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Texas Regions

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Texas region has the highest elevation?

a)

North Central Plains

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

Mountains and Basins

d)

Great Plains

2.

Which Texas region has the greatest amount of precipitation?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

3.

Which Texas region is Galveston in?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

4.

What River creates the border between Texas and Mexico?

a)

The Red River

b)

The Nueces River

c)

The Sabine River

d)

The Rio Grande River

5.

Texas Region with the smallest population?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Prairies and Lakes

c)

South Texas Plains

d)

Big Bend Country

6.
Texas Region with shipping, fishing industry.
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
7.

Texas Region that is the Eastern most part and along the Gulf of Mexico

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

South Texas Plains

d)

Big Bend Country

8.

Texas Region where tourist enjoy visiting Big Bend National Park?

a)

Hill Country

b)

Panhandle Plains

c)

Prairies and Lakes

d)

Big Bend Country

9.
What large body of water borders the Coastal Plains region?
a)
Gulf of Florida
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Atlantic Ocean
10.
What major Economic activity can you find in every Region of Texas?
a)
fruits and vegetables
b)
fishing
c)
climate
d)
oil
11.
The amount of resources determines where the majority of people decide to live. 
a)
True
b)
False
12.

What Texas Region is shown in the picture?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

13.

What Texas Region is shown in the picture?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

14.

What Texas Region is shown in the picture?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

15.

What Texas Region is shown in the picture?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

16.

Fishing, Shipping, and oil are major industries in this region.

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

17.

This region is mostly desert with the least amount of rainfall in Texas.

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

18.

This region has cooler temperatures because of higher elevation. It has plateaus, mesas, and canyons.

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

19.

Some cities in The Coastal Plains are :

a)

Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi.

b)

Austin, Dallas, and Boerne.

c)

Lubbock, Abilene, and Amarillo.

d)

El Paso and Fort Davis.

20.

Some cities in The Mountains and Basins are:

a)

Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi.

b)

Austin, Dallas, and Boerne.

c)

Lubbock, Abilene, and Amarillo.

d)

El Paso and Fort Davis.

21.

Some cities in the North Central Plains are:

a)

Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi.

b)

Austin, Dallas, and Boerne

c)

Lubbock, Abilene, and Amarillo.

d)

El Paso and Fort Davis.

22.

Bluebonnets, Pecan Trees, Cedar Trees, and Oak Trees are common in the

a)

Mountains and Basins.

b)

Great Plains.

c)

North Central Plains.

d)

Coastal Plains.

23.

The vegetation in this region are mostly grasses and wheat fields.

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

24.
Palo Duro
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
25.
Located in the Mountains and Basins, what is the highest point in Texas?
a)
Davis Mountains
b)
Chisos Mountians
c)
Guadalupe Peak
d)
Rocky Mountains
26.
What region of Texas has a high risk of hurricanes?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
High Plains
c)
Central Plains
d)
Coastal Plains
27.
The Great Plains Region offered what type of economic activities?
a)
climate
b)
birds
c)
ocean
d)
farm crops
28.
What are regions?
a)
Bodies of water
b)
Areas of land with physical features that set them apart from other areas of land
c)
A group of people with a shared set of beliefs, goals and religious customs.
d)
People who study the past.
29.

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.

30.

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.

31.

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.

32.

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.