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Unit 1: Regions of Texas and Native Texans

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which region in Texas has the most rivers, richest soils, the highest rainfall, and is suitable for farming?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

2.

Using the materials available to them in their environment, which tribe would have built adobe homes?

a)

Karankawa

b)

Atakapan

c)

Tonkawa

d)

Jumano

3.

In which region would you find El Paso?

a)

Central Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Great Plains

4.

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."

a)

Gulf Coast Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

Central Plains

d)

Great plains

5.

Which region has the highest elevations?

a)

Gulf Coast Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Central Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

6.

What is absolute location?

a)

The location of a place that can only be expressed through words.

b)

The location of a place that must be visible at all times.

c)

The coordinates of a particular place on the Earth's surface.

d)

The location of a particular place in relation to another place.

7.

Regions are most commonly designated by by...

a)

defining traits and food.

b)

size and weight.

c)

defining traits and size.

d)

size and color.

8.

Mr. HELP is an acronym for the 5 Themes of Geography. Choose the theme that does NOT apply to Mr. HELP.

a)

Movement

b)

Place

c)

Relation

d)

Location

9.

This is the exact location of a place.

a)

Cultural location

b)

Subregion

c)

Absolute location

d)

Relative location

10.

Which of the following best describes Human-Environment Interaction?

a)

This is how cultures affect generations to come.

b)

This is how people change culturally from one place to another.

c)

This is how people adapt to and change their environment.

d)

This is the play people move from one place to another.

11.

What does it mean to adapt?

a)

To adjust to the conditions of an environment to make suitable for oneself.

b)

The location of people and places.

c)

To move from one place to another in search of food.

d)

To modify an environment in order to make it more difficult for others to survive.

12.

In which region would you find Dallas and Witchita Falls?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Gulf Coast Plains

13.

In which region would you find Amarillo?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Central Plains

c)

Mountains and Basins

d)

Gulf Coast Plains

14.

What region would be the home of the American alligator?

a)

Mountians and Basins

b)

Gulf Coast Plains

c)

Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

15.

What is a basin?

a)

A large area of land that is higher than the land surrounding it.

b)

A large area of land that is lower than the land surrounding it.

c)

An area that is covered in rolling hills.

d)

An underground watersource that is drilled for wells.

16.

Which of the following resources is not associated with the Gulf Coast Plains?

a)

limestone

b)

fish

c)

natural gas

d)

shrimp

17.

In which region would you find Guadalupe Peak and Big Bend National Park?

a)

Gulf Coast Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

Great Plains

d)

Central Plains

18.

Which culture of Native Texans would NOT have settled, but would roamed to hunt buffalo?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Central Plains

c)

Gulf Coast Plains

d)

Mountians and Basins

19.

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 -

a)

Movement

b)

Human-Environment Relations

c)

Place

d)

Location

20.

The study of the physical and cultural features on Earth including the relationship between people and their environment is called...

a)

Place

b)

Region

c)

Geograaphy

d)

Movement

21.

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...

a)

Latitude south of the equator.

b)

Relative location to the Gulf of Mexico.

c)

High elevation above sea level.

d)

Longitude west of the Mississippi river.

22.

Which of the following is an example of human characteristics?

I. a building

II. the clothes people wear

III. grass and trees

IV. language

a)

I only

b)

II and III

c)

III and IV

d)

I and III

e)

I, II, and IV

23.

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

a)

I only

b)

II and III

c)

III and IV

d)

I and II

e)

III only

24.

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?

a)

Austin

b)

Houston

c)

Brownsville

d)

Both Houston and Brownsville

25.

The time period before written history is called...

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Extinct

c)

Ancient

d)

Prehistoric

26.

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?

a)

Great Plains, Mountains and Basins, Central Plains, Gulf Coast Plains

b)

Mountians and Basins, Great Plains, Central Plains, Gulf Coast Plains

c)

Mountians and Basins, Central Plains, Great Plains, Gulf Coast Plains

d)

Gulf Coast Plains, Central Plains, Great Plains, and Mountains and Basins

27.

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?

a)

In areas with less percipitation, the population is high.

b)

In areas with less precipitation, the populaiton is low.

c)

In areas with less precipitation the population is about the same.

d)

Population is not connected to climate.

28.

The Rio Grande is Located _______________ of Texas

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

d)

East

29.

The Red River, Sabine River, Rio Grande

a)

form the natural borders of Texas

b)

Prohibit the irrigation of cash crops in Texas

c)

create economic opportunities in the Panhandle of Texas

d)

transport goods to northern Texas

30.

What region has Major port ships and huge oil economy

a)

Gulf Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains & Basins

31.

A citizen, when asked how much it rained here, replied simply, 'Mister, it don't'


What region is this?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Gulf Coastal Plains

32.

The Mountains and Basins has which of the following

a)

mountain terrains

b)

coastal communities

c)

abundant rainfall

d)

numerous rivers

33.

Most oil refineries in Texas are located in the ______________

a)

Great Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Gulf Coastal Region

34.

Coastal Plains = Oil


? = Ranching

a)

Great Plains & North Central Plains

b)

Gulf Coastal Region & Mountain and Basins

c)

North Central Plains & Mountains and Basins

35.

What type of business would benefit most from the geography of Coastal Plains?

a)

Winter coat and boot factory

b)

Grocery and home goods store

c)

Computer and cell phone manufacturer

d)

Fishing and sporting good store

36.

What has the biggest economical impact in Texas

a)

Political campaigns

b)

Services

c)

Agricultural production

d)

Industries

37.

American Indians are diverse in Texas by

a)

Shared beliefs

b)

A difference in customs

c)

Similar lifestyles

d)

One common language

38.

Water levels in the Great Plains decline - what is the effect (outcome)?

a)

The cost of petroleum will increase

b)

Agriculture in the Great plains decline

c)

The population in the Great plains will increase

d)

Recreational water sports will not be allowed

39.

What is more likely to affect Texas when it comes to Extreme Weather conditions

a)

Typhoon

b)

Tsunami

c)

Earthquake

d)

Hurricane

40.

The following coordinates 29.7N-95.4W-30.2N

a)

Absolute Location

b)

approximate location

c)

study of culture

d)

Weather patterns

41.

True or False?

East Texas is home to a majority of Texans?

a)

True

b)

False

42.

What contributed to the development of major cities along rivers?

a)

Source of Fresh Water

b)

Precious Metals

c)

Cultural Diversity

d)

Timber

43.

What is the capital of Texas?

a)

San Antonio

b)

Texas

c)

Austin

d)

Houston

44.

Why is buffalo important to the American Indian people?

a)

Provides protection

b)

Buffalo stampedes

c)

Food, Shelter, and tools

d)

fought each other

45.

What is a Sedentary?

a)

Moving

b)

Involving little or no physical activity