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Texas Trivia

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1. What is a secondary source?

2. 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
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
Cattle - sheep

3. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
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.
Coastal Plains

4. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Horses - bison
El Paso
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Coastal Plains

5. Define butte
El Paso
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

6. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
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.
Caddo Lake
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

7. What is a secondary source?

8. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Blackland Prairie
Cattle - sheep
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

9. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Caddo Lake
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

10. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Coastal Plains

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

12. 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.
Caddo Lake
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
El Paso

13. Define butte
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.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

14. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
An object made or altered by humans
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

15. Artifact
An object made or altered by humans
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Caddo Lake

16. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cattle - sheep

17. What is the largest and most populated region?
2nd
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
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.

18. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Horses - bison
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

19. Define a barter system.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
An object made or altered by humans
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

20. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
2nd
An object made or altered by humans
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.

21. The four bordering states & country 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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

22. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

23. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
2nd
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

24. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Cattle - sheep

25. Texas is the ___ largest state
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
2nd

26. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
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.
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.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

27. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Blackland Prairie
Houston -- Petrochemical
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

28. What does culture include?
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
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.

29. Define a barter system.
2nd
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.
Caddo Lake

30. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
An object made or altered by humans
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Blackland Prairie

31. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Cattle - sheep
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

32. What is the largest and most populated region?
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
Blackland Prairie
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

33. 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.
Horses - bison
El Paso
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

34. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Horses - bison
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cattle - sheep
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

35. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
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.
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.
2nd

36. Archeologist
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
El Paso

37. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Caddo Lake
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

38. Artifact
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.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
An object made or altered by humans

39. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

40. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
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.
Caddo Lake
Horses - bison
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

41. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
El Paso
Coastal Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Houston -- Petrochemical

42. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Caddo Lake
Coastal Plains
An object made or altered by humans
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

43. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
El Paso
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Coastal Plains

44. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Horses - bison
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

45. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
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.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
An object made or altered by humans

46. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

47. 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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
An object made or altered by humans

48. Archeologist
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses 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 scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

49. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Horses - bison
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
2nd

50. Texas is the ___ largest state
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
2nd
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life