Review CardsWeek 1: Thinking Like a Texas Geographer Assessment

Front

Identify two physical characteristics of Texas and explain how each one influences settlement patterns in the state.

Back

The presence of rivers and fertile plains encourages settlement by providing water and good farmland.

Front

Do geographers use many different tools?

Back

True

Front

What can be concluded about geographers based on the passage from this week's Studies Weekly?

Back

Geographers can help solve community problems.

Front

A geographer thinks about people and how they live and work in their environment.

Back

People modify their environment to meet their needs.

Front

Which of the following does not fit the definition of "Movement"? a statue being dedicated at a park, ideas being shared, a family moving to a new state for work, building materials being shipped to a new city

Back

a statue being dedicated at a park

Front

What does region mean in this passage?

Back

an area with similar characteristics

Front

What is an example of human-environment interaction?

Back

building a skyscraper

Front

What is an example of relative location?

Back

The school is by the park