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Texas Trivia

Subject : trivia

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Archeologist
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie

2. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Cattle - sheep
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
Caddo Lake

3. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Horses - bison
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Caddo Lake
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

4. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

5. Artifact
An object made or altered by humans
Blackland Prairie
Cattle - sheep
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

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.
Blackland Prairie
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

7. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
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
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

8. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Houston -- Petrochemical
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

9. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
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.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

10. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Horses - bison
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Coastal Plains

11. Artifact
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Houston -- Petrochemical
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

12. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cattle - sheep
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.

13. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
El Paso
Horses - bison
An object made or altered by humans

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

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

16. Define butte
Horses - bison
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

17. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
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
Horses - bison

18. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Blackland Prairie
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

19. What is a secondary source?

20. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
El Paso
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

21. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Caddo Lake
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

22. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
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.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

23. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

24. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
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
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.

25. Define a barter system.
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.
Houston -- Petrochemical
El Paso

26. Define butte
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Houston -- Petrochemical
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

27. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
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.
Cattle - sheep

28. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
Horses - bison
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.

29. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Houston -- Petrochemical
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

30. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
An object made or altered by humans
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

31. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
2nd
Blackland Prairie
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

32. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
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.

33. The four bordering states & country 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.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

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

35. What is a secondary source?

36. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Blackland Prairie
2nd
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

37. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
An object made or altered by humans
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

38. What is the largest and most populated region?
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.
Coastal Plains
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.

39. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Coastal Plains
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

40. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
El Paso
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

41. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Horses - bison
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Coastal Plains
Blackland Prairie

42. Define a barter system.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

43. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cattle - sheep
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

44. 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.
2nd
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

45. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
2nd

46. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Blackland Prairie
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
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.

47. Archeologist
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
El Paso

48. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
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.
Blackland Prairie

49. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Caddo Lake
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

50. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Caddo Lake
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.