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Natural Texas and It's People

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the region colored in the map?
a)
North Central Plains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Great Plains
2.
What is the region colored in the map?
a)
North Central Plains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Great Plains
3.
Which city is the Capital of Texas?
a)
Austin
b)
Dallas
c)
San Antonio
d)
Houston
4.
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.
5.
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 
6.
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. 
7.
Why do historians divide the past into eras? 
a)
A.      To include as many historical events as possible
b)
A.      Limit the number of facts taught within a unit
c)
A.      Improve the development of timelines
d)
A.      Examine time periods with greater ease
8.
What do we mean when we say, “Indians had to adapt to their environment?” 
a)
All Indians moved to where the land was easy to farm.
b)
Indians used resources around where they lived in order to survive 
c)
Some tribes gave women more rights and privileges 
d)
Sedentary Indians did not survive as long as Indians that were nomadic.
9.
The Indians in the Gulf Coast can be described as _________________ and _______________/________________
a)
Sedentary and farmers
b)
Sedentary and hunters/gatherers
c)
Nomadic and farmers
d)
Nomadic and hunters/gatherers
10.
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
11.
What natural resource is the greatest influence on where people choose to settle? 
a)
Trees
b)
Climate
c)
Water
d)
Escarpments
12.
Which colored region represents the Mountains and Basins region? 
a)
Pink
b)
Blue
c)
Green
d)
Orange
13.
Which colored region represents the Coastal Plains? 
a)
Pink
b)
Blue
c)
Green
d)
Orange
14.
Which colored region represents the Great Plains? 
a)
Pink
b)
Orange
c)
Blue
d)
Green
15.
Which colored region represents the North Central Plains? 
a)
Blue
b)
Green
c)
Pink
d)
Orange
16.
What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?
a)
Red River
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Lake Travis
d)
Colorado River
17.
What correctly describes the Mountains and Basins region?
a)
Least amount of rain and least populated
b)
Most amount of rain
c)
More people live here than in any other region
d)
Largest region
18.
Which correctly describes the Coastal region of Texas? 
a)
Largest region and most amount of rain
b)
Smallest region and most amount of rain
c)
Least populated
d)
Little/no access to water
19.

What is Human characteristic

a)

describes the people of a place (past and present) and modifications people have made to the environment

b)

describes the natural environment of the place

c)

consistent and recurring characteristic of a phenomenon or problem related to the physical features of the Earth and the human activity on it

d)

the natural arrangement and diffusion of living species in different regions and places on earth

20.

What is Physical characteristic

a)

describes the people of a place (past and present) and modifications people have made to the environment

b)

the natural arrangement and diffusion of living species in different regions and places on earth

c)

describes the natural environment of the place

d)

consistent and recurring characteristic of a phenomenon or problem related to the physical features of the Earth and the human activity on it

21.

Which of the following regions would be best for a lumber industry?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

22.

Which region has the highest population, experiences the most annual rainfall, and contains the majority of the state’s lakes and rivers?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

23.

Fort Worth is located in which of the regions shown on the map?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

24.

Do physical characteristics impact the human activity in each of the four regions?

a)

True

b)

False

25.
Identify the area
a)
Red River
b)
Sabine River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Gulf of Mexico
26.
What large body of water borders Texas to the southeast?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Caribbean Sea
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Gulf of California
27.
What is it called when you roam from place to place looking for food?
a)
Nomadic
b)
Asthmatic
c)
Walkabout
d)
Lucky
28.
What was the main food source for tribes living along the coastline?
a)
Wild Dodo birds
b)
Bison/Buffalo
c)
Sticks and small stones
d)
Fish and Wild berries
29.
What was the major cause of death for Native Texan tribes?
a)
Starvation
b)
Foreign Diseases
c)
Sharks
d)
War
30.
What is the name of river that borders Texas from Oklahoma?
a)
Sabine River
b)
Rio Grande
c)
Red River
d)
Frio River
31.
Name the region that touch the Gulf of Mexico.
a)
Mountains and Basins Region
b)
North Central Plains Region
c)
Great Plains Region
d)
Coastal Plains Region
32.
What is a natural characteristic of a place?
a)
space made
b)
man made
c)
naturally occuring
d)
a painting
33.
Which area in Texas receives the least rainfall?
a)
West Texas
b)
Northeast Texas
c)
The Coast
d)
All areas receive great rainfall
34.

An area defined by similar characteristics is known as what?

a)

Geography

b)

Agriculture

c)

Economy

d)

Region

35.

A Nomadic tribe moved from place to place because...

a)

They wanted to explore

b)

They followed the Buffalo

c)

They were lost

d)

They were searching for better farming

36.

What would make a nomadic tribe settle in one place?

a)

they learned to farm

b)

they were too sick to travel

c)

they all died

d)

they raised buffalo

37.

What is adobe houses made of?

a)

straw

b)

buffalo skin

c)

clay and dirt

d)

bricks

38.

Culture is...

a)

Traditions

b)

Religion

c)

Stories

d)

All of the above

39.
What region is furthest West in Texas?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
40.
What region is furthest East in Texas?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
41.
What physical feature was MOST significant to have nearby for early settlements? 
a)
rolling hills
b)
grassy plains
c)
basins
d)
rivers/lakes
42.
materials or substances that occur in nature
a)
natural resources
b)
indigenous
c)
era
43.
Speaker A -- 
We were hunters and gatherers. We lived in domelike structures called wickiup huts that were covered with animal hides or grass. We lived near Corpus Christi and Galveston Bay. 
 Speaker B
We were highly advanced agriculturalists. We lived in large houses made of straw and grass. We were sedentary due to the rich, alluvial soil in the area.
a)
Speaker A: Gulf   
Speaker B: Southeastern 
b)
Speaker A: Southeastern  Speaker B: Plains
c)
   Speaker A: Puebloan
         Speaker B: Gulf B
d)
     Speaker A: Plains              Speaker B: Puebloan
44.

This region of Texas is the farthest region to the West which makes it much hotter and dryer than the others.

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

North Central Plains

45.

Which Native Texan tribe lived in houses like these? Which Region of Texas did they live in?

a)

Jumano, Mountains and Basins

b)

Jumano, Mountains and Basins/Great Plains

c)

Comanche, Great Plains

d)

Apache, Great Plains

46.

What is a similarity between the Coahuiltecans and Karankawas?

a)

They were primarily buffalo hunters

b)

They were mound builders

c)

They were nomads along the Gulf Coast.

d)

They were mainly farmers who traded with other tribes.

47.

What similarities do the Kiowa and the Apache share?

a)

They were nomads who depended on the buffalo for survival.

b)

They built dome shaped grass huts.

c)

They lived near the Gulf Coast and ate primarily fish and berries.

d)

They built permanent homes and farmed.

48.

While the Caddo lived in_________Texas, they were still located in the _________, where fishing was a major way of life.

a)

West..........Coastal Plain

b)

West..........Great Plain

c)

East............Coastal Plain

d)

South............Great Plain

49.

In which area did the Comanches live?

a)

Central Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

East Texas

d)

Great Plains

50.

Which of the following is TRUE of all American Indian groups in early Texas?

a)

They almost destroyed their environment by using it up and moving on.

b)

They adapted to and used their environment to meet their needs.

c)

They ignored their environment, creating ways of meeting their needs without natural resources.

d)

They used up all natural resources.