Native Texas and its People Vocabulary - Unit 1

Geography is the study of....?

• the Earth and its physical features

• The world's economics

• Native Americans

• North America

What is this picture showing?

• Plateua

• Aquifer

• Escarpment

• Islands

Galveston Island and South Padre Island protect the coastal shoreline from erosion from hurricanes. What are these Islands called?

• Archipelagos

• Peninsulas

• Island of the Bahamas

• Barrier Islands

What is this?

• Barrier Island

• An island that protects the coastal plains from erosion

• Hawaii

• Both A and B

As you go across Texas from east to west you get higher in sea level. What is this called?

​ ​ ​ ​

• Getting taller

• Elevation

• Escarpment

• Plateau

​ (a)   is the study of the earth and the ​ (b)   on the ​Earth.

• Geography
• Algebra
• people
• Geometry
• machines
• schools

The concept of "place" in geography refers to:

• The physical characteristics of a location

• The human and physical characteristics of a location

• The latitude and longitude of a location

• The economic activities in a location

Match the following

• Barrier Islands

• Coastal Plains

• Big Bend National Park

• North Central Plains

• Palo Duro Canyon

• Mountains and Basins

• Caprock Escarpment

• Great Plains

What landform is this displaying?

• Lake

• Aquifer

• Escarpment

• Barrier Island

What is an escarpment?

• steep slope or long cliff

• a porous rock for underground water

• an elevated expanse of land

• level treeless plains