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Natural Texas and its People 2020 test review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
2.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
3.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
4.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
5.
What region has the cities of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, and Corpus Christi?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
High Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Central Plains
6.
What region of Texas has a high risk of hurricanes?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
High Plains
c)
Central Plains
d)
Coastal Plains
7.
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
8.
What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?
a)
Red River
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Lake Travis
d)
Colorado River
9.
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
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 where Dallas is located?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
12.
Texas Region where the city Ft. Worth is located? (the largest city in that region)
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
13.
Texas Region with the smallest population?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
14.
Texas Region where the Lake Caddo is located?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
15.
Texas Region where the cities Lubbock and Amarillo are located?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
16.
What is the climate like in the Mountains and Basins region?
a)
Cool and dry
b)
Hot and dry
c)
Hot and wet
d)
Cool and wet
17.
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.
18.
The Great Plains Region offered what type of economic activities?
a)
climate
b)
birds
c)
ocean
d)
farm crops
19.
The Red River makes the border on the Northern part of Texas.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
20.

Which region is considered the "breadbasket" of the world?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

21.

Austin, TX

a)

Great Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

22.
Palo Duro
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
23.
Name the geographic region highlighted on the map. 
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
North Central Plains
d)
Great Plains
24.
Name the geographic region highlighted on the map. 
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
25.
Name the geographic region highlighted on the map. 
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
Great Plains
c)
North Central Plains
d)
Coastal Plains
26.
Name the geographic region highlighted on the map. 
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Great Plains
c)
Mountains and Basins
d)
North Central Plains
27.
Which Texas region has beaches, pine forests, and plains?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
Coastal Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
North Central Plains
28.
The Red River acts a natural border between
a)
Texas and New Mexico
b)
Texas and Mexico
c)
Texas and Oklahoma
d)
Texas and Louisiana
29.

Why does the Coastal region have more rainfall than other Texas regions?

a)

because the coast is higher in elevation

b)

because the coast is closest to the equator

c)

because the coast is a flat land with very little vegetation

d)

because the Coastal region is right next to the Gulf of Mexico

30.
Elevation is
a)
the height above sea level
b)
flat or nearly flat land
c)
an island that acts as a barrier between land and sea.
d)
a sunken area 
31.
The highest peak in Texas is
a)
Guadalupe Peak
b)
Mount Everest
c)
Mount Kilamanjaro
d)
Chisos Mountain
32.
What is the main industry in the Texas economy?
a)
Cotton
b)
Wheat
c)
Oil
d)
Glass
33.
What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?
a)
Red River
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Lake Travis
d)
Colorado River
34.
Which region of Texas would most likely have a fishing industry?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
35.
Which of the four regions has the lowest precipitation?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
mountains and basins
c)
Great Plains
d)
North Central Plains
36.
If you live in El Paso, which region do you and I live in? 
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
37.
What is adobe?
a)
a Spanish word that means village
b)
bricks formed by clay and straw
c)
an open pit
d)
an object made by people
38.
What is a tepee?
a)
bricks formed from clay or straw
b)
an open pit
c)
a cone-shaped tent made of animal skins
d)
a wooden frame
39.
What is a nomad?
a)
a person's children and grandchildren
b)
a person who does not have a permanent home and moves from place to place to place
c)
a person who collects plants and hunts wild animals for food
d)
several groups of people who agree to work together for a common goal
40.
What region is shown in this map?  [It's often referred to as the "Texas Panhandle"]
a)
Great Plains
b)
Coastal Plains
c)
North Central Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
41.
Why did the Karankawa use the Wigwam?
a)
They were nomadic.
b)
They were hungry.
c)
They were warlike.
d)
They lived on the Great Plains.
42.

Which river create part of the border between Texas and Louisiana?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Red RIver

c)

Sabine River

d)

Nueces RIver

43.

The gulf indians adapted to their environment by

a)

moving when food ran out

b)

living in adobe homes

c)

using horse to hunt buffalo

d)

growing wheat and corn

44.

Which region is the largest and has the highest population?

a)

North central plains

b)

mountains and basins

c)

coastal plains

d)

great plains

45.

The _____ Indians lived in adobe homes.

a)

southeastern

b)

Gulf

c)

Pueblo

d)

Plains

46.

Based on your knowledge, what region did the Pueblo indians live in?

a)

great plains

b)

north central

c)

mountains and basins

d)

coastal

47.

How do humans influence history?

a)

Digging for oil and therefore creating jobs

b)

A hurricane wipes out a city

c)

Rats spread the bubonic plague

48.

Which landform creates a dramatic change in elevation and separated the coastal plains from the great plains?

a)

rio grande

b)

balcones escarpment

c)

sabine river

d)

caprock escarpment