North Central and Coastal Plains Review

The North Central Plains is an interior region of ____________ plains between the Caprock and Balcones Escarpments.

• rolling

• flat

• hilly

• desert

______________ dominates the economy of the North Central Plains.

• Cattle Ranching

• Technology

• Tourism

• Manufacturing

A variety of crops are grown in this region because there is more ________ than on the Great Plains.

• rainfall

• sunlight

• wind

• temperature

The __________ Plains is the largest section of the North Central Plains.

• Grand

• Great

• Green

• Rolling

Thunderstorms occur year-round, and ____________ are most common in the spring.

• tornadoes

• hurricanes

• blizzards

• earthquakes

The landscape includes hills, _______, and buttes.

• mesas

• valleys

• rivers

• forests

Cattle, sheep, and goats graze in the ________ section.

• eastern

• northern

• southern

• western

Cotton, wheat, peaches, and pecans are grown farther _________.

• north

• south

• east

• west

True or False - the Grand Prairie, flanked on either side by the Western and Eastern Cross Timbers.

• True

• False

Oak, hickory, _________, and elm trees grow in the Cross Timbers.

• pecan

• pine

• maple

• birch