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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

2. Define butte
El Paso
Horses - bison
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Houston -- Petrochemical

3. What is a secondary source?

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

5. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
An object made or altered by humans
Blackland Prairie
El Paso

6. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Blackland Prairie
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Caddo Lake

7. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Horses - bison
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

8. Define butte
Houston -- Petrochemical
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains

9. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Houston -- Petrochemical
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Caddo Lake

10. What is the largest and most populated region?
Cattle - sheep
2nd
An object made or altered by humans
Coastal Plains

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

12. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

13. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
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.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
An object made or altered by humans

14. What is a secondary source?

15. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

16. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Blackland Prairie
El Paso

17. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
An object made or altered by humans
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

18. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in 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.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Cattle - sheep

19. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

20. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
2nd
Houston -- Petrochemical

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

22. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Horses - bison
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

23. Artifact
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
An object made or altered by humans
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

24. Artifact
An object made or altered by humans
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Houston -- Petrochemical

25. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake
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

26. Archeologist
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

27. Archeologist
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
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
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

28. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
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
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.

29. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
An object made or altered by humans
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Caddo Lake
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

30. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Cattle - sheep
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.
Cattle - sheep
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

31. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
El Paso
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
2nd

32. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
An object made or altered by humans
El Paso

33. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Coastal Plains
An object made or altered by humans
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

34. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
2nd
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

35. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Cattle - sheep
Houston -- Petrochemical

36. 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.
Coastal Plains
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
An object made or altered by humans

37. Texas is the ___ largest state
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
2nd

38. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Caddo Lake

39. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Blackland Prairie
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
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
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

41. What is the largest and most populated region?
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

42. Define a barter system.
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.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie

43. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Caddo Lake
Houston -- Petrochemical
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 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. Texas is the ___ largest state
Caddo Lake
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
2nd

45. What does culture include?
Houston -- Petrochemical
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

46. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
2nd
Coastal Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Blackland Prairie

47. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses 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.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

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

49. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
2nd
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

50. 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
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
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.