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Texas Regions (7)

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Texas Region with the smallest population? What region would the least number of people WANT to settle?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Prairies and Lakes

c)

South Texas Plains

d)

Big Bend Country

2.

Texas Region where the cities Lubbock and Amarillo are located? (look at the picture for help!)

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Pineywoods

c)

Panhandle Plains

d)

Hill Country

3.

Texas region with shipping and fishing industry.

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

4.

Texas region that has coolest annual temperature, pretty dry, very windy. It is the region that is farthest north.

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Hill Country

c)

Panhandle Plains

d)

Big Bend Country

5.

Texas region where tourist enjoy visiting Big Bend National Park?

a)

Hill Country

b)

Panhandle Plains

c)

Prairies and Lakes

d)

Big Bend Country

6.

Why is the Big Bend Country region not good for farming?

a)

The land is too high.

b)

There is too much wildlife.

c)

The soil is too rocky.

d)

There are too many tourists.

7.
What large body of water borders the Coastal Plains region?
a)
Gulf of Florida
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Atlantic Ocean
8.

In which region would you find the highest point in TX?

a)

Big Bend Country

b)

Dallas

c)

Louisiana

d)

Coastal Plains

9.

In what region north of the Coastal Plains region do many people work in the lumber industry?

a)

South TX Plain

b)

Gulf Coast Plain

c)

Austin

d)

Piney Woods

10.

Comparing the Coastal Plains region to Panhandle Plains, you could say that:

a)

Coastal Plains is dry and known for its wheat and oil, while Panhandle Plains is rocky and known for its gulf.

b)

Coastal Plains depends on the Gulf of Mexico for much of its manufacturing and agriculture. Panhandle Plains depends on the flat land for its agriculture and oil wells.

c)

Panhandle Plains is covered in trees. Coastal Plains is covered in hills.

d)

Panhandle Plains has a huge fishing tourism industry. Coastal Plains has a huge hiking and camping industry.

11.

Austin, the Texas state capitol, is located in what region?

a)

Big Bend Country

b)

Piney Woods

c)

Hill Country

d)

Prairies and Lakes

12.

What two regions are sometimes combined together?

a)

Gulf Coast and Piney Woods

b)

Big Bend and Piney Woods

c)

South Texas Plains and Panhandle Plains

d)

Hill Country and Prairies and Lakes

13.

How are the Piney Woods and Big Bend different?

a)

One is further north than the other.

b)

Piney Woods is full of trees and rivers, Big Bend is a desert climate with mountains.

c)

One is Piney and the other is Bendy.

d)

One has plains and the other beaches.

14.

If you were going to grow citrus fruits, where would you settle?

a)

Panhandle Plains and the Piney Woods

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

Big Bend Region

d)

South Texas Plains

15.

Why do you think the state capitol (Austin) was located in the Hill Country?

a)

Access to water, central location and land to farm.

b)

Access to the Gulf of Mexico, lots of seafood.

c)

Access to woods for lumber and lakes for fish.

d)

Access to mountains and cactus.

16.

Why is the Panhandle Region called that?

a)

It looks like a pan handle and is south of the pan handle of Oklahoma.

b)

The president said it should be called that.

c)

No one knows.

d)

Texas wanted to be like Oklahoma.