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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Caddo Lake
An object made or altered by humans
Caddo Lake

2. Define butte
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

3. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
El Paso
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
2nd

4. What is the largest and most populated region?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie
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.

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

6. What is the only natural lake 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
2nd
Caddo Lake

7. 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.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Blackland Prairie

8. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
An object made or altered by humans
Cattle - sheep

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

10. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
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.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Horses - bison

11. What does culture include?
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
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
El Paso

12. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
An object made or altered by humans
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Cattle - sheep

13. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Horses - bison
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
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.

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

15. 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.
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

16. 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.
Caddo Lake
Houston -- Petrochemical
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

17. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cattle - sheep
An object made or altered by humans
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

18. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Coastal Plains
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

19. Artifact
Blackland Prairie
An object made or altered by humans
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.

20. Texas is the ___ largest state
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
2nd

21. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
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.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

22. Define a barter system.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
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.
Caddo Lake

23. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cattle - sheep
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

24. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
2nd
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

25. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
2nd
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical

26. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Houston -- Petrochemical
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.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

27. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
2nd
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

28. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Caddo Lake
El Paso
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Horses - bison

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

30. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

31. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Coastal Plains
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

32. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Blackland Prairie
Coastal 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.

33. Archeologist
El Paso
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

34. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Cattle - sheep
El Paso
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.

35. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
An object made or altered by humans
Blackland Prairie
El Paso

36. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Caddo Lake
Horses - bison

37. What is the difference between buffalo and 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.
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
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

38. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Horses - bison
Blackland Prairie
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

39. Artifact
2nd
An object made or altered by humans
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Blackland Prairie

40. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
An object made or altered by humans
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
El Paso

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

42. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
2nd
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

43. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
Houston -- Petrochemical
Houston -- Petrochemical
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

44. What is a secondary source?

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45. Define butte
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

46. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ 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.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

47. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

48. What is a secondary source?

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49. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Houston -- Petrochemical

50. Archeologist
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Houston -- Petrochemical
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life