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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Define butte
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.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

2. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Horses - bison

3. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
El Paso
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Horses - bison

4. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
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.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

5. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
2nd
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Cattle - sheep
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

6. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

7. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Coastal Plains
Cattle - sheep
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
El Paso

8. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
2nd
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

9. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Coastal Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

10. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
2nd

11. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
An object made or altered by humans
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Caddo Lake

12. 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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

13. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
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
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

14. 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.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains

15. What is the largest and most populated region?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

16. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
2nd
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

17. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
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.
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 are the three border rivers of Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cattle - sheep
Caddo Lake
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

19. Archeologist
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
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
An object made or altered by humans

20. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
An object made or altered by humans

21. The four bordering states & country of Texas
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.
El Paso
Houston -- Petrochemical

22. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Houston -- Petrochemical
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Caddo Lake
Cattle - sheep

23. Define a barter system.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
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.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

24. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Coastal Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

25. Artifact
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
An object made or altered by humans

26. Artifact
Houston -- Petrochemical
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
El Paso
An object made or altered by humans

27. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Caddo Lake
Blackland Prairie
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

28. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

29. 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.
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

30. 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.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
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

31. The four bordering states & country of Texas
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains

32. What is the largest and most populated region?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Coastal Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Horses - bison

33. 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.
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

34. Define butte
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
Caddo Lake
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

35. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
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
Houston -- Petrochemical

36. 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
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
2nd

37. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
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
Blackland Prairie
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

38. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
2nd
Coastal Plains
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Caddo Lake

39. What is a secondary source?

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

41. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
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 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

42. 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 document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Horses - bison

43. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cattle - sheep

44. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Caddo Lake
El Paso
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.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

45. 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.
Horses - bison
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.

46. What is a secondary source?

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47. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
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.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Houston -- Petrochemical

48. Texas is the ___ largest state
An object made or altered by humans
Horses - bison
Caddo Lake
2nd

49. Archeologist
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
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

50. Texas is the ___ largest state
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.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
2nd