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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
El Paso
Houston -- Petrochemical
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

2. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
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
Coastal Plains

3. Artifact
Blackland Prairie
An object made or altered by humans
Houston -- Petrochemical
Cattle - sheep

4. What is a secondary source?

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5. The four bordering states & country of Texas
An object made or altered by humans
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
El Paso
Cattle - sheep

6. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains

7. What does culture include?
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
An object made or altered by humans
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

8. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Coastal Plains

9. 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
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cattle - sheep

10. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Cattle - sheep
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

11. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Caddo Lake
An object made or altered by humans
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

12. What is the largest and most populated region?
Horses - bison
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains

13. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Blackland Prairie

14. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
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.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

15. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Horses - bison
Coastal Plains
An object made or altered by humans
An object made or altered by humans

16. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Coastal Plains

17. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Caddo Lake
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
2nd

18. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
El Paso
Cattle - sheep
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

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

20. Texas is the ___ largest state
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
2nd
Houston -- Petrochemical
Horses - bison

21. Define a barter system.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

22. 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.
El Paso
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

23. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
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.
Cattle - sheep
El Paso

24. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
El Paso
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

25. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

26. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake

27. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
El Paso
An object made or altered by humans
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

28. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Blackland Prairie
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses 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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

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 scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Caddo Lake
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

30. What is a secondary source?

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31. What does culture include?
Cattle - sheep
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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

32. Define butte
El Paso
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Houston -- Petrochemical
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

33. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
An object made or altered by humans
Cattle - sheep
Horses - bison
Blackland Prairie

34. What is the largest and most populated region?
Horses - bison
Coastal Plains
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

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

36. Artifact
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
An object made or altered by humans

37. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Cattle - sheep
Horses - bison
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

38. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

39. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Houston -- Petrochemical
Horses - bison
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Blackland Prairie

40. 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.
2nd
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

41. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

42. The four bordering states & country of Texas
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
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.

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

44. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
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
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.

45. Texas is the ___ largest state
Horses - bison
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
An object made or altered by humans
2nd

46. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

47. Archeologist
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
El Paso
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

48. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
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
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

49. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
An object made or altered by humans
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

50. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Caddo Lake
Cattle - sheep