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Regions of Texas

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What region is highlighted below?

a)

North Central Plains

b)

Gulf Coastal Plains

c)

Mountains and Basins

d)

Great Plains

2.

What region is highlighted below?

a)

North Central Plains

b)

Gulf Coast Plains

c)

Mountains and Basins

d)

Great Plains

3.

What is the climate like in the Mountains and Basins region?

a)

Swamps and mashlands

b)

Flooding

c)

Dry, little precipitation

d)

20-30 inches of rainfall per year

4.

What region is highlighted below?

a)

Central Plains

b)

Gulf Coastal Plains

c)

Mountains and Basins

d)

Great Plains

5.

What is the most populated city in the Mountains and Basins region?

a)

El Paso

b)

Austin

c)

Dallas

d)

Lubbock

6.

Which of the following is NOT a major city found in the Gulf Coastal Plains?

a)

Amarillo

b)

Houston

c)

Dallas

d)

San Antonio

7.

What region is highlighted below?

a)

Central Plains

b)

Gulf Coastal Plains

c)

Mountains and Basins

d)

Great Plains

8.
What region of Texas has a high risk of hurricanes?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
High Plains
c)
Central Plains
d)
Coastal Plains
9.
What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?
a)
Red River
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
Lake Travis
d)
Colorado River
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.
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
12.
A large area of flat or nearly flat land is 
a)
a mountain
b)
a plain
c)
the ocean
d)

pretty boring place

13.
Which Texas region has beaches, pine forests, and plains?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
Coastal Plains
c)
Great Plains
d)
North Central Plains
14.

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

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Coastal Plains

15.

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

16.

Some cities in The Coastal Plains are :

a)

Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi.

b)

Ft. Worth, Denton, and Wichita Falls.

c)

Lubbock, Abilene, and Amarillo.

d)

El Paso and Fort Davis.

17.

Some cities in The Great Plains are:

a)

Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi.

b)

Austin, Dallas, and Boerne.

c)

Lubbock, Abilene, and Amarillo.

d)

El Paso and Fort Davis.

18.

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

19.
This region of Texas has the smallest population and fewest towns.
a)
North Central Plains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
Central Plains
d)
Coastal Plains
20.

Which region is known for "The Hill Country"?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

21.

Which region is most suitable for raising cattle because of the low rolling hills and ample grasslands?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

Great Plains

d)

North Central Plains

22.

Which region is known mainly for its tourism of its National Parks?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Mountain and Basins

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

23.

Which region is known as the "wool and mohair" capital?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Mountain and Basins

d)

North Central Plains

24.

Which region's economy is known for manufacturing heavy-duty trucks and engines?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Mountain and Basins

25.

The Houston Ship Channel is important because it

a)

Supplies water to Brownsville

b)

Is used to irrigate crops on the Coastal Plains

c)

Links shipping in Texas to the Gulf of Mexico

d)

Parallels railroads and Pipelines

26.

This region is best known for its red-bed clays and shales

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountain and Basins

27.

What is the geographical significance do the Pecos River and the Rio Grande River have in the Mountain and Basins Region?

a)

Both have man-made irrigation systems

b)

both include the most populous areas

c)

the two rivers nearly bound the region

d)

The two rivers are the cleanest in the state

28.

What does the E in ESPN stand for?

a)

Energy

b)

Economic

c)

Excitement

d)

Eternity

29.

What does the S in ESPN stand for?

a)

Social

b)

Secret

c)

Special

d)

Snappy

30.

What does the P in ESPN stand for?

a)

Practice

b)

Political

c)

Parts

d)

Pitiful

31.

What does the N in ESPN stand for?

a)

eNvironment

b)

energy

c)

Nation

d)

nonsense

32.

What is an aquifer?

a)

An underground layer of gravel, rock or sand that traps and holds large amounts or water

b)

underground tunnel in which vehicles can travel

c)

a tunnel to outer space

d)

above ground lake

33.

Which region do farmers rely on the rich soil and wet climate to grow rice, cotton and grains?

a)

The Great Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Mountains and Basins

d)

Coastal Plains

34.

Austin is the largest city in which region?

a)

All of Texas

b)

North Central Plains

c)

The Great Plains

d)

Mountain and Basins