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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

2. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Horses - bison
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Blackland Prairie

3. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Cattle - sheep
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

4. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Houston -- Petrochemical
An object made or altered by humans

5. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
2nd
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Cattle - sheep

6. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Horses - bison
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

7. What is the largest and most populated region?
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Horses - bison
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Coastal Plains

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

9. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
An object made or altered by humans
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Houston -- Petrochemical

10. Artifact
2nd
An object made or altered by humans
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.

11. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
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.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
2nd

12. Define a barter system.
Houston -- Petrochemical
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.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

13. What is a secondary source?

14. 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
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 document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

15. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Coastal Plains
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
An object made or altered by humans
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

16. What is a secondary source?

17. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ 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.
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
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

18. What does culture include?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Caddo Lake

19. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Blackland Prairie
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

20. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Horses - bison
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

21. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
2nd
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
2nd
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

22. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
2nd
Cattle - sheep
El Paso
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

23. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Horses - bison
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake
El Paso

24. Archeologist
Blackland Prairie
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
An object made or altered by humans
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

25. Artifact
An object made or altered by humans
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

26. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

27. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
El Paso
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
An object made or altered by humans

28. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Houston -- Petrochemical
Caddo Lake
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

29. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
El Paso
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

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

31. 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 document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
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.

32. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Horses - bison
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.
Blackland Prairie

33. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Caddo Lake
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

34. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
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
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

35. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
2nd

36. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Blackland Prairie

37. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical

38. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Blackland Prairie
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

39. 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.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

40. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
Cattle - sheep
An object made or altered by humans
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

41. 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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

42. 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.
Houston -- Petrochemical
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

43. Texas is the ___ largest state
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
Blackland Prairie
2nd

44. Define butte
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

45. 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.
Caddo Lake
Houston -- Petrochemical
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

46. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
2nd
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

47. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
Horses - bison
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Blackland Prairie

48. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
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.
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.

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

50. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cattle - sheep
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
El Paso