Unit 2 Exam                            Name/Period____________

Use the table below to help you answer questions 1-3

____1. What was a negative impact of the Columbian Exchange between Europeans and Native Americans?(7.2C)

a. poorer food             b. longer voyages        c. disease         d. better trade goods

___2. What was a positive impact of the Columbian Exchange for the Plains Indians? (7.2C)    a. Wheat              b. Smallpox                 c. cows                        d. horses

___3.What will happen to the population of Europe and what will happen to the Native population of the Americas as a result of the Columbian Exchange? (7.2C)

          a. the Native American population will decrease, European population will increase

          b. the Native American and European populations will decrease

          c. the Native American population will increase, European population will decrease

          d. both populations will increase

___4. What are the reasons the Spanish came to the Americas and Texas? (7.2B)

1. to fight the French                                    b. Gold, god and glory

c.    For adventure                               d. for new experiences

___ 5. Why was La Salle’s French expedition into Texas a threat to the Spanish? (7.2B)

1. LaSalle was an ally of the Spanish
2. Native Americans became friends with the French
3. The Spanish thought  their territory was being threatened by the French
4. They were afraid of the influence of French culture

Use the Map below to answer question 6-7

____6. Which explorer drew this map of  the Texas coast? (7.2B)

a. Pineda         b. Coronado                c. la Salle                     d. de Vaca

___7. Which Era of Texas History  is being referred to  by the map. (7.1A)

1. Natural Texas and it’s People                   b.  Age of Contact

c.   Spanish Colonial                                       d. Mexican National .

Use the reading below to answer questions 8-10

And because all were sick and died as the natives died, they agreed to cross to the mainland to some overflowed places and ponds [paludes] to eat oysters, which the Indians eat for three or four months of the year, without eating any other things…. Another four months of the year they eat herbs from the fields and blackberries; and another two months they chew some roots. Cabeza de Vaca

___8. Why was Cabeza de Vaca so influential on the exploration of Texas? (7.2B)

1. He explored most of Texas           b. He was a wealthy Spaniard

c.   he wrote La Relacion                    d. because he changed the Missons in Texas

___9. What kind of source was the above reading an example of?(7.21A)

a. Primary Source                    b. secondary source                 c. tertiary source

___10. Why is Cortez important to Texas history? (7.2B)

a. he landed in Mexico in 1519   b. he conquered the Aztecs

c. he found tons of gold              d. he inspired others to look for wealth and glory

___11. Why were maps so important to the Spanish? (7.2B)

a. to know where the French were

b. to help them remember where the major rivers were

c. to help them control the land they claimed

d. to help them make money

Use the Map below to answer question 12

___12.  Which Era of Texas history is being shown by the map? (7.1A)

1. Natural Texas and its People                    b.  Age of Contact

c.   Spanish Colonial                                       d. Mexican National .

Use the reading below to answer question 13

___13.  Cabeza de Vaca was one of the first Spaniards to see Texas. In this passage, he describes –

a.  cattle farmers                                                          b.  herds of buffalo

c.  how to make shoes                                                 d.  groups of wild horses

___14.  Which Era began with Mexico gaining independence from Spain? (7.1A)

1.       Natural Texas and its People              b.  Age of Contact

c.         Spanish Colonial                                 d. Mexican National .

___15.  Which of the following was NOT a reason that the Spanish came to the Americas?

a Learn new ways to set up governments from the Native Americans

b Become famous and to receive a position of power from the monarch

c Search for gold and silver

d Convert the Native Americans to Christianity

___16.   The year 1519 is significant in Texas history, because Captain Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, in the service of the governor of Jamaica, became the first European to do what?

a Search for a route to Asia through the Americas

b Find the first Spanish mission on Texas soil

c Establish Fort St. Louis in Texas

d Map the Texas coast

___17.  Which of the following would provide the best primary source material about the life of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca?

a An interview with a descendant of Cabeza de Vaca

b A historical analysis of the effects of Spanish explorers

c A personal diary

d A textbook

____19. Which city was established around a mission in 1718? (7.1C)

a.  El Paso       b. San Antonio            c. Amarillo      d.  Austin

____20.  What evidence today shows the influence of the Spanish missions?

A The Catholic faith, farming methods, and loyalty to the Spanish empire

B Spanish language, culture, and religion

C Food, clothing, and the continued building of Spanish missions

D Architecture, music, and a continued presidio system

____21 Why did the Spanish build presidios close to their missions?

A To help the missionaries mine for gold

B To protect the missions

C To convert the Native Americans to Christianity

D To fight the French traders in the region

___22.  How did the Spanish attempt to assimilate the Native Americans? (7.2B)

            a. by insisting that they leave Spanish lands

            b. by infecting them with disease

            c. by converting them to Christianity

            d. by having them dress in Spanish clothes

Use the reading below to answer questions 23-24

As a result of his inspection, Rubí recommended that Spain reorganize its frontier defenses. Rubí advised that only San Antonio and Santa Fe be maintained, and he urged the complete abandonment of East Texas. All Spanish commitments to the Apache nations should be abandoned and a policy expressly intended either to subdue or exterminate the Apaches could best be accomplished by making an alliance with the Apaches' enemies; the Comanches and Norteños.

____23. What happened as a result of Rubi’s report to Spain? ?(7.2C)

1. The Spanish built more Missions
2. The Spanish sent more soldiers to Texas
3. The missions were to be closed due to lack of progress
4. The Spanish invented a new tasty treat

___24. Why wouldn’t many Spanish settlers come to Texas? (7.9C)

a. threat of Indian attack                    b. cost too much

c. the land was poor                            d. it was too cold

____25. What geographic region did the Spanish locate most of their missions? (7.9C)

a. Central Plains                                  b. Great Plains

c. Coastal Plains                                  d. Mountains and Basins