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36 Cards in this Set
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___________ acts as a good insulator in homes; the material keeps the homes cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
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Adobe
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____________ between states and countries requires some way to ship and receive goods.
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Commerce
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A _____________ close to the equator might have tropical rainforests.
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Latitude
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Comanches learned to ride horses very well in order to hunt ___________.
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Bison
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Different grops of native Texans might join together in a _____________.
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Confederacy
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The Caprock _____________ is a step up in the land from the North Central Plains to the Great Plains.
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Escarpment
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What region of Texas has the most large cities?
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Coastal Plains
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What point is the highest elevation in Texas?
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Guadelupe Peak
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Where is the highest elevation in Texas?
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Near El Paso
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What natural resource helps the Great Plains farmers to water crops during times of drought or insufficient rainfall?
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Ogallala Aquifer
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What animal reintroduced into the plains of Texas by the Spanish, changed the way of life for all plains tribes?
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Horses
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What important event happened in 1821?
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Mexico won its independence from Spain
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After his father died, ____________________ got approval from the Spanish government and then again from the Mexican government once Mexico became independent from Spain.
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Stephen F. Austin
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Moses Austin got permission from the ___________ government to start colonies in East Texas.
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Spanish
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The Anglo colonies were more successful than the Spanish colonies for several reasons. Which of the following was NOT a reason?
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The Native Texans in the area were friendly
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The Native Texans __________ willing to give up their own customs and traditions.
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were not
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The Spanish built the missions San Antonio de Bexas and San Antonio de __________, part of which became known as the Alamo along the San Antonio River.
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Valero
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The rivalry between Spain and France caused the Spanish to resettle the East Texas region and to build the missions in __________________.
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San Antonio
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Who was the most important explorer in Texas that led the first expedition down the Mississippi?
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La Salle
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Who was the leader of the first European group to set foot in Texas?
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De Vaca
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Pineda explored and mapped the entire ________________ from Florida to Mexico.
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Gulf Coast
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Cortez landed on the Eastern coast of Mexico, traveled to the __________ capital, destroyed that capital, and then built the first Spanish settlement in New Spain.
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Aztec
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a group of people living in a new place but still having ties to their home country
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colony
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Spanish explorer-soldiers
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conquistadors
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persons of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
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mestizos
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Mexican citizen who claims Texas as their home
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Tejano
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a proclamation or call to the people
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grito
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in early Texas, someone granted the right to settle on Mexican land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for new settlers.
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Empresario
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What year did Texas declare its independence from Mexico?
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1836
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Texas won independence in the battle of ________________.
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San Jacinto
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Which of these did NOT lead an increase of conflict between Texas and Mexico?
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Sam Houston winning the election
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Stephen F. Austin went to Mexico City to present the case for:
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-Texas trying to become a state of Mexico
-issuing of land titles for settlers who had already come to Texas -loosening of customs duties laws (all of the above) |
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Who was imprisoned for almost a year for trying to encourage Texans to go ahead and begin to build a state government?
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Stephen F. Austin
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Who was the native-born Texan who refused to fight with the Texans against Mexico?
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Juan Seguin
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What was significant about the Convention of 1836?
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-delegates wrote a DOI for Texas
-wrote and adopted a state constitution -appointed a temporary government |
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James Fannin commande the troops at ________________.
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the Alamo
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