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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What does culture include?
Cattle - sheep
An object made or altered by humans
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

2. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cattle - sheep
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Coastal Plains

3. What is a secondary source?

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4. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
2nd

5. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
El Paso
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Horses - bison
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

6. 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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

7. The four bordering states & country of Texas
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

8. 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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
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.

9. 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.
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
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

10. What is a secondary source?

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11. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
An object made or altered by humans
Cattle - sheep

12. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Caddo Lake
Cattle - sheep
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Horses - bison

13. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
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.
Caddo Lake
Houston -- Petrochemical

14. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Coastal Plains
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

15. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

16. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Blackland Prairie

17. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
Houston -- Petrochemical
Blackland Prairie
Blackland Prairie

18. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Cattle - sheep
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
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

19. Archeologist
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Horses - bison
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

20. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

21. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
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.
Blackland Prairie
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

22. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
El Paso
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
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.

23. Define butte
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
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.

24. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Caddo Lake
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
An object made or altered by humans
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

25. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Caddo Lake
El Paso
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

26. Texas is the ___ largest state
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Blackland Prairie
Houston -- Petrochemical
2nd

27. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
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.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

28. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
El Paso

29. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Coastal Plains
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

30. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Caddo Lake
Houston -- Petrochemical

31. 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
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

32. Archeologist
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
2nd
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

33. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Blackland Prairie
Horses - bison
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
El Paso

34. 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 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.
An object made or altered by humans

35. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Coastal Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Blackland Prairie
An object made or altered by humans

36. What is the largest and most populated region?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Coastal Plains
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.

37. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
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.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

38. 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.
Horses - bison
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Caddo Lake

39. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Coastal Plains

40. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Coastal Plains
2nd

41. 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.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
An object made or altered by humans
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

42. Define butte
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
An object made or altered by humans
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

43. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Houston -- Petrochemical
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
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.

44. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Horses - bison
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

45. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Horses - bison
2nd
El Paso
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

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

47. Artifact
An object made or altered by humans
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

48. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

49. List the 4 natural regions 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.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

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