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Texas History - Unit 8 - Review Game 1
Test Description: Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following was an early trail that led to central Missouri?
A
Chisholm Trail
B
Western Trail
C
King Ranch Trail
D
Sedalia Trail
2) Which of the following was a South Texas ranch funded by investors from Chicago and Britain?
A
Glidden Ranch
B
King Ranch
C
XIT Ranch
D
Western Ranch
3) Which of the following was one of the most important cattle operations in Texas?
A
Western Ranch
B
King Ranch
C
Sedalia Ranch
D
XIT Ranch
4) Which term means herding groups of cattle to market?
A
rustlers
B
cattle drives
C
open ranges
D
mavericks
5) Which of the following was a trail from South Texas to Abilene, Kansas?
A
Western Trail
B
Chisholm Trail
C
Trail of Tears
D
South Texas Trail
6) Which of the following was an African American trail driver and rancher?
A
Dora Nunn Roberts
B
Bose Ikard
C
Joseph F. Glidden
D
Charles Goodnight
7) Which of the following was a trail leading from Kerrville to Dodge City?
A
Sedalia Trail
B
Western Trail
C
Chisholm Trail
D
King Trail
8) Which of the following terms means thieves?
A
roundup
B
rustlers
C
mavericks
D
remuda
9) Which of the following means a herd of horses that accompanied a cattle drive?
A
roundup
B
wrangler
C
mavericks
D
remuda
10) Which of the following was an Illinois farmer who invented barbed wire?
A
Dora Nunn Roberts
B
John King
C
Bose Ikard
D
Joseph F. Glidden
11) Armed conflict over fencing and sheep, known as the _____ _____, erupted in the 1880s.
A
King Ranch
B
range wars
C
open range
D
cattle kingdom
12) Unfenced lands, called the _____ _____, made it possible to drive cattle over much of Texas.
A
Union blockades
B
open range
C
Chisholm Trail
D
cattle ranches
13) Marks called _____ made it possible to determine who owned Texas cattle.
A
windmill
B
wrangler
C
brands
D
longhorn
14) The _____ was a cross between Spanish and English cattle.
A
remuda
B
King
C
longhorn
D
wrangler
15) A _____ took care of horse herds that accompanied trail drives.
A
windmill
B
farmer
C
wrangler
D
rustler
16) Charles Goodnight established the _____ ranch in Palo Duro Canyon.
A
JP
B
JT
C
JA
D
JR
17) Farming in the Panhandle expanded after the appearance of _____ that brought up water from the Ogallala Aquifer.
A
ranches
B
railroads
C
windmills
D
stagecoaches
18) It became possible to ship large numbers of western cattle to eastern markets after the _____ came to Dodge City and Abilene.
A
oil boom
B
stagecoach
C
open range
D
railroad
19) Ranches on the open range from Texas to Canada made up the _____ _____.
A
Cattle Kingdom
B
Palo Duro Canyon
C
Ogallala Aquifer
D
King Ranch
20) The owners of the _____ _____ donated land for the towns of Kingsville and Raymondville.
A
King Ranch
B
XIT Ranch
C
Cattle Kingdom
D
Sedalia Trail
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