chapter 1 section 1

Question 1

Texas Geography

Answer 1

Texas is the second largest state

Ranges from urban to rural and forest to desert

The states size complicates campaigning, encouraging disorganized, dramatic politics.

Question 2

Texas Geography 2

The costs and benefits of geographic size

Answer 2

Represents limitless potential, escape

Shared culture important to Texans dispersed across such an extensive landscape

Resistant to needs and wishes of new arrivals

Question 3

History: The Birth of Texas Traditions Native Americans

Answer 3

Caddo people, “Romans of Texas”
Karankawa tribe, Gulf coast
Coahuiltecan, southwest of Gulf Coast
Apache, Panhandle

Question 4

History: The Birth of Texas Traditions French

Answer 4

René-Robert Cavelier

Question 5

History: The Birth of Texas Traditions Spanish

Answer 5

Horses transformed Native American society
Suspicious of new arrivals
Established missions and forts
1795: prevention of US immigration