Midterm Review Flash Cards

Question 1

Which of the 5 themes of geography focuses on where something or someone is

Answer 1

Location

Question 2

Which type of location focuses on exact positioning

Answer 2

Absolute

Question 3

Which type of location focuses on relative/ estimation positioning

Answer 3

Relative

Question 4

Which of the 5 themes focuses on how people and goods get around the world

Answer 4

Movement

Question 5

Which 5 themes focuses on how people have adapted to and changed their

Answer 5

Human and Environment Interaction

Question 6

Which of the 5 themes focuses on the physical and human characteristics of a place

Answer 6

Region

Question 7

What part of place describes human characteristics

Answer 7

Population

Question 8

What part of place describes physical characteristics

Answer 8

Regions

Question 9

Which of the following does not belong in describing region

Answer 9

Rivers

Question 10

Building highway or canals is which of the 5 themes

Answer 10

Humans and environment interaction

Question 11

Which river is the border between Texas ha Mexico

Answer 11

Rio grande

Question 12

Which river is the border between Texas and Louisiana

Answer 12

Sabine

Question 13

Which river is the border between Texas and Oklahoma

Answer 13

Red

Question 14

Which region of Texas has the highest population

Answer 14

Gulf coastal plains

Question 15

Which region of Texas has the driest climate

Answer 15

Mountains and basins

Question 16

Which region of Texas has the best land and climate for farming

Answer 16

North central plains

Question 17

Which region of Texas is home to San Antonio

Answer 17

Gulf coastal plains

Question 18

What was the ancestor tribe that lived in adobe (mud brick) homes

Answer 18

Anasazi

Question 19

Which ancestor tribe was known for building burial mounds up to3 stories high

Answer 19

Mississippians

Question 20

Which ancestor tribe was knows as an advanced society (science, math, and religion)

Answer 20

Mayans

Question 21

Which of the following was a type of Spanish settlement

Answer 21

Presidios, mission, villa

Question 22

Presidios we’re responsible for protecting the other settlesments

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Who else lived along with the Spanish within the settlements

Answer 23

Converted Native Americans

Question 24

What road connected all the missions together along with Mexico

Answer 24

El Camino real

Question 25

What was the most successful settlement that grew to be one of the largest cities in Texas

Answer 25

San Antonio

Question 26

Which was needed up eliminating the French threat in Texas

Answer 26

Feench and Indian war

Question 27

During which year would be following headline occur Pineda maps the coastline of Texas

Answer 27

1519

Question 28

Coranados troops kept getting lost because

Answer 28

The plains were so level that the sky appeared like a bowl

Question 29

What happened when the Spanish reached Quivera

Answer 29

They found a Pueblo Native American settlement

Question 30

How did Spain react when they at that France was starting settlements in Texas

Answer 30

Refocused on colonizing east Texas

Question 31

Members of the corando expedition describes do the plains as

Answer 31

A sea of grass perfect for farming

Question 32

Which of the following was the first permanent Spanish settlement in Texas

Answer 32

Corpus Christi de la ysleta

Question 33

A Spanish soldiers duties included all of the following except

Answer 33

Growing their own cops

Question 34

Which is not a reason the missions failed to convert the plains people

Answer 34

They lacked adequate water

Question 35

A Spain military outpost is a

Answer 35

Presidio

Question 36

Spanish authorities brought in families from the Canary Islands to

Answer 36

Increase population of San Antonio

Question 37

Which of the following was a characteristic of the Spanish colonial era in Texas

Answer 37

Forests were built toprotect American Indians

Question 38

Why is the year 1718 important in Texas history

Answer 38

Found in for San Antonio

Question 39

Father Massanet and the friars abandoned San Francisco de Los tejas because

Answer 39

The tejas rejected the catholic religion

Question 40

By 1772 the largest Spanish settlement in Texas was

Answer 40

San Antonio

Question 41

Generally life for a Spanish soldier was

Answer 41

Difficult and dangerous