FREE Texas History General Questions and Answers

Question 1

Where in Texas was it the most difficult for the Native Americans who lived there to find food?

Accepted Answer

Western Gulf

Answer

Plains

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Southeastern

Answer

Puebloan

Question 2

Which expeditions gave Spain a helpful map of the Texas coast?

Accepted Answer

Alvarez de Pineda expedition

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Narvaez expedition

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Cabeza de Vaca expedition

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Moscoso expedition

Question 3

On his quest to locate the city of Cibola, Coronado traversed what geographical feature of Texas.

Accepted Answer

Llano Estacado

Answer

Edwards Plateau

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Rio Grande Valley

Answer

Hill Country

Question 4

An empresario is what?

Accepted Answer

A person who was authorized by the government to bring settlers into Texas

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A connection between two or more individuals

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The legal right to own a piece of property in Texas

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Someone who purchases vast tracts of property and then sells it to others

Question 5

What factors discouraged many Mexicans from settling in Texas between 1821 and 1826?

Accepted Answer

They feared attacks from Native Americans.

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French attacks were frequent.

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Texas experienced an epidemic in the early 1800s.

Answer

There was no good farmland in Texas.

Question 6

An empresario was Moses Austin.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

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FALSE

Question 7

What military branch did Charles Whitman, the shooter who killed six people at the University of Texas in 1966, serve in?

Accepted Answer

Marines

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Navy

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Army

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Air Force