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Texas Trivia

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1. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Horses - bison
Blackland Prairie
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

2. What is a secondary source?

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3. What is a secondary source?

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4. Define butte
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
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

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

6. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
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.
Cattle - sheep
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

7. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in 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
Cattle - sheep
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

8. Artifact
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
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.
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

9. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Horses - bison
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
2nd
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

10. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
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
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.

11. Define a barter system.
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.
An object made or altered by humans
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.

12. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
An object made or altered by humans
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Horses - bison

13. 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.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Houston -- Petrochemical
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

14. Archeologist
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

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

16. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
El Paso
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

17. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Caddo Lake
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
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.

18. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Horses - bison
El Paso
An object made or altered by humans
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

19. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Horses - bison

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

21. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Houston -- Petrochemical
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.
Blackland Prairie

22. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
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

23. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
El Paso
2nd

24. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Horses - bison
Coastal Plains
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.

25. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
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.
2nd
Caddo Lake

26. Archeologist
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

27. Artifact
El Paso
An object made or altered by humans
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

28. 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.
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.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
El Paso

29. Define butte
2nd
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
El Paso

30. 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.
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

31. What is the largest and most populated region?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Caddo Lake
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Coastal Plains

32. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cattle - sheep

33. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Coastal Plains
Cattle - sheep
Horses - bison
El Paso

34. Texas is the ___ largest state
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
2nd
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Houston -- Petrochemical

35. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
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.

36. What does culture include?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
2nd
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

37. What is the largest and most populated region?
An object made or altered by humans
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains
El Paso

38. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Houston -- Petrochemical
2nd
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

39. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
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.
Houston -- Petrochemical

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

41. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
2nd
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

42. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
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.
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.

43. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
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.
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.

44. 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
Houston -- Petrochemical
An object made or altered by humans

45. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
El Paso
Cattle - sheep
2nd
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 does culture include?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

47. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Houston -- Petrochemical
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Coastal Plains

48. Define a barter system.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

49. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
An object made or altered by humans
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.

50. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Caddo Lake
Coastal Plains