Chapter 2 Vocabulary Test TEXAS REGIONS

1. Prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening

• mainland
• desert
• livestock
• cultivate

2. farm animals that are raised

• Lignite
• livestock
• cultivate
• port

3. Object (such as a building, or mountain) that stands out from the area around it and can be used to navigate by; very important place, event, etc.

• livestock
• cultivate
• landmark
• mainland

4. A small frontier store

• inland
• port
• trading post
• Lignite

6. A soft, brownish-black coal

• Lignite
• livestock
• inland
• mainland

7. An area that is a main part of a continent

• cultivate
• mainland
• inland
• plain

9. A boundary line is a trading post.

• True
• False

10. An area that receives less than 10 inches or 25 centimeters of rain or precipitation per year is a desert.

• True
• False

11. Away from the coast or ocean is inland.

• True
• False

12. A place where ships can load or unload cargo is a port.

• True
• False