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WorksheetsTexas History Test 1
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What Texas Region will you find the city of Houston?
a)
Central Plains
b)
Great Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
2.
How many regions are there in Texas?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
3.
Which region has no subregions?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
4.
Which Texas Region is hot during the day and cold at night?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
5.
In what Texas Region will you find the city of El Paso?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
6.
What major Economic activity can you find in every Region of Texas?
a)
fruits and vegetables
b)
fishing
c)
climate
d)
oil
7.
Which Region has a climate of hot and humid Summers and mild winters?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
8.
In what Texas Region can you find the city of Lubbock?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
9.
What Texas Region has the subregion of Post Oak Belt?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
10.
Texas Region with flat, treeless plains and grasslands, Palo Duro Canyon?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
11.
Texas Region with the highest and driest point in Texas?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
12.
Which of the following rivers separates Texas from the country of Mexico?
a)
Rio Grande River
b)
Red River
c)
Sabine River
d)
Nueces River
13.
What river flows through our state capital?
a)
Colorado River
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
San Antonio River
d)
Red River
14.
The Caddo lived in which region?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
15.
Most rivers were located in which region?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
16.
Which 2 Indian tribes were nomadic and lived in the Gulf Coastal region?
a)
the Coahuiltecan and the Karankawa
b)
the Coahuiltecan and the Apache
c)
The Karankawa and the Comanche
d)
The Caddo and the Jumano
17.
Which river borders Oklahoma?
a)
The Red River
b)
The Sabine River
c)
The Brazos River
d)
The Rio Grande
18.
What is a major difference between Mountains and Basins and Coastal Regions
a)
The elevation is higher in the Mountains and Basins than the Coastal Plains
b)
The elevation is higher in the Coast Plains than the Mountains and Basins
c)
Mountains and Basins get more rain than the Coastal Plains
d)
The Coastal Plains have colder winters than the Mountains and Basins
19.
The Comanches live in which region?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Mountains and Basins
d)
Great Plains
20.
How did horses get to North America?
a)
The Spanish brought them when they settled the region
b)
Horses are native to North America
c)
There were never horses in America until the late 1800s
d)
The Native Americans sold them to the Spanish.
21.
How did the first Americans (Indians) get to North America?
a)
From Spain in a boat
b)
In a sled from Greenland
c)
By horseback from South America
d)
By crossing a land-bridge
22.
What is the definition of “nomadic”?
a)
Staying in one place and not moving.
b)
Moving from place to place with no permanent home.
c)
Riding a horse to travel somewhere
d)
People who farm the land.
23.
Where does the word “Texas” come from and what does it mean?
a)
Spanish explorers named the region after a town in Spain.
b)
The state was named after a famous French explorer.
c)
The Caddo tribe named Texas and the word means "friendship"
d)
The Comanche tribe named it and the word means "happy"
24.
What did the Apache and Comanche tribes use in order to become great warriors?
a)
The horse
b)
The cow
c)
A dog
d)
A lion
25.
Describe the Indian tribes (Jumanos) that lived in the Mountains and Basins region
a)
Nomadic, farmers, lived in adobe houses
b)
Sedentary, farmers and lived in adobe houses
c)
Nomadic, hunted buffalo, and lived in teepees
d)
Nomadic, fished from ocean, and lived in wigwams
26.
What natural resource is the greatest influence on where people choose to settle?
a)
Trees
b)
Climate
c)
Water
d)
Escarpments
27.
What is the significance of the Caddo Indians?
a)
They were the most advanced tribe with farming and society
b)
They were nomadic fishermen who invented canoes
c)
They were fierce warriors who defended their land
d)
They fled the Spaniards and created a new home in West Texas
28.
What is the significance of the Karankawa Indians?
a)
They were the most advanced tribe with farming and society
b)
They were nomadic fishermen who invented canoes
c)
They were fierce warriors who defended their land
d)
They fled the Spaniards and created a new home in West Texas
29.
What is the significance of the Comanche Indians?
a)
They were the most advanced tribe with farming and society
b)
They were nomadic fishermen who invented canoes
c)
They were fierce warriors who defended their land
d)
They fled the Spaniards and created a new home in West Texas
30.
Which of the following were considered savages?
a)
Cuahuiltecans
b)
Karankawas
c)
Caddo
d)
none of the above
31.
What effect did the environment have on Native American housing?
a)
They built houses depending on the weather
b)
They built houses with materials found nearby
c)
They built houses under trees to protect them from the weather
d)
They built houses on hills to protest them from wild animals
32.
Native American diets consisted of...
a)
foods that were considered mostly healthy.
b)
foods that could be found in the immediate area.
c)
anything that was left over from wild animals.
d)
low calorie/high fiber foods
33.
Why were the homes of the Caddo more elaborate and better built than the homes of the Comanche?
a)
The Caddo were farmers and stayed in one place.
b)
The Caddo were a wealthy tribe and could afford better homes.
c)
They were forced to build better homes because of storms that frequented the area.
d)
The Comanche tended to have smaller families and didn't need bigger homes.
34.
Comanches and Apaches were located in
a)
Gulf Coast
b)
Plains
c)
Pueblo
d)
Southeastern
35.
What does region mean?
a)
Traditions beliefs, language, and arts of a particular group
b)
The site or position of a place or thing
c)
An area that is unified by one or more common characteristics
d)
To find a way to pass over or along an area of land
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