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Texas Trivia

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1. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
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.
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.

2. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Coastal Plains
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.

3. What is the largest and most populated region?
El Paso
Coastal Plains
Cattle - sheep
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

4. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Cattle - sheep
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.

5. What is a secondary source?

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6. The four bordering states & country of Texas
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
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.
El Paso

7. Artifact
Blackland Prairie
An object made or altered by humans
Caddo Lake
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

8. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
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.

9. 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
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Coastal Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

10. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Houston -- Petrochemical
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

11. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
An object made or altered by humans
Caddo Lake
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.

12. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Coastal Plains
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Cattle - sheep

13. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

14. Define a barter system.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Caddo Lake

15. What is a secondary source?

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16. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
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.

17. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Horses - bison
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Cattle - sheep

18. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
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
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

19. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Coastal Plains
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

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

21. Archeologist
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

22. Define a barter system.
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.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

23. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
2nd
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
An object made or altered by humans
Horses - bison

24. Texas is the ___ largest state
Coastal Plains
El Paso
2nd
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

25. Define butte
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Caddo Lake

26. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
An object made or altered by humans
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

27. Define butte
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
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

28. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
2nd
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

29. 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
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cattle - sheep

30. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
2nd
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

31. 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.
Cattle - sheep
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

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

33. 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
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
An object made or altered by humans

34. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
An object made or altered by humans
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.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

35. Texas is the ___ largest state
Horses - bison
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
2nd
El Paso

36. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
El Paso
Caddo Lake
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

37. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Blackland Prairie
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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

38. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Horses - bison

39. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Caddo Lake
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.
Horses - bison

40. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Cattle - sheep
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

41. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
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
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

42. Archeologist
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Coastal Plains
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

43. What is the largest and most populated region?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Horses - bison
Coastal Plains
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

44. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Coastal Plains
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

45. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Houston -- Petrochemical
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

46. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Blackland Prairie
Caddo Lake
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

47. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Blackland Prairie
Cattle - sheep
Houston -- Petrochemical
Coastal Plains

48. Artifact
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
An object made or altered by humans
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

49. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
El Paso
Blackland Prairie
El Paso

50. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
An object made or altered by humans