Final Exam Review Fall Semester with Possible Answers

Unit01

What geographic regions is Texas divided into?

What is characteristic of the physical geography of the regions of Texas?

Where are most cities in Texas located?

Where are most rivers in Texas located?

What physical geographic features help to define the borders of Texas?

What American Indian groups were the first to inhabit Texas?

How did the physical geography of Texas impact the lifestyle of American Indian groups in Texas?

Unit 03

What motivated Spanish explorers to want to travel to Texas?

What impact did the expeditions of Pineda and Cabeza de Vaca have on the exploration of Texas?

What was characteristic of the contact between explorers and American Indians in Texas?

Why did the Spanish eventually lose interest in further exploring Texas?

What happened to La Salles expedition?

How did the Spanish government respond to reports of French exploration of Texas?

How did physical geography impact the building of missions and presidios in Texas?

Why did the Spanish adopt the process of building missions and presidios?

Who were the major leaders of the mission-presidio building process?

What was life in a mission like?

Why did the Spanish decide to close most of the missions and presidios in Texas?

What changes in Texas resulted from the building of missions and presidios?

What lasting legacy is seen in Texas because of Spanish colonization of the region?

Unit 04

How did Spanish officials respond to filibusters making claims to land in East Texas?

Why were Spanish officials worried about the United States claiming territory in Texas?

What was significant about the Adams-Ons Treaty?

How did class divisions among the Spanish contribute to social unrest and calls for independence?

What caused leaders in Mexico to fight for independence from Spain?

What issues were most important to leaders in Mexico after gaining independence from Spain?

How did the Constitution of 1824 affect settlement of Texas?

Why did the Mexican government pass colonization laws for Texas?

What responsibilities did empresarios and immigrants have?

What was life in the Austin colony like?

Why should Stephen F. Austin be considered the Father of Texas?

Where were most of the empresarios in Texas from?

What was characteristic of settlement patterns in Texas during the 1820s-1830s?

How did the settlers in Texas change the culture of Texas?

How did differing views about government and slavery led to tensions in Texas?

Unit 05

Why did the actions of Haden Edwards upset Mexican officials?

How did Mexican officials react to the Mier y Tern report?

What policies were enacted by Mexican officials to gain control over Texas?

What events led to the writing of the Turtle Bayou Resolutions?

Why were Texans supportive of Santa Anna in the civil war in Mexico?

Why did Texans hold the Convention of 1833 and what resulted from the meeting?

What resulted from Austins meeting with Santa Anna?

What actions led Texans to withdraw their support of Santa Anna and begin to prepare for a revolt?

Why did fighting start in Gonzales and what resulted from the fighting?

What was the outcome of the Consultation that met in the fall of 1835?

What actions were taken by the delegates at the Convention of 1836?

What was characteristic of the constitution Texans wrote in March of 1836?

Why did Travis write his letter from the Alamo?

What Texans were able to escape from the Alamo and what Texans gave their lives at the Alamo?

Why were the Texans defeated at the Alamo and what effect did the loss have on Texans?

How did Sam Houston react to the defeat at the Alamo?

How did the Battle of Goliad help to build support for the Texas Revolution?

How did settlers in Texas react to the news of Goliad Massacre?

How did Sam Houston prepare his army for battle with Santa Annas troops?

What factors account for the victory of Sam Houstons troops?

What terms did Santa Anna agree to in the Treaties of Velasco?

Unit 06

What policy goals did Houston have?

Why were the Texas Rangers formed?

What was characteristic of the Republics relationships with American Indian groups and Mexico?

How was the issue of slavery handled in the Republic of Texas?

What policies were advocated by Lamar?

Why did Lamar oppose Texas annexation to the United States?

How successful were leaders at addressing the financial issues facing the Republic of Texas?

What events led many in Texas to support annexation to the United States?

What measures did Anson Jones take to secure the annexation of Texas to the United States?

Why were some Americans opposed to the annexation of Texas?

Why did Texas eventually join the United States?

What events led the United States and Mexico to war?

What was the outcome of the war?

Why was the Compromise of 1850 passed?

How was the money Texas received in the Compromise of 1850 used by leaders in Texas?

What accounts for the large number of immigrants who came to Texas in the early and mid1800s?

What immigrant groups came to Texas in the early and mid1800s and where did they settle?

What influences are still seen in Texas today because of immigration in the 1800s?

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Unit 01

What geographic regions is Texas divided into?

What is characteristic of the physical geography of the regions of Texas?

Where are most cities in Texas located?

Where are most rivers in Texas located?

What physical geographic features help to define the borders of Texas?

What American Indian groups were the first to inhabit Texas?

How did the physical geography of Texas impact the lifestyle of American Indian groups in Texas?

MAJOR ERAS IN TEXAS HISTORY

Natural Texas and Its People

Coastal Plains Karankawas, Coahuiltecans, Atakapans

Southeastern Caddoes, Wichitas

Plains Comanches, Apaches

Pueblos Jumanos, Tiguas

Historians divide the past into eras in order to examine how political, economic, geographic and social patterns change over time.

Gulf Coast nomadic and hunters/gatherers

Karankawa Southeast, used dugout canoes to fish and hunt small animals. Cabeza de Vaca wrote about Karankawas.

Coalhuiltecan South Texas, ate bugs and small animals

Atakapan hunted small animals and fished in dugout canoes, some farming

Plains nomadic, dependent on the buffalo, and were fierce warriors

Comanche used every part of the buffalo, lived in tipis, domesticated animals before horses were introduced to the area by the Europeans

Apache used buffalo hide as protection from the harsh landscape. For part of the year lived in farming communities along rivers and streams called rancherias.

Kiowa recorded oral histories on their tipis, made beautiful crafts, developed a calendar, and were the most-feared group on the plains

Puebloan sedentary, farmers, and lived in houses made of adobe

Jumano farmed, hunted, traded, and lived in painted adobe homes

Tigua known for their beautiful pottery

Southeastern Texas sedentary food-rich environment and complex social systems

Caddo built dome shaped huts, organized government system led by a chief, women played important roles, greeted Europeans with the word Tejas, which means friends

Wichita hunted buffalos, grew crops, and known for the tattoos around their eyes known as raccoon eyes

Regions

Mountains and Basins

Great Plains

North Central Plains

Coastal Plains

Cities

19th Century

San Antonio

El Paso

Goliad

San Felipe de Austin

Galveston

Houston

Brownsville

Victoria

20th century and 21st century

Austin

San Antonio

Houston

Ft. Worth

Dallas

El Paso

Brownsville

Lubbock

Amarillo

Midland

Odessa

Rivers

Sabine

Red

Rio Grande

Nueces

Neches

Trinity

Brazos

Colorado

Guadalupe

San Antonio

Pecos

Canadian

Natural and historic landmarks

Llano Estacado (natural)

Balcones Escarpment (natural)

Palo Duro Canyon (natural)

Alamo (historic)

San Jacinto (historic)

Capitol Building (historic)

Political and cultural regions

Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro (political)

Houston Metro (political)

Austin/San Antonio Corridor (political)

African-Americans East/Southeast Texas (cultural)

Mexican Americans/Tejanos South Texas (cultural)

Cowboys West Texas (cultural)

Local points of interest

Big Bend National Park

Padre National Seashore

San Antonio Missions National Historical Landmark

Big Thicket National Preserve

Local areas

Region a spatial area of the Earths surface that is defined by common properties

Physical and human