Midterm Exam Review 7th Grade 2017-18 Question Preview (ID: 40479)


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What important event took place in Texas in 1519?
a) mapping of the Texas coast
b) the Mayan's were overthrown gaining land for Texas
c) Galveston Island was founded
d) Natives lost territory in Oklahoma which provided more land for Texas

What is the Columbian Exchange?
a) describes the period of time known as contact
b) exchange of plants and animals between the old world and the new world
c) The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Americas and other continents since the time of Columbus
d) exchange of diseases between Natives and Europeans

Which conquistador conquered the Aztec
a) Onate
b) La Salle
c) Cortez
d) Moctezuma

Why were Europeans motivated to come to the New World
a) spread Christianity to Native tribal groups/God, and seeking riches/Gold
b) seeking Gold, land to expand their empire/Glory is would bring them, and to spread Christianity/God
c) wanted land to spread their empire and the riches they could gain from it/Glory
d) wanted to gain wealth finding gold and silver/Gold

Who is credited with having discovered America?
a) Cortez
b) Onate
c) Columbus
d) Pineda

Which of the following is NOT a type of Spanish settlement
a) missions
b) presidios
c) ranches
d) colonies

What nation did Columbus sail on behalf of?
a) France
b) Italy
c) Spain
d) United States

What treaty provided a boundary between Spanish and U.S. territory?
a) Treaties of Velasco
b) Turtle Bayou Resolutions
c) Adam Onis Treaty
d) Compromise of 1850

What treaty gave Florida back to the U.S.?
a) Jay's Treaty
b) Pinckney's Treaty
c) Adam Onis Treaty
d) Gadsden Purchase

Why did Moses Austin want to establish a settlement in Texas?
a) He was a successful realtor and wanted to establish a colony in the U.S.
b) He was a businessman from Missouri looking to regain his wealth by bringing American settlers to Texas
c) He had lots of money to spend and wanted to invest in silver mines and needed workers
d) He was interested in a career in politics and wanted to gain votes from his home country

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