Social studies

What is the difference between nomadic and sedentary?

• Sedentary stays where they live and nomadic travels place to place.

• Sedentary moves from place to place and nomadic stays where they live.

• Sedentary is to discourage someone from doing something and nomadic is to encourage someone to do something.

• Sedentary is a boundary that separates two or more places and nomadic means everything is together.

Which region is described as being hot and dry with very little rainfall?

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Gulf Coastal Plains

Which region has marshy coastal land and forest?

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Gulf Central Plains

Which region contains the Palo Duro Canyon, Balcones Escarpment, Amarillo and underwater sources for farming?

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Gulf Central Plains

What region of Texas is Houston in?

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Gulf Central Plains

Whic region includes the major city of Fort Worth and has rolling prairies used for farming?

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Gulf Central Plains

Which region includes beaches and coastlines?

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Gulf Central Plains

If the Ogallala aquifer (a major water source located in the Great plains becomes dry, what can we predict might happen to the region?

• Farming will increase

• Farming with decrease

• People will be attracted to the region

• People will be deterred from moving to the region

How do the geographic factors of a region determine or contribute to economic development?

• Geographic features can attract people to a region which would increase economic development

• Geographic features can deter people from a region which would increase economic development

• Geographic features can attract people to a region which would decrease economic development

• Geographic features can deter people from a region which would have no impact on economic development

Which major city is location in the Mountains and Basins region?

• Houston

• Dallas

• El Paso

• Austin