Unit 1 Natural Texas and It's People

What region of Texas is on the west side?

• Coastal Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

  
  

Which region of Texas is the largest in land area and has the most people?

• Great Plains

• Coastal Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• North Central Plains

This Native American Culture Group relied on the buffalo for their survival.

• Puebloan

• Plains

• Gulf

• Mexico

Which American Indian cultural group lived in #1 (Mountains and Basins Region)?

• Puebloan Culture

• Gulf Coastal Culture

• Plains Culture

• Appalachian Culture

Which Region would native Americans belong to if they were living next to the gulf and the ocean?

• Gulf Coastal Plains

• Great Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• North Central Plains

Which state is directly West of Texas?

• Mexico

• New Mexico

• Oklahoma

• New York

What state is touches the northest tip of Texas

• Mexico

• Arkansas

• Louisiana

• New Mexico

What large body of water is Southeast of Texas?

• Gulf of Mexico

• Pacific Ocean

• Rio Grande

• Red River

Why are most cities located in the eastern half of Texas?

• Ease of trade with Mexico

• Access to waterways

• Petroleum products were ONLY found in East Texas

• So they can be close to mountains

Why were some Native American tribes nomadic, while others established permanent communities?

• Only tribes that lived near the coast line were nomadic.

• A few tribes were vegetarian, and therefore refused to hunt.

• The tribes had to adapt to the environment in which they lived. 

• Tribes were not nomadic and all established permanent communiteis.