WorksheetsUnit 1: Regions of Texas and Native Texans
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
Which region in Texas has the most rivers, richest soils, the highest rainfall, and is suitable for farming?
Coastal Plains
Mountains and Basins
Central Plains
Great Plains
Using the materials available to them in their environment, which tribe would have built adobe homes?
Karankawa
Atakapan
Tonkawa
Jumano
In which region would you find El Paso?
Central Plains
Mountains and Basins
Coastal Plains
Great Plains
Which region is best described in the following quote, "These violent sand storms are worse now than I have ever seen them...I worry that with the way this has been carrying on that this year's wheat harvest will suffer."
Gulf Coast Plains
Mountains and Basins
Central Plains
Great plains
Which region has the highest elevations?
Gulf Coast Plains
Great Plains
Central Plains
Mountains and Basins
What is absolute location?
The location of a place that can only be expressed through words.
The location of a place that must be visible at all times.
The coordinates of a particular place on the Earth's surface.
The location of a particular place in relation to another place.
Regions are most commonly designated by by...
defining traits and food.
size and weight.
defining traits and size.
size and color.
Mr. HELP is an acronym for the 5 Themes of Geography. Choose the theme that does NOT apply to Mr. HELP.
Movement
Place
Relation
Location
This is the exact location of a place.
Cultural location
Subregion
Absolute location
Relative location
Which of the following best describes Human-Environment Interaction?
This is how cultures affect generations to come.
This is how people change culturally from one place to another.
This is how people adapt to and change their environment.
This is the play people move from one place to another.
What does it mean to adapt?
To adjust to the conditions of an environment to make suitable for oneself.
The location of people and places.
To move from one place to another in search of food.
To modify an environment in order to make it more difficult for others to survive.
In which region would you find Dallas and Witchita Falls?
Mountains and Basins
Central Plains
Great Plains
Gulf Coast Plains
In which region would you find Amarillo?
Great Plains
Central Plains
Mountains and Basins
Gulf Coast Plains
What region would be the home of the American alligator?
Mountians and Basins
Gulf Coast Plains
Central Plains
Great Plains
What is a basin?
A large area of land that is higher than the land surrounding it.
A large area of land that is lower than the land surrounding it.
An area that is covered in rolling hills.
An underground watersource that is drilled for wells.
Which of the following resources is not associated with the Gulf Coast Plains?
limestone
fish
natural gas
shrimp
In which region would you find Guadalupe Peak and Big Bend National Park?
Gulf Coast Plains
Mountains and Basins
Great Plains
Central Plains
Which culture of Native Texans would NOT have settled, but would roamed to hunt buffalo?
Great Plains
Central Plains
Gulf Coast Plains
Mountians and Basins
Use this image and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question. Building the Galveston seawall to reduce the damage casued by tropical storms is an example of -
Movement
Human-Environment Relations
Place
Location
The study of the physical and cultural features on Earth including the relationship between people and their environment is called...
Place
Region
Geograaphy
Movement
The constant humidity and lower temperatures of the Gulf Coast Plains region, as compared to the Great Plains region is mostly a result of its...
Latitude south of the equator.
Relative location to the Gulf of Mexico.
High elevation above sea level.
Longitude west of the Mississippi river.
Which of the following is an example of human characteristics?
I. a building
II. the clothes people wear
III. grass and trees
IV. language
I only
II and III
III and IV
I and III
I, II, and IV
Which of the following is an example of a physical characterisitc of an area?
I. a building
II. the music people listen to
III. grass and trees
IV. an iphone
I only
II and III
III and IV
I and II
III only
Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.
Weather forecasters should issue an emergency warning for which of the following cities?
Austin
Houston
Brownsville
Both Houston and Brownsville
The time period before written history is called...
Mesoamerica
Extinct
Ancient
Prehistoric
Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following question.
Which of the following lables the four regions of Texas correctly?
Great Plains, Mountains and Basins, Central Plains, Gulf Coast Plains
Mountians and Basins, Great Plains, Central Plains, Gulf Coast Plains
Mountians and Basins, Central Plains, Great Plains, Gulf Coast Plains
Gulf Coast Plains, Central Plains, Great Plains, and Mountains and Basins
Use the maps and your knowledge of social studies to answer the question.
Compare the data shown on the maps. Which of the following statements is correct?
In areas with less percipitation, the population is high.
In areas with less precipitation, the populaiton is low.
In areas with less precipitation the population is about the same.
Population is not connected to climate.
The Rio Grande is Located _______________ of Texas
North
South
West
East
The Red River, Sabine River, Rio Grande
form the natural borders of Texas
Prohibit the irrigation of cash crops in Texas
create economic opportunities in the Panhandle of Texas
transport goods to northern Texas
What region has Major port ships and huge oil economy
Gulf Coastal Plains
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains & Basins
A citizen, when asked how much it rained here, replied simply, 'Mister, it don't'
What region is this?
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
North Central Plains
Gulf Coastal Plains
The Mountains and Basins has which of the following
mountain terrains
coastal communities
abundant rainfall
numerous rivers
Most oil refineries in Texas are located in the ______________
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
North Central Plains
Gulf Coastal Region
Coastal Plains = Oil
? = Ranching
Great Plains & North Central Plains
Gulf Coastal Region & Mountain and Basins
North Central Plains & Mountains and Basins
What type of business would benefit most from the geography of Coastal Plains?
Winter coat and boot factory
Grocery and home goods store
Computer and cell phone manufacturer
Fishing and sporting good store
What has the biggest economical impact in Texas
Political campaigns
Services
Agricultural production
Industries
American Indians are diverse in Texas by
Shared beliefs
A difference in customs
Similar lifestyles
One common language
Water levels in the Great Plains decline - what is the effect (outcome)?
The cost of petroleum will increase
Agriculture in the Great plains decline
The population in the Great plains will increase
Recreational water sports will not be allowed
What is more likely to affect Texas when it comes to Extreme Weather conditions
Typhoon
Tsunami
Earthquake
Hurricane
The following coordinates 29.7N-95.4W-30.2N
Absolute Location
approximate location
study of culture
Weather patterns
True or False?
East Texas is home to a majority of Texans?
True
False
What contributed to the development of major cities along rivers?
Source of Fresh Water
Precious Metals
Cultural Diversity
Timber
What is the capital of Texas?
San Antonio
Texas
Austin
Houston
Why is buffalo important to the American Indian people?
Provides protection
Buffalo stampedes
Food, Shelter, and tools
fought each other
What is a Sedentary?
Moving
Involving little or no physical activity
