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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Texas is the ___ largest state
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
2nd

2. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Cattle - sheep
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

3. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
Caddo Lake
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.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

4. Define a barter system.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Horses - bison
2nd

5. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

6. Artifact
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
El Paso
An object made or altered by humans
Blackland Prairie

7. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Horses - bison
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

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

9. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
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
2nd

10. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Caddo Lake

11. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Houston -- Petrochemical
El Paso
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

12. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Blackland Prairie
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Houston -- Petrochemical
Coastal Plains

13. Define a barter system.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

14. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
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.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Blackland Prairie

15. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
An object made or altered by humans
Blackland Prairie
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.

16. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie
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.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

17. Artifact
Caddo Lake
El Paso
An object made or altered by humans
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

18. What does culture include?
Blackland Prairie
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Caddo Lake
Cattle - sheep

19. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

20. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Caddo Lake
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

21. Archeologist
Houston -- Petrochemical
An object made or altered by humans
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

22. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
2nd
El Paso
Horses - bison
An object made or altered by humans

23. The four bordering states & country of Texas
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie
Caddo Lake
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

24. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
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
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

25. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cattle - sheep
Horses - bison
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

26. What is a secondary source?

27. Texas is the ___ largest state
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
2nd
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

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

29. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Blackland Prairie
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Houston -- Petrochemical
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

30. What does culture include?
Blackland Prairie
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.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

31. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
An object made or altered by humans
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

32. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
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.
Houston -- Petrochemical
An object made or altered by humans

33. What is the largest and most populated region?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
2nd
Coastal Plains

34. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Blackland Prairie
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
El Paso
Houston -- Petrochemical

35. Define butte
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
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

36. What is a secondary source?

37. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Caddo Lake
Horses - bison
El Paso

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

39. Define butte
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

40. 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
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Caddo Lake

41. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Coastal Plains
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

42. 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.
El Paso
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Caddo Lake

43. 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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Caddo Lake

44. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Houston -- Petrochemical
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
2nd
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

45. Archeologist
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

46. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
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.
2nd
Cattle - sheep

47. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
El Paso
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

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.
Blackland Prairie
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.

49. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Caddo Lake
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.

50. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
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
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cattle - sheep