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Texas Trivia

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cattle - sheep
2nd
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

2. 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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

3. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Caddo Lake
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

4. Texas is the ___ largest state
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
2nd
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling 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.

5. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Caddo Lake
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains
El Paso

6. Artifact
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Horses - bison
An object made or altered by humans
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

7. The four bordering states & country 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.
Blackland Prairie
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

8. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Houston -- Petrochemical

9. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Cattle - sheep
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

10. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Caddo Lake
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
An object made or altered by humans

11. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Caddo Lake
An object made or altered by humans
Cattle - sheep

12. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
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.
Cattle - sheep

13. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Horses - bison

14. What does culture include?
2nd
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

15. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Houston -- Petrochemical

16. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Houston -- Petrochemical
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
An object made or altered by humans

17. 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.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

18. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Horses - bison
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

19. Archeologist
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

20. Define butte
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.
2nd
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

21. What is a secondary source?

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22. 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.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
El Paso
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

23. Texas is the ___ largest state
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
2nd
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Cattle - sheep

24. Archeologist
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.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

25. What is the largest and most populated region?
Coastal Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

26. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
An object made or altered by humans
Horses - bison
El Paso
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

27. 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.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
Houston -- Petrochemical
Blackland Prairie

28. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Coastal Plains
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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

29. What does culture include?
Blackland Prairie
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

30. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Blackland Prairie
Coastal Plains

31. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
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.
Blackland Prairie

32. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Horses - bison
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
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. What is the largest and most populated region?
2nd
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
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.

34. The four bordering states & country of Texas
2nd
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Cattle - sheep
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

35. Artifact
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
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.
An object made or altered by humans

36. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
An object made or altered by humans
Caddo Lake
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

37. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Cattle - sheep

38. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Houston -- Petrochemical
Caddo Lake

39. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
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

40. 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.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

41. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
An object made or altered by humans

42. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Caddo Lake
Houston -- Petrochemical
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

43. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

44. What is a secondary source?

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45. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
El Paso
Houston -- Petrochemical
2nd
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

46. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
El Paso
Houston -- Petrochemical
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

47. Define butte
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
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.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

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

49. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
An object made or altered by humans
Blackland Prairie
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

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