7th Grade Midterm Review

3. What is an original record or object created at the time of an event?
4. What region of Texas is the largest geographic region?
9. The first official governor of Texas
13. Who conquered the Aztecs?
14. What is a span of years that might be named for a particular theme or pattern of events?
18. Who was Spain’s highest-ranking official in New Spain?
20. What is the name for people who travel from place to place normally following food, water, or natural resources?
22. Who was the “Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley”?
25. What political group believed in a weaker Central government that shared power with the states?
27. What country treated the Puebloan people horribly leading to a rebellion?
28. Who is known as the “Father of Texas” and established the first Anglo American colony in Texas?
29. What graph shows how something is divided?

1. What is the region of Texas known as the “bread basket of the world”
2. Name for the group of England, the Netherlands, German states, and Spain together opposing the growing power of France
5. What document ended the Mexican War for Independence?
6. What is the main food source of the people on the Plains?
7. What was the name of the first national park in Texas?
8. What modern-day state did Marques di Rubi start his expedition in?
10. Only Tejano to serve in the Senate in the Texas Republic
11. What was the main job that Austin’s original settlers had?
12. What was the first college in Texas?
15. Who was the governor of Coahuila that led a Spanish expedition to destroy Ft. St. Louis?
16. The Rio Grande is the border between Texas and ____?
17. Which president owned the “Texas White House”
19. What country funded Christopher Columbus’ voyage?
21. What is the original home for the first Americans?
23. Who founded the island of Malhado?
24. What group of people controlled the Middle East trade routes forcing people to look for alternative routes?
26. What is a portable home made of the hides of bison?