Studying Geography

Chapter 2 Lesson 1 Geography of Texas

Multiple Choice

Texas is....

• 1st largest

• 10th largest

• 2nd largest

• 25th largest

Geography

• 2nd largest state in U.S.
  

• western hemisphere
  

• southwest U.S.
  

Elements of Texas Geography

• relative location matters, Gulf of Mexico provides oil, fishing, tourism, and shipping
  

• physical characteristics- landforms, climate, plants, animals
  

• human characteristics- language, religion, architecture
  

• geographers look at land at climate and events-Hamilton Pool in Travis Co. revealed by erosion
  

Hamilton Pool, Travis Co. Texas

Multiple Choice

Which are considered physical characteristics?

• language, religion, and architecture

• landforms, climate, plants, animals

• oil, fishing, shipping, tourism

Geographers

• study people, ideas, and goods move
  

• Examples: transportation systems like railroads, 1900 Galveston Storm, or stil effects crop types
  

Fill in the Blank

What year did a hurricane destroy Galveston so they created a seawall?

Changing population

• 26 million people
  

• Texas changed more every decade that entire U.S.
  

• very diverse
  

Where do Texans live?

• Dallas-started as cotton market and grew after oil
  

• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro has 6.7 million people
  

• Fort Worth- military outpost, became big for cattle industry after railroads
  

• Arlington- known for industry, General Motors
  

• Angus and Lometa- small rural towns
  

Multiple Choice

What caused Ft. Worth to boom into a thriving cattle industry?

• oil

• cotton

• Civil War

• railroads