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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
An object made or altered by humans
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake
2nd

2. Archeologist
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

3. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
El Paso
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
2nd
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

4. Define a barter system.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Blackland Prairie
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
An object made or altered by humans

5. Define butte
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

6. 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 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

7. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
Caddo Lake
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

8. Artifact
An object made or altered by humans
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

9. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Horses - bison
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

10. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
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

11. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
El Paso
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

12. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
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.
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

13. Artifact
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
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Coastal Plains

14. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
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.
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.

15. Archeologist
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

16. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
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.
Caddo Lake
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

17. Texas is the ___ largest state
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
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
2nd

18. Define butte
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.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

19. Define a barter system.
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.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

20. 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.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

21. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Horses - bison
2nd
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

22. 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.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

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 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
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cattle - sheep

24. What is the largest and most populated region?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Coastal Plains
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
An object made or altered by humans

25. 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.
Horses - bison
Caddo Lake
Blackland Prairie

26. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Horses - bison
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Caddo Lake
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

27. What does culture include?
Caddo Lake
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

28. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - 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.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

29. 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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

30. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Cattle - sheep

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

32. What is a secondary source?

33. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
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.
Houston -- Petrochemical

34. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Horses - bison
An object made or altered by humans

35. What does culture include?
Houston -- Petrochemical
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

36. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Houston -- Petrochemical
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Caddo Lake
Cattle - sheep

37. 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 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
Blackland Prairie

38. 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
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

39. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
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.
An object made or altered by humans
El Paso

40. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Coastal Plains
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Blackland Prairie
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

41. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Caddo Lake
2nd

42. 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.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
2nd
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

43. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
El Paso
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
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.

44. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
2nd
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
An object made or altered by humans
Cattle - sheep

45. What is a secondary source?

46. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains
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.

47. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains
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.

48. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Caddo Lake
2nd

49. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Horses - bison
Houston -- Petrochemical
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

50. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Coastal Plains
Cattle - sheep
2nd