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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Artifact
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Blackland Prairie
An object made or altered by humans
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

2. Define butte
Coastal Plains
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.
Caddo Lake

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

4. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
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.
Cattle - sheep
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

5. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
El Paso
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

6. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Blackland Prairie
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

7. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
El Paso
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.
El Paso

8. 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.
An object made or altered by humans
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains

9. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

10. 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.
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.

11. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Houston -- Petrochemical
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

12. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Cattle - sheep
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie

13. Define butte
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Blackland Prairie
Houston -- Petrochemical

14. Archeologist
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
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 scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

15. What does culture include?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Horses - bison
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

16. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

17. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
2nd
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling 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.
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?
2nd
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

19. What are the three border rivers 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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Horses - bison
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

20. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

21. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
An object made or altered by humans
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.

22. What does culture include?
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Coastal Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

23. 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.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
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.

24. List the 4 natural regions 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.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
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.

25. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Blackland Prairie
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

26. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
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.
An object made or altered by humans

27. Define a barter system.
Blackland Prairie
Houston -- Petrochemical
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

28. Texas is the ___ largest state
Horses - bison
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
2nd
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

29. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Cattle - sheep
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

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

31. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
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.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
El Paso

32. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
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
Horses - bison
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

33. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Houston -- Petrochemical

34. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Blackland Prairie

35. Artifact
An object made or altered by humans
Horses - bison
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

36. Archeologist
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
Houston -- Petrochemical
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

37. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
2nd
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

38. What is a secondary source?

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39. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
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.

40. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
2nd
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie

41. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
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.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

42. 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.
El Paso
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

43. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Coastal Plains
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Caddo Lake

44. What is a secondary source?

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45. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
El Paso
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

46. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Cattle - sheep

47. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
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
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

48. Define a barter system.
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.
Houston -- Petrochemical
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

49. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

50. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Horses - bison
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life