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Texas Trivia

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1. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
Houston -- Petrochemical
Houston -- Petrochemical
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

2. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
El Paso
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cattle - sheep
Buffalo are found in India - Asia - and Africa. Bison are found in America and have a large head and neck and humped shoulders. Also - a buffalo has 13 pairs of ribs - while a bison has 14 pairs of ribs.

3. Define a barter system.
Houston -- Petrochemical
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

4. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
An object made or altered by humans
Caddo Lake
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

5. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A primary source is a document created at the time the event occurred. Letters - speeches - journals - newspaper articles - and photographes are examples of primary sources.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

6. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
Blackland Prairie
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

7. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Buffalo are found in India - Asia - and Africa. Bison are found in America and have a large head and neck and humped shoulders. Also - a buffalo has 13 pairs of ribs - while a bison has 14 pairs of ribs.
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Horses - bison

8. Archeologist
El Paso
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

9. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Blackland Prairie
Horses - bison

10. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Cattle - sheep
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Buffalo are found in India - Asia - and Africa. Bison are found in America and have a large head and neck and humped shoulders. Also - a buffalo has 13 pairs of ribs - while a bison has 14 pairs of ribs.

11. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Blackland Prairie
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
El Paso
Horses - bison

12. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Houston -- Petrochemical
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

13. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Cattle - sheep
2nd
Caddo Lake
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

14. Texas is the ___ largest state
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
2nd
An object made or altered by humans
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

15. Archeologist
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

16. What is a secondary source?

17. What is the largest and most populated region?
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

18. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
El Paso
Horses - bison
Houston -- Petrochemical

19. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
A primary source is a document created at the time the event occurred. Letters - speeches - journals - newspaper articles - and photographes are examples of primary sources.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

20. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Cattle - sheep
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
El Paso
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

21. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
A primary source is a document created at the time the event occurred. Letters - speeches - journals - newspaper articles - and photographes are examples of primary sources.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
2nd
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

22. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Buffalo are found in India - Asia - and Africa. Bison are found in America and have a large head and neck and humped shoulders. Also - a buffalo has 13 pairs of ribs - while a bison has 14 pairs of ribs.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

23. Define butte
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Horses - bison

24. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
An object made or altered by humans
Coastal Plains
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

25. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Caddo Lake
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

26. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
An object made or altered by humans
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Horses - bison

27. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Horses - bison
Blackland Prairie
2nd
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

28. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains

29. Artifact
An object made or altered by humans
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Cattle - sheep
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

30. Define butte
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Buffalo are found in India - Asia - and Africa. Bison are found in America and have a large head and neck and humped shoulders. Also - a buffalo has 13 pairs of ribs - while a bison has 14 pairs of ribs.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

31. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Cattle - sheep
An object made or altered by humans
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
An object made or altered by humans

32. What is a secondary source?

33. Artifact
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Buffalo are found in India - Asia - and Africa. Bison are found in America and have a large head and neck and humped shoulders. Also - a buffalo has 13 pairs of ribs - while a bison has 14 pairs of ribs.
An object made or altered by humans

34. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Cattle - sheep
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
El Paso

35. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

36. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Coastal Plains
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Houston -- Petrochemical

37. The four bordering states & country of Texas
El Paso
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

38. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Houston -- Petrochemical
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
2nd
Buffalo are found in India - Asia - and Africa. Bison are found in America and have a large head and neck and humped shoulders. Also - a buffalo has 13 pairs of ribs - while a bison has 14 pairs of ribs.

39. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Coastal Plains
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

40. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Buffalo are found in India - Asia - and Africa. Bison are found in America and have a large head and neck and humped shoulders. Also - a buffalo has 13 pairs of ribs - while a bison has 14 pairs of ribs.
A primary source is a document created at the time the event occurred. Letters - speeches - journals - newspaper articles - and photographes are examples of primary sources.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

41. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Blackland Prairie
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

42. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Buffalo are found in India - Asia - and Africa. Bison are found in America and have a large head and neck and humped shoulders. Also - a buffalo has 13 pairs of ribs - while a bison has 14 pairs of ribs.
Blackland Prairie
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

43. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

44. The four bordering states & country of Texas
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Cattle - sheep
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
2nd

45. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Buffalo are found in India - Asia - and Africa. Bison are found in America and have a large head and neck and humped shoulders. Also - a buffalo has 13 pairs of ribs - while a bison has 14 pairs of ribs.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Houston -- Petrochemical

46. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Houston -- Petrochemical

47. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Cattle - sheep
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
An object made or altered by humans

48. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Blackland Prairie
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

49. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A primary source is a document created at the time the event occurred. Letters - speeches - journals - newspaper articles - and photographes are examples of primary sources.

50. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Caddo Lake
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins