Unit 1: Regions of Texas and Native Texans

Which region in Texas has the most rivers, richest soils, the highest rainfall, and is suitable for farming?

• Coastal Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• Central Plains

• Great Plains

Using the materials available to them in their environment, which tribe would have built adobe homes?

• Karankawa

• Atakapan

• Tonkawa

• Jumano

In which region would you find El Paso?

• Central Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• Coastal Plains

• Great Plains

Which region is best described in the following quote, "These violent sand storms are worse now than I have ever seen them...I worry that with the way this has been carrying on that this year's wheat harvest will suffer."

• Gulf Coast Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• Central Plains

• Great plains

Which region has the highest elevations?

• Gulf Coast Plains

• Great Plains

• Central Plains

• Mountains and Basins

What is absolute location?

• The location of a place that can only be expressed through words.

• The location of a place that must be visible at all times.

• The coordinates of a particular place on the Earth's surface.

• The location of a particular place in relation to another place.

Regions are most commonly designated by by...

• defining traits and food.

• size and weight.

• defining traits and size.

• size and color.

Mr. HELP is an acronym for the 5 Themes of Geography. Choose the theme that does NOT apply to Mr. HELP.

• Movement

• Place

• Relation

• Location

This is the exact location of a place.

• Cultural location

• Subregion

• Absolute location

• Relative location

Which of the following best describes Human-Environment Interaction?

• This is how cultures affect generations to come.

• This is how people change culturally from one place to another.

• This is how people adapt to and change their environment.

• This is the play people move from one place to another.