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Texas Trivia

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1. Texas is the ___ largest state
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
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
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

2. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
El Paso
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Horses - bison

3. What is a secondary source?

4. Archeologist
Blackland Prairie
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
Houston -- Petrochemical

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

6. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Blackland Prairie
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
2nd

7. Name 4 seperate culture groups that anthropologists recognize in Texas.
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
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
An object made or altered by humans

8. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
Horses - bison
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

9. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
Houston -- Petrochemical
2nd
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

10. 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.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

11. What is the only natural lake 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.
Coastal Plains
Caddo Lake
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

12. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
El Paso
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
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.

13. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Blackland Prairie
Houston -- Petrochemical
El Paso
Horses - bison

14. The way of life of the Plains culture depended on which two animals?
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Horses - bison
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

15. What is the largest city in Texas and what is the basis of its economy?
Houston -- Petrochemical
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.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico

16. Define a barter system.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Horses - bison

17. What does NAFTA stand for and what countries does it include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
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.

18. What is the only natural lake of Texas?
Blackland Prairie
El Paso
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Caddo Lake

19. What is the largest and most populated region?
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Coastal Plains
Cattle - sheep
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

20. What are the three subregions of the North Central Plains?
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
Horses - bison
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
El Paso

21. What is the largest and most populated region?
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.
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Coastal Plains
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

22. What are the three border rivers of Texas?
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.
Caddo Lake
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

23. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures

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

25. Define a barter system.
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Caddo Lake
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

26. Archeologist
Coastal Plains
Coastal Plains
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

27. What does culture include?
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
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.
Caddo Lake

28. How does elevation affect the climate?For every increase of _____ feet - the temperature drops about __ degrees
Blackland Prairie
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

29. What subregion is the capital of Texas in?
Coastal Plains
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
Blackland Prairie
A document created after the event occurred by someone who wasn't an eyewitness. A secondary source uses primary sources.

30. 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.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains

31. 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.
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

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

33. Name the 4 of the tribes that were a part of the Plains culture.
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life
El Paso
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A system where one product is traded for another without money.

34. What is a secondary source?

35. 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
Cattle - sheep
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa

36. The four bordering states & country of Texas
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
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.
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

37. What does culture include?
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
An object made or altered by humans
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

38. Artifact
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.
An object made or altered by humans
North American Free Trade Agreement -- Canada - United States - Mexico
Caddo Lake

39. Explain the difference between intrastate and intetrstate.
Houston -- Petrochemical
Intrastate means from place to place in a state - while interstate means from one state to another.
Cross Timbers - Grand Prairie - Rolling Plains
Louisiana - Arkansas - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Mexico

40. Artifact
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Blackland Prairie
An object made or altered by humans
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa

41. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Blackland Prairie
Cattle - sheep
An object made or altered by humans
El Paso

42. 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
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.
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins

43. 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
An object made or altered by humans
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
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. What city do most people in the Mountains & Basins live?
El Paso
Language - customs - clothing - shelter - ways of working and playing - beliefs
An object made or altered by humans
A scientist who studies the material remains of past human life

45. List the 4 natural regions of Texas
Coastal Plains - North Central Plains - Great Plains - Mountains & Basins
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
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.

46. What is the difference between buffalo and bison?
Caddo Lake
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

47. Define butte
A flat-topped hill - smaller than a mesa
Horses - bison
Southeastern - Gulf - Pueblo - Plains cultures
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

48. What are the three subregions of the North Central 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.
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
For every increase of 1000 feet - the temperature drops about 3 degrees.

49. Texas is the ___ largest state
2nd
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.
Sabine River - Rio Grande - Red River

50. What kind(s) of livestock are raised in Texas?
Tonkawa - Apache - Comanche - Kiowa
A system where one product is traded for another without money.
Cattle - sheep
Caddo Lake