Texas History - Unit 3 - Review Game 2 Question Preview (ID: 57731)


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Some of the first buildings in the colonies were Protestant churches.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Which of the following was a Texas diplomat who negotiated with the Cherokees?
a) Stephen F. Austin
b) William F. Wharton
c) William Goyens
d) Zebulon Pike

Which of the following is another word for deer meat?
a) veal
b) venison
c) buckskin
d) lard

Which of the following was a means of transportation for many settlers?
a) long boats
b) flatboats
c) ferries
d) submarine

Which of the following started a private school in 1835 called Cole's Settlement, where students paid to live and study?
a) Frances Trask
b) William Goyens
c) William S. Fisher
d) Haden Edwards

Which of the following means the trade of one good or service for another?
a) import
b) export
c) barter
d) bankruptcy

Which of the following means people who do no legally own the land on which they live?
a) nomads
b) militia
c) homesteaders
d) squatters

Which of the following organized a Protestant Sunday school in 1829?
a) Benjamin Franklin
b) William Goyens
c) Thomas J. Pilgrim
d) William Travis

Which of the following is a phrase that often meant that someone had disappeared?
a) G.W.A.
b) G.T.T.
c) TTFN
d) BRB

In 1825, Austin's colony had 1,790 settlers. There were ...
a) more than 400 slaves among them.
b) only six women there.
c) hardly any who could read or write.
d) just a few experienced farmers.

When Stephen F. Austin first arrived in San Antonio de Bexar in 1821, ...
a) he was met by Mexican soldiers and arrested.
b) he had no friends there.
c) both the alcalde of San Antonio de Bexar and the governor of Texas welcomed him.
d) his supplies were running out.

By 1820, it was difficult to buy land in the United States because ...
a) land prices were high and money was scarce.
b) it had already been sold to other people.
c) of drought.
d) insurance costs were enormous.

The colonists faced problems early on, including ...
a) alligators, mosquitoes, disease, drought and raids.
b) illness and radiation.
c) lack of seeds, tools, and building materials.
d) attacks from other colonists.

Settlers moved to Texas mostly ...
a) because of cheap labor to be found there.
b) for the excellent hunting.
c) to avoid paying U.S. taxes.
d) because of cheap land.

Which of the following is a type of shelter found in early settlements, which included an open passageway separating two rooms?
a) tent
b) corn crib
c) dogtrot cabin
d) pueblo

Which of the following means goods bought from another country?
a) imports
b) exports
c) merchandise
d) dry goods

Cotton was the main crop grown for profit in the lower Brazos, Colorado River, and Trinity valleys.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Most early settlers in Texas were farmers from the southern United States.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Under Mexican law, free African Americans enjoyed the full rights of Mexican citizenship.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

Expanding Tejano ranching operations resembled small communities, where family, friends, and hired hands lived together.
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

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