What is the climate in the Mountains and Basins like?

It's not too hot, not too cold, all you need is a light jacket.

Why does the Great Plains region have a cooler temperature than other Texas regions?

because the Great Plains is higher in elevation

because the Great Plains is closest to the equator

because the Great Plains is a flat land with very little vegetation

because the Great Plains is right next to the Gulf of Mexico

an island that acts as a barrier between land and sea.

What correctly describes the Mountains and Basins region?

Least amount of rain and least populated

More people live here than in any other region

Areas of land with physical features that set them apart from other areas of land

A group of people with a shared set of beliefs, goals and religious customs.

Someone that moves around from place to place.

Someone who lives in one place.

Which two groups were nomads along the Gulf Coast in the Coastal Plains Region?

The Coahuiltecan and the Karankawa

What is the definition of “nomadic”?

Moving from place to place with no permanent home.

Staying in one place and not moving.

Riding a horse to travel somewhere

Why do historians divide the past into eras?

A. Examine time periods with greater ease

A. To include as many historical events as possible

A. Limit the number of facts taught within a unit

A. Improve the development of timelines

What do we mean when we say, “Indians had to adapt to their environment?”

Indians used resources around where they lived in order to survive

All Indians moved to where the land was easy to farm.

Some tribes gave women more rights and privileges

Sedentary Indians did not survive as long as Indians that were nomadic.

The Indians in the Gulf Coast can be described as _________________ and _______________/________________

Sedentary and hunters/gatherers

Describe the Indian tribes (Jumanos) that lived in the Mountains and Basins region

Sedentary, farmers and lived in adobe houses

Nomadic, farmers, lived in adobe houses

Nomadic, hunted buffalo, and lived in teepees

Nomadic, fished from ocean, and lived in wigwams

Why is Natural Texas and Its People considered an era in Texas?

It defines a time for study of both geographic causes and historical effects on Texas history.

It is recognized by American Indians as their only historical era.

It is a time that defines Texas culture today.

It introduces the first contacts between all native groups and Europeans.

When traveling from east to west across the state of Texas, which of the following describes the changes in physical geography that occur?

Wide open prairies span all across Texas.

Canyons and basins turn into coastal plains.

Which of the following describes the population patterns of Texas during the Natural Texas and Its People era?

Nomadic groups inhabited the Plains region and settled groups lived in East Texas.

American Indian tribes were most populous along the border with Mexico.

Large cities were located in the Gulf Coastal Plain and Great Plains region.

Most of the population was concentrated in the Mountain and Basin region.

Using the information from the population charts, which of the following is TRUE of both the U.S. population and the American Indian population in the 1900s?

Where the U.S. population slowly increased, the American Indian population rapidly increased in the second half of the century.

Each gradually increased each year.

U.S. population is about the same as the American Indian population.

Both populations decreased during the first half of the century.

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