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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Caddo Lake
2nd
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.

2. What is a secondary source?

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3. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Cattle - sheep
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

4. Archeologist
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Cattle - sheep
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Horses - bison

5. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Houston -- Petrochemical
El Paso
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cattle - sheep

6. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
2nd
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

7. 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.
2nd
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

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

9. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
2nd
El Paso
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Blackland Prairie

10. 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.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Cattle - sheep

11. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

12. 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.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Caddo Lake
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

13. Archeologist
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.
2nd
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

14. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
Houston -- Petrochemical
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.

15. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cattle - sheep
Blackland Prairie
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

16. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Cattle - sheep
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
El Paso
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

17. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
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.

18. 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.
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.
Caddo Lake

19. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Coastal Plains
El Paso
Horses - bison

20. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
2nd
Caddo Lake
Blackland Prairie

21. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
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.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

22. What is a secondary source?

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23. What does culture 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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

24. The four bordering states & country of Texas
2nd
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.

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

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

27. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Coastal Plains
Coastal Plains

28. 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
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
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

29. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
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.
2nd
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

30. Artifact
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
An object made or altered by humans
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

31. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
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

32. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
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.
An object made or altered by humans

33. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
An object made or altered by humans
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
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.

34. What does culture 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.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

35. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Horses - bison
Cattle - sheep

36. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
2nd

37. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Horses - bison
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cattle - sheep

38. Texas is the ___ largest state
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake
2nd
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

39. Define butte
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.
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.

40. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Coastal Plains
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
2nd
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

41. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
2nd
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Caddo Lake
Houston -- Petrochemical

42. Artifact
El Paso
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
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.

43. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
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.
Horses - bison
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

44. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Horses - bison
Houston -- Petrochemical
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

45. Texas is the ___ largest state
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
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
2nd

46. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
2nd
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

47. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
El Paso
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Cattle - sheep

48. What is the largest and most populated region?
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.
Coastal Plains
El Paso

49. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
An object made or altered by humans
Horses - bison

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