Natural Texas and Its People - TEKS Resource

What is any characteristic of the Earth's surface that was created by natural processes called?

• region

• indigenous

• physical geographic feature

• climate

What term describes a spatial area of land that is unified by a common characteristic, such as climate patterns or physical features?

• adobe

• region

• era

• elevation

What word means originating in a specific place or region?

• nomad

• native

• indigenous

• sedentary

What do you call someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home?

• sedentary

• nomad

• native

• farmer

What is the process of growing plants and raising animals for food called?

• adobe

• agriculture

• climate

• natural resources

What are sun-dried bricks made from a mixture of mud with a small amount of straw or grass called?

• adobe

• elevation

• region

• era

What term describes living or growing naturally in a particular place?

• sedentary

• nomad

• native

• indigenous

What are materials or substances that occur in nature called?

• natural resources

• climate

• region

• elevation

What is a pattern of the combination of precipitation and temperature over time called?

• era

• climate

• agriculture

• physical geographic feature

What term describes a period of time with distinct political, economic, and social characteristics?

• elevation

• region

• era

• adobe