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Who regulates the oil and gas industry?

• railroad commission

• governor

• oil comission

• gas station owner

The oil well known as Oil Springs is in

• Beaumont

• Houston

• Nacogdoches

• Dallas

What are the states that border Texas?

• Louisiana, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma,

• Colorado, New Mexico, Alabama, Oklahoma

• Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee ,Florida

• Louisiana, New Mexico, Alabama, Nebraska

The small state mammal

• cat

• armadillo

• squirrel

• opossium

Texas has approximately___________ square miles of land.

• 675,896

• 262,017

• 567,912

• 109,523

The state fish of Texas

• salmon

• perch

• trout

• guadalupe Bass

Two women governors of Texas

• Miriam Ferguson and Ann Richards

• Taylor Swift and Jennifer Aniston

• Mary Smith and Brittany Bailey

• Grace Whitman and Faye Ward

What are the leading exports of Texas

• sugar, crawfish, rice

• corn, wheat, peaches

• Cottons, rice, citrus fruits

• cotton, shrimp, avocado

Which part of the state has the largest counties?

• East Texas

• The panhandle

• West Texas

• South Texas

What river travels across the Edwards Plateau and through Austin on its way to the Gulf of Mexico

• Neches river

• Colorado river

• Sabine river

• Red river