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Texas Trivia

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1. 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
Caddo Lake
2nd

2. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Caddo Lake
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

3. Artifact
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
An object made or altered by humans
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cattle - sheep

4. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Caddo Lake

5. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling 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.

6. Archeologist
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.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

7. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling 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.
An object made or altered by humans
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

8. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
An object made or altered by humans
Horses - bison
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

9. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Blackland Prairie
An object made or altered by humans

10. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
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

11. 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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

12. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
2nd
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.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

13. 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.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Blackland Prairie
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

14. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Horses - bison
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Houston -- Petrochemical

15. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains

16. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

17. Define a barter system.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

18. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Houston -- Petrochemical
Caddo Lake
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

19. What is a secondary source?

20. Define butte
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains
Horses - bison
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

21. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Cattle - sheep
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Horses - bison
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

22. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
2nd
Caddo Lake
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

23. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
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.
Blackland Prairie

24. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
Blackland Prairie
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.

25. Artifact
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
An object made or altered by humans

26. What does culture include?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
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.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

27. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Blackland Prairie
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

28. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
An object made or altered by humans
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie

29. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Caddo Lake
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
El Paso

30. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Houston -- Petrochemical
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Blackland Prairie
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

31. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
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.

32. What is a secondary source?

33. The four bordering states & country of Texas
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

34. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
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
An object made or altered by humans

35. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
2nd
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Cattle - sheep

36. Archeologist
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.
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

37. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
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.
El Paso
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

38. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
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.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie

39. 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.
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.
Blackland Prairie

40. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Blackland Prairie

41. Texas is the ___ largest state
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
2nd
Blackland Prairie
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

42. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cattle - sheep
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.

43. Define butte
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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

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

45. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical
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.

46. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
An object made or altered by humans
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

47. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
El Paso
Houston -- Petrochemical
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

48. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
2nd
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

49. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

50. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Houston -- Petrochemical
2nd
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa