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Texas Trivia

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1. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

2. 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
An object made or altered by humans
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

3. Define butte
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
2nd
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

4. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Blackland Prairie
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

5. What is a secondary source?

6. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Blackland Prairie

7. What is the largest and most populated region?
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains

8. Texas is the ___ largest state
Cattle - sheep
Houston -- Petrochemical
Blackland Prairie
2nd

9. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
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.
An object made or altered by humans

10. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Houston -- Petrochemical
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
2nd

11. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
An object made or altered by humans
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.

12. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Blackland Prairie
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

13. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
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.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Blackland Prairie

14. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Coastal Plains
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Caddo Lake

15. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Coastal Plains
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.

16. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
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
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

17. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Horses - bison
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
El Paso

18. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

19. Archeologist
Houston -- Petrochemical
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Horses - bison

20. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Houston -- Petrochemical
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
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.

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

22. Define butte
Cattle - sheep
Cattle - sheep
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Horses - bison

23. 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.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

24. 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.
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

25. Artifact
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
An object made or altered by humans
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake

26. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Cattle - sheep
El Paso

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

28. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Cattle - sheep
An object made or altered by humans
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

29. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Houston -- Petrochemical
Blackland Prairie
An object made or altered by humans

30. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
Cattle - sheep
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Horses - bison

31. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
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.
2nd

32. Define a barter system.
Coastal Plains
Blackland Prairie
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.

33. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
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.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

34. Archeologist
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.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

35. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
An object made or altered by humans
Houston -- Petrochemical

36. What does culture include?
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs

37. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Blackland Prairie
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Caddo Lake
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

38. What does culture include?
An object made or altered by humans
Cattle - sheep
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

39. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Houston -- Petrochemical
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
An object made or altered by humans

40. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

41. What is a primary source? Give examples. A primary source is a ___. L___ - s___ - j____ - n____ - and p___ are examples of primary sources.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
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
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

42. What is a secondary source?

43. The four bordering states & country of Texas
El Paso
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Caddo Lake
Blackland Prairie

44. 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.
2nd
Blackland Prairie
Horses - bison

45. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
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.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cattle - sheep

46. Artifact
An object made or altered by humans
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

47. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Cattle - sheep
El Paso
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.

48. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Caddo Lake
Houston -- Petrochemical
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

49. Define a barter system.
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cattle - sheep
2nd
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

50. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Horses - bison