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Study Guide 1:Texas History: Unit 1 Resions & Native Americans

Total questions: 107

Worksheet time: 2hrs 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a characteristic of a Native Texan group that is nomadic?

a)

Sedentary

b)

Hunters/Gatherers

c)

Adobe villages

d)

Farmers

2.

How many natural regions are found in Texas?

a)

3

b)

8

c)

6

d)

4

3.

How did horses get to North America

a)

Spanish brought them

b)

They were already here

c)

They crossed the land-bridge from Asia

d)

Brought up from Mexico

4.

Which tribe is described: Lived in Mountains and Basins, Sedentary, Farmers, Lived in adobe houses

a)

Jumano

b)

Comanche

c)

Apache

d)

Caddo

5.

Describe the mountains and basins region?

a)

Desert and little rain

b)

Lots of rain

c)

Lots of hills and prairies

d)

Access to water

6.

What do you know about the Coastal region of Texas?

a)

Doesn't rain a lot

b)

Most populated

c)

Lots of tornados

d)

Snows a lot

7.

Why were some Native American tribes nomadic?

a)

They farmed

b)

They traded with other tribes

c)

They fought with tribes

d)

They depended on the buffalo for survival

8.

Which of the following describes Native American tribes that were sedentary?

a)

Hunted animals

b)

Fished

c)

Farming

d)

Raising livestock

9.

Dry climate, least amount of precipitation

a)

Coastal region

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

10.

Which region is orange?

a)

Coastal Region

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

11.

Which region is yellow?

a)

Coastal region

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

12.

Which region is green?

a)

Coastal region

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

13.

What is an example of Texans adapting to their environment in the dry and hot regions of Texas?

a)

People cut down trees in the rainforest to build homes

b)

People built adobe houses because there were few or no trees.

c)

Families built log cabins using the many trees found on the plains.

d)

Anglo families hired Native Americans to build brick homes.

14.
What Indian tribe AND Texas region is shown in the picture?
a)
Apache/Great Plains
b)
Karankawa/Central Plains
c)
Karankawa/Coastal Plains
d)
Jumano/Mountains and Basins
15.

How did the Native Americans adapt to their environment?

a)

By relying on the natural resources and materials around them

b)

By copying European practices

c)

The Natives did not rely on natural resources

d)

By praying to their gods for food and water

16.
Mostly lived in the Mountains and Basins region
a)
Gulf Coast
b)
Plains
c)
Pueblo
d)
Southeastern
17.
Which Native American Tribe were considered skilled fisherman?
a)
Caddo
b)
Karankawa
c)
Apache
d)
Comanche
18.
Which of the following is part of a nomadic lifestyle?
a)
Setting up plots of land to grow crops.
b)
Moving south for the winter to follow the bison herd.
c)
Building houses out of mud bricks.
d)
Constructing large cities.
19.
This Native American Tribe were known as skilled horseback riders.
a)
Comanche
b)
Kickapoo
c)
Caddo
d)
Pueblo
20.
Which tribe used adobe to build their homes?
a)
Jumano
b)
Caddo
c)
Karankawa
d)
Waco
21.

Why was an agricultural economy, like farming, important to the natives?

a)

it wasn't- they did not use agriculture as a technology

b)

allowed the natives to maintain their nomadic lifestyle

c)

allowed the natives to be non-nomadic

d)

allowed the natives to roam the plains of Texas

22.

Which river shapes the northern part of Texas?

a)

Rio Grande river

b)

Red river

c)

Colorado river

d)

Sabine river

23.

How does the topography (natural features) change as you travel west in Texas?

a)

The elevation gets higher

b)

The precipitation (rain) is becomes greater

c)

There is no change

d)

The elevation gets lower

24.

Which river shares the border of Louisiana & Texas?

a)

Rio Grande river

b)

Sabine river

c)

Colorado river

d)

Red river

25.

The Caddo separated themselves from most other tribes by

a)

Nomad

b)

Disease

c)

Fighting

d)

Farming

26.

Of the four Texas regions, which has the highest elevation ad lowest population?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

27.

What is the largest city of the North Central Plains?

a)

Fort Worth

b)

Houston

c)

Dallas

d)

Amarillo

28.

Which one of these is NOT a Primary Source

a)

An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the Telephone.

b)

Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2

c)

A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.

d)

A biography about the 40th president, Ronald Reagan

29.

What Texas River makes up the international boundary between Mexico and the United States?

a)

Red River

b)

Rio Grande River

c)

Sabine River

d)

Sabine River

30.

Which of the following is not one of the four regions of Texas?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Pacific Plains

31.

How many natural regions are found in Texas?

a)

3

b)

8

c)

6

d)

4

32.

How did horses get to North America

a)

Spanish brought them

b)

They were already here

c)

They crossed the land-bridge from Asia

d)

Brought up from Mexico

33.

What is a characteristic of a Native Texan group that is nomadic?

a)

Sedentary

b)

Hunters/Gatherers

c)

Adobe villages

d)

Farmers

34.

Which tribe is described: Lived in Mountains and Basins, Sedentary, Farmers, Lived in adobe houses

a)

Jumano

b)

Comanche

c)

Apache

d)

Caddo

35.

Describe the mountains and basins region?

a)

Desert and little rain

b)

Lots of rain

c)

Lots of hills and prairies

d)

Access to water

36.

What do you know about the Coastal region of Texas?

a)

Doesn't rain a lot

b)

Most populated

c)

Lots of tornados

d)

Snows a lot

37.

Why were some Native American tribes nomadic?

a)

They farmed

b)

They traded with other tribes

c)

They fought with tribes

d)

They depended on the buffalo for survival

38.

Which of the following describes Native American tribes that were sedentary?

a)

Hunted animals

b)

Fished

c)

Farming

d)

Raising livestock

39.

Dry climate, least amount of precipitation

a)

Coastal region

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

40.

Which region is orange?

a)

Coastal Region

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

41.

Which region is yellow?

a)

Coastal region

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

42.

Which region is green?

a)

Coastal region

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

43.

What is an example of Texans adapting to their environment in the dry and hot regions of Texas?

a)

People cut down trees in the rainforest to build homes

b)

People built adobe houses because there were few or no trees.

c)

Families built log cabins using the many trees found on the plains.

d)

Anglo families hired Native Americans to build brick homes.

44.
What Indian tribe AND Texas region is shown in the picture?
a)
Apache/Great Plains
b)
Karankawa/Central Plains
c)
Karankawa/Coastal Plains
d)
Jumano/Mountains and Basins
45.

How did the Native Americans adapt to their environment?

a)

By relying on the natural resources and materials around them

b)

By copying European practices

c)

The Natives did not rely on natural resources

d)

By praying to their gods for food and water

46.
Mostly lived in the Mountains and Basins region
a)
Gulf Coast
b)
Plains
c)
Pueblo
d)
Southeastern
47.
Which Native American Tribe were considered skilled fisherman?
a)
Caddo
b)
Karankawa
c)
Apache
d)
Comanche
48.
Which of the following is part of a nomadic lifestyle?
a)
Setting up plots of land to grow crops.
b)
Moving south for the winter to follow the bison herd.
c)
Building houses out of mud bricks.
d)
Constructing large cities.
49.
This Native American Tribe were known as skilled horseback riders.
a)
Comanche
b)
Kickapoo
c)
Caddo
d)
Pueblo
50.
Which tribe used adobe to build their homes?
a)
Jumano
b)
Caddo
c)
Karankawa
d)
Waco
51.

Why was an agricultural economy, like farming, important to the natives?

a)

it wasn't- they did not use agriculture as a technology

b)

allowed the natives to maintain their nomadic lifestyle

c)

allowed the natives to be non-nomadic

d)

allowed the natives to roam the plains of Texas

52.

Which river shapes the northern part of Texas?

a)

Rio Grande river

b)

Red river

c)

Colorado river

d)

Sabine river

53.

How does the topography (natural features) change as you travel west in Texas?

a)

The elevation gets higher

b)

The precipitation (rain) is becomes greater

c)

There is no change

d)

The elevation gets lower

54.

Which river shares the border of Louisiana & Texas?

a)

Rio Grande river

b)

Sabine river

c)

Colorado river

d)

Red river

55.

The Caddo separated themselves from most other tribes by

a)

Nomad

b)

Disease

c)

Fighting

d)

Farming

56.

Of the four Texas regions, which has the highest elevation ad lowest population?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

57.

What is the largest city of the North Central Plains?

a)

Fort Worth

b)

Houston

c)

Dallas

d)

Amarillo

58.

Which one of these is NOT a Primary Source

a)

An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the Telephone.

b)

Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2

c)

A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.

d)

A biography about the 40th president, Ronald Reagan

59.

What Texas River makes up the international boundary between Mexico and the United States?

a)

Red River

b)

Rio Grande River

c)

Sabine River

d)

Sabine River

60.

Which of the following is not one of the four regions of Texas?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Pacific Plains

61.

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

62.

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

a)

Karankawa

b)

Atakapan

c)

Tonkawa

d)

Jumano

63.

In which region would you find El Paso?

a)

Central Plains

b)

Mountains and Basins

c)

Coastal Plains

d)

Great Plains

64.

Which region has the highest elevations?

a)

Gulf Coast Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Central Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

65.

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.

66.

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.

67.

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

68.

This is the exact location of a place.

a)

Cultural location

b)

Subregion

c)

Absolute location

d)

Relative location

69.

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.

70.

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.

71.

In which region would you find Dallas and Witchita Falls?

a)

Mountains and Basins

b)

Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Gulf Coast Plains

72.

In which region would you find Amarillo?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Central Plains

c)

Mountains and Basins

d)

Gulf Coast Plains

73.

What region would be the home of the American alligator?

a)

Mountians and Basins

b)

Gulf Coast Plains

c)

Central Plains

d)

Great Plains

74.

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.

75.

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

a)

limestone

b)

fish

c)

natural gas

d)

shrimp

76.

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

77.

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

78.

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

79.

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

80.

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.

81.

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

82.

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

83.

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

84.

The time period before written history is called...

a)

Mesoamerica

b)

Extinct

c)

Ancient

d)

Prehistoric

85.

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

86.

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.

87.

The Rio Grande is Located _______________ of Texas

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

d)

East

88.

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

89.

What region has Major port ships and huge oil economy

a)

Gulf Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains & Basins

90.

Coastal Plains = Oil


? = Ranching

a)

Great Plains & North Central Plains

b)

Gulf Coastal Region & Mountain and Basins

c)

North Central Plains & Mountains and Basins

91.

What has the biggest economical impact in Texas

a)

Political campaigns

b)

Services

c)

Agricultural production

d)

Industries

92.

American Indians are diverse in Texas by

a)

Shared beliefs

b)

A difference in customs

c)

Similar lifestyles

d)

One common language

93.

True or False?

East Texas is home to a majority of Texans?

a)

True

b)

False

94.

What contributed to the development of major cities along rivers?

a)

Source of Fresh Water

b)

Precious Metals

c)

Cultural Diversity

d)

Timber

95.

What is the capital of Texas?

a)

San Antonio

b)

Texas

c)

Austin

d)

Houston

96.

Why is buffalo important to the American Indian people?

a)

Provides protection

b)

Buffalo stampedes

c)

Food, Shelter, and tools

d)

fought each other

97.

What is a Sedentary?

a)

Moving

b)

Involving little or no physical activity

98.

Why might a Comanche settlement and a Coahuiltecan settlement be similar?

a)

Both used burial mounds to celebrate their dead.

b)

Both lived in cabins made of wood.

c)

Both left little evidence of their presence

d)

Both made pottery but it did not last.

99.

According to the map, where would the Jumano a Puebloan tribe live?

a)

II

b)

III

c)

iV

d)

I

100.

According to the map, where would the Comanche a Plains tribe live?

a)

II

b)

III

c)

IV

d)

I

101.

According to the map, where would the Coahuiltecan a Gulf tribe live?

a)

II

b)

III

c)

IV

d)

I

102.

According to the map, where would the Caddo a Southeastern tribe live?

a)

II

b)

III

c)

IV

d)

!

103.

The Tigua and the Jumanos were different than other native inhabitants of Texas because---

a)

their houses were made from adobe.

b)

their communities were led by woman.

c)

they rode horses while hunting buffalo.

d)

they grew amaranth instead of maize.

104.

The Apache and the Comanche were different than other native inhabitants of Texas because---

a)

their houses were made from adobe.

b)

their communities were led by woman.

c)

they rode horses while hunting buffalo.

d)

they grew amaranth instead of maize.

105.

What is the most arid region of Texas, it has cool nights and hot days?

a)

North Texas

b)

West Texas

c)

Central Texas

d)

Coastal Texas

106.

What group of natives most likely lived in this village?

a)

The Plains Natives

b)

The Western Gulf Natives

c)

The Puebloan Natives

d)

The Southeastern Natives

107.

What does it mean to have a surplus of food?

a)

you have more than you need.

b)

you have less than you need.

c)

you have to buy what you need.

d)

you have to eat it before it goes bad.