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Texas Trivia

Subject : trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Blackland Prairie
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - 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.

2. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
An object made or altered by humans
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
El Paso

3. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Houston -- Petrochemical
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Horses - bison

4. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

5. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

6. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

7. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
An object made or altered by humans
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.

8. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
El Paso
Coastal Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

9. Archeologist
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.
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

10. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Cattle - sheep
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

11. Artifact
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
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

12. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
An object made or altered by humans
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

13. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Horses - bison
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

14. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
An object made or altered by humans
Cattle - sheep
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
El Paso

15. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Cattle - sheep
El Paso
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.

16. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
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.
Cattle - sheep

17. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal 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.
Cattle - sheep
Horses - bison

18. 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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical

19. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Caddo Lake
El Paso

20. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Cattle - sheep
Blackland Prairie
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

21. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
El Paso
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical
An object made or altered by humans

22. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cattle - sheep
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

23. Define butte
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

24. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake

25. What is a secondary source?

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

27. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

28. Define butte
El Paso
Blackland Prairie
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

29. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains

30. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
Horses - bison
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.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

31. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Horses - bison
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Houston -- Petrochemical

32. What does culture include?
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Blackland Prairie
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

33. What is a secondary source?

34. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
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.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Blackland Prairie

35. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
2nd
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

36. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
An object made or altered by humans
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

37. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Horses - bison
An object made or altered by humans
Blackland Prairie
El Paso

38. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

39. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Caddo Lake
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

40. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

41. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Caddo Lake
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

42. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Houston -- Petrochemical
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
An object made or altered by humans
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

43. Define a barter system.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Cattle - sheep
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

44. Archeologist
Caddo Lake
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.

45. Artifact
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.
An object made or altered by humans
Blackland Prairie
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

46. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

47. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

48. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
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.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

49. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Caddo Lake
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
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 does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.