Anna ran for the office of President as a member of the
Federalist Party, most Texans were okay with his election in 1833.
64. What changed from 1833 to 1834 in
Mexico? How did that change affect
Anna seizes power and adopts Centralist
Texas? Santa
ideas. Many Texans begin to favor independence
for Texas.
65. What event was a result of the
Fredonian rebellion of 1826?
General Teran’s tour of Texas was the
Mexican governments response to
the Fredonian Rebellion.
66. How were the events of 1827 and 1830
connected?
Based on Teran’s report, the Mexican
legislature passed the Law of April 6,
1830.
___ 67. How did Mexican leaders react to
the Fredonian rebellion?
a. They wanted a report on Texans’
attitudes.
b. They hoped to convince Texans to
cooperate.
c. They set out to punish Texans.
d. They sent a large army to occupy
Texas.
____ 68. How did Texans respond to the
Law of April 6, 1830?
a. They liked it because it would increase
immigration.
b. They did not think the law would
affect them.
c. They started an armed rebellion.
d. They thought it broke the constitution
of Mexico.
____ 69. Though the trouble at Anahuac
was settled peacefully, there was
fighting at
a. Goliad.
b. Velasco.
c. San Felipe de Austin.
d. Washington-on-the-Brazos.
____ 70. Which Mexican political group did
most Texans agree with?
a. Federalists
c. Catholics
b. Centralists
d. Conservatives
____ 71. In which meeting did people
decide to send Austin to Mexico
City?
a. the Consultation
b. the Convention of 1832
c. the Convention of 1833
d. the Turtle Bayou meeting
___ 72. What did Santa Anna do in 1834?
a. He declared Mexico independent.
b. He abolished slavery in Mexico.
c. He seized the government.
d. He made Texas a separate state.
___ 73. What groups fought for control of
Mexico’s government?
a. soldiers, civilians, and the Catholic
Church
b. Mexicans and Texans
c. Spanish and Native Americans
d. native-born Mexicans and recent
immigrants
____ 74. What worried Mier y Terán about
Texas?
a. The United States was ready to
attack.
b. American settlers had no regard
for Mexican ways of life.
c. Native Americans were growing
stronger.
____ 75. Which was not part of the Law of
April 6, 1830?
a. ending slavery in Texas
b. ending most empresario contracts
c. ending immigration from the
United States
d. charging a tax on imports from the
United States
Chapter 7 Study Questions
Short Answer Questions:
Read the excerpt below. It comes from Travis’s message from the Alamo and then
answer the questions that follow.
“I am besieged by a thousand or more of the
Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a
continual bombardment . . . for 24 hours [and]
have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded
a surrender . . . , [or] the garrison are to be put
to the sword if the fort is taken. I have answered
the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag
still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never
surrender nor retreat.”
76. When in the battle did Travis write this
letter? Explain your answer.
He wrote it early in the battle, which
is clear when he says that there has
only been one day of bombardment.
77. What demand did Santa Anna make of the
Alamo’s defenders?
Santa Anna demanded that the Alamo’s
defenders surrender or else they would
all be killed.
78. What were the Texans threatened with if
they did not surrender?
They were told that all would be
put to the sword (or be killed).
79. How did Travis answer the demand to
surrender the Alamo and all its troops?
What did his answer mean?
He fired a cannon shot, which
meant he refused to surrender.
____ 80. Why is Gonzales called the
“Lexington of the Texas Revolution”?
a. It was the first defeat of the Texan
forces.
b. It was the first defeat of the Mexican
forces.
c. It was the first battle in the Revolution.
d. It was a massacre, just as Lexington had
been.
____81. What did the Consultation say
was the goal of the Texas
Revolution?
a. statehood for Texas
b. restoring the Constitution of 1824
c. joining the United States
d. independence for Texas
____ 82. The Runaway Scrape was the
a. escape of some slaves from Anglo
farms.
b. flight of Tejanos away from Houston's
army.
c. retreat of Houston’s army.
d. flight of Anglos away from Santa
Anna’s army.
____ 83. What did the leaders of Texas
do while the battle of the Alamo
was being fought?
a. They sent a peace offer to Santa
Anna.
b. They launched an attack on the
army of Cós.
c. They raised a larger army.
d. They declared the independence
of Texas.
____84. How did Houston’s army compare
to Santa Anna’s?
a. It was much smaller.
b. It was much larger.
c. It was better trained.
d. It had more professional soldiers.
____85. Which is true of both the
American and Texas Revolutions?
a. Both were fought against the
Mexicans.
b. Both had goals that changed over
time.
c. Both lasted many years.
d. Both the Americans and Texans faced
small armies.
____ 86. Why was the Texans’ capture of
Goliad important?
a. They gained control of the fort and
needed supplies.
b. They could free the men in prison there.
c. They captured hundreds of Mexican
soldiers.
d. They defeated Santa Anna’s army in the
action.
____ 87. What made the Battle of San
Jacinto a complete victory for the Texans?
a. seizing the Mexican treasury
b. capturing Santa Anna
c. securing all the Mexican cannons
d. killing all the Mexicans in revenge for
Goliad
____ 88. Santa Anna took total power,
making him
a. a general.
b. the king.
c. a dictator.
d. the emperor
____ 89. Manifest destiny was the belief
that
a. Texas was fated to be independent.
b. Mexico was destined to keep control of
Texas.
c. Texas and Mexico were fated to go to war.
d. the United States was destined to spread
to the Pacific Ocean.
____ 90. Which of the following was a
mistake Santa Anna committed before
San Jacinto?
a. moving his troops onto high ground
b. letting his soldiers take a siesta
c. having his troops build barriers
d. bringing all his forces to one central
spot