7th Grade Fall Semester Exam Review

Quilt Puzzle Review

Quilt Puzzle Review

• Teacher cuts the puzzle into squares.

• Students work collaboratively to match the terms/definitions, biographies/accomplishment, or events/significance.

• The final shape is a rectangle. There are no answers around the outside edge.

• Students can check their work if a picture is drawn on the back of the completed puzzle.

Coastal Plains Region

A cliff

or a

bru

pt b

reak

in th

e la

nd

’s s ur fa

c e Used by Plains tribes to meet

basic needs

Form

s the b

ord

er

betw

een

Texas

an

d Lo

uisia

na

esca

rpm

en

t

Cau

se o

f wate

r sh

orta

ges a

nd

w

ate

ring

restrictio

ns

Sab

ine R

iver

dro

ug

ht

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Hu

man

-en

viro

nm

en

t re

latio

nsh

ips

Most heavily populated; plentiful water and

resources

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Th

e T

hre

e G

’s: Gold

, G

od

, an

d G

lory

Mountains and Basins Region

On

e w

ho m

oves

from

pla

ce to

p

lace

in se

arch

of

food

Boundary between Texas

and Mexico

nom

ad

s

Buffalo

Chang

e in

natu

re

due to

the a

ction o

f p

eop

le

A settlement founded to spread Christianity to

the people of the area

Texas river dams

Reaso

ns fo

r Sp

an

ish

exp

lora

tion

of T

exas

A military post or fortified

settlement in Spanish Texas

Fren

ch cla

ims t o

Texas

Shipwrecked on Galveston with

Karankawa; medical healer, explored Tx

Moses Austin

Rio GrandeCau

sed

Sp

ain

to in

crease

se

ttlem

en

ts in T

exas

water

Fren

ch e

xp

lore

r w

ho fo

un

ded

F t . S

ain

t Lou

is

Searched for Cibola and claimed Arizona, New

Mexico, Tx, Oklahoma, and Kansas for Spain

Spanish cowhands who developed ranching

techniques

mission

Rene-R

ob

ert C

avalie

r, S

ieur d

e La

Salle

Region which receives the least precipitation

Creates reservoirs for drinking water and

irrigation

San F

rancisco de los T

ejas

Mission to the C

addoe in E

ast Tesxas;

Mild climate, abundant resources, cheap land

Most s u

c ces sf u

l em

pr e

sari o

; bro

ug

ht

the o

ld 3

00

; s et tl e

d S

an

F e

l ipe

Location of a majority of

Empresario Land Grants

Mexica

n

Con

stitutio

n o

f 1

82

4

Ste

ph

en

F. A

ustin

Law of April 6, 1830

Sup

porte

d T

exas

ind

ep

end

ence

b

eca

use

Santa

Anna

thre

ate

ned

rights o

f citize

ns

Cre

ate

d a

fed

era

l g

ov’t. in

Mexico

with

in

div

idual rig

hts

Battle of Gonzales

Ste

phen F

. Austin

Died defending the Alamo; tried to

recruit help through a famous letter

An

ton

io Lo

pez d

e

San

ta A

nn

a

Reasons for settlers to move to

Texas

An agent who makes all

arrangements to bring settlers to a

colony

Battle

of th

e A

lam

oStopped immigration from

USA, placed a tax on foreign goods, supported Mexican migration to Tx.R

easo

n to

fig

ht

for

ind

ep

en

den

ce

filibuster

Texans w

ere

not

giv

en re

pre

senta

tion

in th

e g

overn

ment

of M

exico

Coastal Plains and North Central Plains

Mexica

n d

ictato

r w

ho le

d a

rmy

ag

ain

st Texan

s at

Ala

mo

Davy Crockett

Showed that Texans were

willing to fight

Defe

at o

f Texans

pro

vid

ed

rally

ing

cry

of u

nity

at S

an

Jacin

to

Line g

r ap

h

William B. TravisS

am

Hou

ston

An adventurer who engages in a private rebellious activity in

a foreign country

Best g

rap

hic

rep

rese

nta

tion

of ch

an

ge

over tim

e

Pla

c e n

am

es ,

lan

gu

ag

e , fo

od

, m

us ic , r a

nc h

ing

empresario

Com

mand

er o

f the

Texas a

rmy; A

lam

o

defe

nd

ers ig

nore

d

his o

rders to

blo

w u

p

the g

arriso

n

Former U.S. Congressman that died defending the Alamo

Influ

en

ce o

f Sp

an

ish

cultu

re in

Texas

presidioDied before he could

bring 300 settlers from Missouri to

Texas

Most important natural resource

for settlers

vaqueros

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d

ec

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