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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

2. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Coastal Plains
Blackland Prairie
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

3. What is a secondary source?

4. What is the largest and most populated region?
Blackland Prairie
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

5. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Caddo Lake
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

6. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

7. The four bordering states & country of Texas
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Caddo Lake
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

8. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
An object made or altered by humans
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
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.

9. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
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.

10. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
El Paso
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

11. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Horses - bison
Caddo Lake

12. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
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.
Horses - 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.
El Paso

13. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Houston -- Petrochemical
El Paso

14. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains

15. What is a secondary source?

16. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
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.

17. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Horses - bison
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
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.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

18. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

19. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Horses - bison
Coastal Plains
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

20. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Houston -- Petrochemical
Horses - bison
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

21. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Blackland Prairie
An object made or altered by humans

22. Artifact
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
An object made or altered by humans
Horses - bison

23. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
2nd
Blackland Prairie
El Paso
Horses - bison

24. Define a barter system.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cattle - sheep
Houston -- Petrochemical

25. Texas is the ___ largest state
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Coastal Plains
2nd
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

26. Texas is the ___ largest state
El Paso
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
2nd
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

27. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Houston -- Petrochemical
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 system where one product is traded for another without money.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

28. 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 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

29. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Horses - bison
Houston -- Petrochemical
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

30. Archeologist
Blackland Prairie
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
2nd

31. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
An object made or altered by humans

32. Define butte
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

33. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

34. Archeologist
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

35. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
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
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

36. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Horses - bison

37. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Coastal Plains
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

38. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
El Paso
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
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.
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. The four bordering states & country of Texas
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

40. 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
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
An object made or altered by humans

41. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

42. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

43. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
An object made or altered by humans
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

44. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Caddo Lake
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.

45. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
2nd
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

46. Define butte
Cattle - sheep
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains
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.

47. What does culture include?
Coastal Plains
Coastal Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Blackland Prairie

48. Artifact
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains
An object made or altered by humans

49. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains
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.
Houston -- Petrochemical

50. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Caddo Lake