Midterm

Question 1

1. What are the two largest Produced Natural Resources in Texas?

Answer 1

Oil and Natural Gas

Question 2

What is a Human Characteristic?

Answer 2

The human element that makes a place different or unique. These include Language, religion, architecture, music, politics and ways of life

Question 3

Two longest rivers in TX

Answer 3

Rio Grande and Red River

Question 4

What are the definitions of the 5 themes of Geography?

Answer 4

a. Movement – How and why people things and idea move
b. Region – An area with Similar Features
c. Human Environment Interaction – How the Natural environment has affected humans and how humans adapt to their environment
d. Location – The position of place on Earth (Absolute and Relative)
e. Place – A place is an Area with Unique physical characteristics

Question 5

Two Escarpments and their Locations​

Answer 5

a. Balcones – Texas Panhandle

b. Caprock – Central Texas

Question 6

What other natural Resource does Texas produce a lot of?

Answer 6

Limestone

Question 7

Big Bend National Park

Answer 7

State’s largest national park located near a large curve in the Rio Grande river in the Mountains and Basins region

Question 8

4 Regions

Know the Location, Primary economic resource and sub regions

Answer 8

i. Mountains and basins -cotton is the primary resource. Most western part of TX.
ii. Great Plains -Agriculture is the primary resource. (High plains, edwards plateau, llano basin. North western area, TX panhandle area
iii. North Central Plains -ranching is the primary resource (Grand Prairie, cross timbers, rolling plains.) In the north central part of TX.
iv. Coastal Plains - petroleum is the primary resource. Piney Woods, Post Oak Belt, Gulf Coastal Plain, Blackland Prairie, South Texas Plain. On the coast of Gulf of Mexico.

Question 9

What is the Bering Strait / Land Bridge?

Answer 9

The strait is a body of water that covered up the land bridge between Alaska and Russia that Asian nomadic settlers walked across to reach north America

Question 10

Native Tribes

a. Where did they live and what did they eat?
i. Coahuiltecan
ii. Caddo

Answer 10

i. Coahuiltecan- ate anything they found, lived in the coastal plains.
ii. Caddo- the piney woods, fruits, corn, crops, some animals.

Question 11

What are Conquistadors?

Answer 11

Soldier explorers who helped to conquer and settle lands claimed for Spain

Question 12

Spanish Explorers 
 What was their biggest contribution to Spanish / French Exploration?
i. De Pineda
ii. Cabeza De Vaca
iii. La Salle
iv. Coranado

Answer 12

i. De Pineda-sailed the TX coastline and mapped it
ii. Cabeza De Vaca-helped launch spanish interest in TX by telling stories of gold.
iii. La Salle-Established the first French fort in TX
iv. Coronado- He explored a bunch of central TX looking for gold.

Question 13

What led to Spanish Colonial Success?

Answer 13

Spanish had better weapons to use against the natives

Question 14

What was the Primary goal of the Spanish Missions?

Answer 14

To spread Christianity

Question 15

Were the Missions a success?

Answer 15

No, the natives were not interested, and left when they got sick from holy water

Question 16

Father Hidalgo

Answer 16

Led the cry for freedom and asked for the French to help settle Louisiana

Question 17

Marques De Rubi

Answer 17

His inspection of Texas lasted 2 years and he recommended that all east Texas settlements be closed except San Antonio and Goliad

Question 18

Adams-Onis treaty

Answer 18

Settled the dispute over the Neutral ground issue. Spain gave Florida to the United States and the US gave up all land claims to Texas. The official boundary was set as the Sabine River

Question 19

7 years’ war

Answer 19

a. War between France and England that resulted in France losing all of its north American territories. Boundary between English and Spanish Lands in north America is the Mississippi river

Question 20

Augustin De Iturbide

Answer 20

Offered a plan for the Mexican government should they gain freedom in 1821

1. Mexico will be independent from Spain
2. We will be Roman Catholic
3. Everyone will be equal

Question 21

Louisiana Purchase

Answer 21

Large Land purchase by the United States from France. US and Texas now share a border

Question 22

Political Parties

What did they believe in, and when were they in Power

Answer 22

Centralist - all power should lie with the government.

ii. Federalist - power should be shared with the states.

Question 23

Colonization Law of 1824

Answer 23

States in Mexico were allowed to pass their own laws regarding colonization. Resulted in Americans settling in Texas

Question 24

Stephen F Austin’s Colony

Answer 24

Located in between the Brazos and Colorado Rivers, great soil, plenty of access to fresh water and centrally located

Question 25

Law of April 6th, 1830

Answer 25

a. Limited Immigration from America b. Taxes on Imported goods c. No enslaved people to be brought into Texas d. Cancelled unfulfilled Land grants e. New Forts

Question 26

Santa Anna

Answer 26

Started off as federalist, turned into a Centralist dictator and led the Mexican army against the Texans in the Texas Revolution

Question 27

Fredonian Rebellion

Answer 27

Haden Edwards was issued a Land Grant in 1825. He upset the colonists in the area when he demanded proof of ownership over their land. The Mexican Government cancelled his land contract. Supports of Edwards rebelled and declared themselves the Independent Nation of Freedonia. The Mexican army quickly put down the small rebellion. Mexico began growing suspicious of Anglo-Americans in Texas.

Question 28

Law of April 6th, 1830

Answer 28

a. Based on Mier y Teran’s recommendations, the law did several things. i. Outlawed Immigration from the United States ii. Encouraged Immigration from Mexican and European Families iii. Added Taxes to imported Foreign Goods b. This angered Texans and they began to distrust the Mexican Government.

Question 29

Turtle Bayou Resolutions

Answer 29

News reached Turtle Bayou that Santa Anna had won a battle in Mexico against Centralist forces. The news heartened the Texans at Turtle Bayou. On June 13, 1832, they met and adopted the Turtle Bayou Resolutions. In these resolutions, or formal statements, they declared their loyalty to Mexico, but not to the Mexican government. The Texans stated their support for Santa Anna and Mexico’s Federalists.