Chapter Test, Form A: Regions of Texas

1. The landscape of the Rolling Plains includes small plateaus called caprocks.

• True

• False

Most of the Mountains and Basins region falls in the Blackland Prairie with hot temperatures and little rainfall.

• True

• False

After the discovery of oil at Spindletop in 1901, shipping and warehousing firms became an important part of the Coastal Plains region’s economy.

• True

• False

DIRECTIONS: Modified True/False Indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F). If it is false, change the underlined word(s) to make the statement true. The location of Austin on the Rio Grande in the South Texas Plain region has led it to become the main entry point for Mexican and American trucks transporting trade products.

• True

• False

Before settlers and farmers came to the Great Plains region, Native Americans followed cattle herds and hunted them for meat and hides.

• True

• False

6. highest elevations in the state

• Coastal Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Rolling Plains

Spanish explorer Pedro de Castañeda described its High Plains as “spacious and level.”

• Coastal Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Rolling Plains

DIRECTIONS: Matching Match each item with its description. 8. cattle ranching dominates the economy

• A. Coastal Plains

• B. Mountains and Basins

• C. Great Plains

• D. North Central Plains

• E. Rolling Plains

Matching Match each item with its description. petroleum industry is a key economic activity

• Coastal Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Rolling Plains

Matching Match each item with its description. peaches and pecans grown here help make Texas a leading producer of these foods

• Coastal Plains

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Rolling Plains