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First Semester Exam Review

Please use ISN, textbook, all reviews, quizzes, and notes to help prepare for test.

Geography

1. Identify what a person’s culture includes.

2. Identify the five themes of Geography and what they mean.

3. Identify the four Geographical Regions of Texas.

4. Identify landmarks, cities, and climate from each region.

Natural Texas and Its People

  1. Identify the four categories of Native Americans tribes that originated in Texas.
  2. Identify the Native Texan tribes from each region / category.
  3. Identify the housing for each Native Texan tribe.
  4. Know the process by which the land bridge was formed and people entered North America.
  5. Identify the three periods of prehistory in Texas and their characteristics.

European Exploration

1. Explain why Spanish explorers were first sent to explore Texas.

2. Explain the goals and actual results of the following explorers: Cortes, Pineda, Narvaez, Cabeza de Vaca, Coronado,

Moscoso, and La Salle.

3. Explain what advantages Spaniards had over Native Texans in battle.

Spanish Settlement in Texas

1. Identify the type of work Native Texans did on missions.

2. Explain why Native Texans came to missions.

3. Identify the purpose of the mission-presidio system in Texas.

4. Explain why Spain started the Mission-Presidio system.

5. Explain the purpose of constructing the Presidio, San Antonio de Béxar

6. Explain the problems that presidios faced

7. Explain the contributions (legacies) that missions and Spainmade to Texas

Anglo Settlement in Texas

1. List the empresarios who came to Texas to settle land.

2. Explain which empresarios were successful and those who were not.

3. Explain the men who began the Empresario system.

4. Explain how and why Moses Austin got his land grant from Spain.

5. List the three occupations that Moses Austin had before he became an empresario.

6. Explain what the Neutral Ground Agreement tried to accomplishand how the United States and New Spainbecome neighbors.

7. Identify the names of the filibusters.

8. Identify the names of ranks of society in Mexico.

9. Explain the problems Stephen F. Austin (SFA) faced when forming his colony, as well as the nickname for his original settlers.

Colonization

1. Explain the importance of the Law of April 6, 1830 and what it said.

2. List the recommendations made by Meir Y Teran after his tour of Texas.

3. Explain why Mier Y Teran toured Texas.

4. List and explain the differences in culture between Mexico and the Texans settlers from the United States.

5. Be able to explain each and tell significance of the following events: Turtle Bayou Resolutions, Anahuac, Velasco, Convention of 1832, Convention of 1833, Austin thrown in prison, and Santa Anna seizes the government.

Texas Revolution

1. List in order theevents and battles that led to the Road to Independence.

2. Identify the important people in Texas’ struggle for Independence.

3. Explain the reasons why the Texans were victorious at San Jacinto.

4.Explain the two Treaties of Velasco.

5. Explain why Texans hated Santa Anna.

6. Explain the similarities and differences between the Texas and American Revolution.

7. Identify the similarities and differences between Sam Houston and Santa Anna.

Know the following vocabulary terms and there importance

Agriculture / Title
census / Absolute Location
department / Region
empresario / human geography
militia / latitude
partnership / Longitude
sitio / physical geography
speculator / relative location
Projection
Shamans
Tribute
Friar
Indigenous
Santa Anna
Washington-on-the-Brazos
George Childress
Ad Interim Government
republic / Conquistador
Petroleum
Viceroy
Mutiny
Sam Houston
Provisional Government
Treaties of Velasco
Renege
Escarpment
Climate