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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Define butte
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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Blackland Prairie

2. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
El Paso
Horses - bison
2nd
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

3. What is the largest and most populated region?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains

4. What is the only natural lake 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.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake

5. 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.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Blackland Prairie
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

6. Artifact
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.
Caddo Lake

7. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Blackland Prairie
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
2nd
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

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

9. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
An object made or altered by humans
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

10. 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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

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.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

12. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
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.

13. Define butte
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
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.
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.

14. Archeologist
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
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

15. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Cattle - sheep
Cattle - sheep
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Houston -- Petrochemical

16. 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.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Houston -- Petrochemical
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

17. 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.
El Paso
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

18. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

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

20. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
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
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

21. Define a barter system.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Blackland Prairie

22. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Caddo Lake
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
An object made or altered by humans
Cattle - sheep

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 scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
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.

24. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Caddo Lake

25. What is the largest and most populated region?
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
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

26. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
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.
Cattle - sheep

27. 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
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

28. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Blackland Prairie
2nd
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

29. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

30. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
El Paso
Houston -- Petrochemical
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

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

32. 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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
2nd
Cattle - sheep

33. Artifact
Cattle - sheep
An object made or altered by humans
Caddo Lake
Houston -- Petrochemical

34. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

35. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
An object made or altered by humans
Blackland Prairie
Blackland Prairie
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

36. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Coastal Plains
Houston -- Petrochemical
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

37. What is a secondary source?

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

39. What is a secondary source?

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40. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Blackland Prairie
El Paso
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

41. 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
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Coastal Plains

42. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
2nd
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

43. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
An object made or altered by humans
Coastal Plains
Blackland Prairie
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

44. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Horses - bison
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains

45. Texas is the ___ largest state
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
2nd
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

46. 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.
Cattle - sheep
Blackland Prairie
An object made or altered by humans

47. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
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.

48. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Caddo Lake

49. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Houston -- Petrochemical
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

50. 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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.