Unit 1 Texas Geography Test Review

What is the definition of panoramic?

• providing a complete view from all directions

• connected; sharing an edge

• differences or variety

• the study of the characteristics of population and population segments

• a group of people who share a common racial, national, religious, language, or cultural heritage

What is the definition for contiguous?

• connected; sharing an edge

• providing a complete view from all directions

• differences or variety

• the study of the characteristics of population and population segments

• a group of people who share a common racial, national, religious, language, or cultural heritage

What is the best definition for culture?

• the set of customs, beliefs, traditions, habits, knowledge, language, and arts of a group of people

• the study of the patterns and processes that affect human interaction with the environment of earth

• the study of the natural features of the earth's surface, including land formation, climate, vegetation, animal life, soil, and water

• the study of the characteristics of population and population segments

• the way of life

The meaning of demographics is

• the study of the characteristics of population and population segments

• the set of customs, beliefs, traditions, habits, knowledge, language, and arts of a group of people

• the way of life

• the study of the patterns and processes that affect human interaction with the environment of earth

• the study of the natural features of the earth's surface, including land formation, climate, vegetation, animal life, soil, and water

The study of the patterns and processes that affect human interaction environment of earth is what kind of geography?

• human

• physical

• global

• relative

• exact

The study of the natural features of the earth's surface, including land formation, climate, vegetation, animal life, soil, and water is _______ geography.

• physical

• human

• global

• exact

• relative

A compass rose is a circle printed on a map to show

• direction

• region

• location

• mileage

• distance

The ___ Region contains the only true mountains in Texas. The Big Bend is in this region. It has a subtropic, arid climate. Its major city is El Paso, where 2/3 of the region's population lives.

Mountains and Basins

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• Coastal Plains

• High Plains

• Central Plains

Which region does not have any subsections?

• Mountains and Basins

• Central Plains

• Gulf

• Plateau

The ___ Region contains a mesa called the Llano Estacando. It has a subtropic, semiarid climate. Its primary vegetation is tall prairie grass. Major cities include Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, Del Rio, Kerrville, and Fredericksburg.

• Mountains and Basins

• Central Plains

• Coastal

• Great Plains