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WorksheetsStudy Guide 1:Texas History: Unit 1 Resions & Native Americans
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Worksheet time: 2hrs 34mins
What is a characteristic of a Native Texan group that is nomadic?
Sedentary
Hunters/Gatherers
Adobe villages
Farmers
How many natural regions are found in Texas?
3
8
6
4
How did horses get to North America
Spanish brought them
They were already here
They crossed the land-bridge from Asia
Brought up from Mexico
Which tribe is described: Lived in Mountains and Basins, Sedentary, Farmers, Lived in adobe houses
Jumano
Comanche
Apache
Caddo
Describe the mountains and basins region?
Desert and little rain
Lots of rain
Lots of hills and prairies
Access to water
What do you know about the Coastal region of Texas?
Doesn't rain a lot
Most populated
Lots of tornados
Snows a lot
Why were some Native American tribes nomadic?
They farmed
They traded with other tribes
They fought with tribes
They depended on the buffalo for survival
Which of the following describes Native American tribes that were sedentary?
Hunted animals
Fished
Farming
Raising livestock
Dry climate, least amount of precipitation
Coastal region
Mountains and Basins
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Which region is orange?
Coastal Region
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region is yellow?
Coastal region
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region is green?
Coastal region
Mountains and Basins
North Central Plains
Great Plains
What is an example of Texans adapting to their environment in the dry and hot regions of Texas?
People cut down trees in the rainforest to build homes
People built adobe houses because there were few or no trees.
Families built log cabins using the many trees found on the plains.
Anglo families hired Native Americans to build brick homes.
How did the Native Americans adapt to their environment?
By relying on the natural resources and materials around them
By copying European practices
The Natives did not rely on natural resources
By praying to their gods for food and water
Why was an agricultural economy, like farming, important to the natives?
it wasn't- they did not use agriculture as a technology
allowed the natives to maintain their nomadic lifestyle
allowed the natives to be non-nomadic
allowed the natives to roam the plains of Texas
Which river shapes the northern part of Texas?
Rio Grande river
Red river
Colorado river
Sabine river
How does the topography (natural features) change as you travel west in Texas?
The elevation gets higher
The precipitation (rain) is becomes greater
There is no change
The elevation gets lower
Which river shares the border of Louisiana & Texas?
Rio Grande river
Sabine river
Colorado river
Red river
The Caddo separated themselves from most other tribes by
Nomad
Disease
Fighting
Farming
Of the four Texas regions, which has the highest elevation ad lowest population?
Coastal Plains
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
What is the largest city of the North Central Plains?
Fort Worth
Houston
Dallas
Amarillo
Which one of these is NOT a Primary Source
An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the Telephone.
Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2
A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.
A biography about the 40th president, Ronald Reagan
What Texas River makes up the international boundary between Mexico and the United States?
Red River
Rio Grande River
Sabine River
Sabine River
Which of the following is not one of the four regions of Texas?
Mountains and Basins
Coastal Plains
North Central Plains
Pacific Plains
How many natural regions are found in Texas?
3
8
6
4
How did horses get to North America
Spanish brought them
They were already here
They crossed the land-bridge from Asia
Brought up from Mexico
What is a characteristic of a Native Texan group that is nomadic?
Sedentary
Hunters/Gatherers
Adobe villages
Farmers
Which tribe is described: Lived in Mountains and Basins, Sedentary, Farmers, Lived in adobe houses
Jumano
Comanche
Apache
Caddo
Describe the mountains and basins region?
Desert and little rain
Lots of rain
Lots of hills and prairies
Access to water
What do you know about the Coastal region of Texas?
Doesn't rain a lot
Most populated
Lots of tornados
Snows a lot
Why were some Native American tribes nomadic?
They farmed
They traded with other tribes
They fought with tribes
They depended on the buffalo for survival
Which of the following describes Native American tribes that were sedentary?
Hunted animals
Fished
Farming
Raising livestock
Dry climate, least amount of precipitation
Coastal region
Mountains and Basins
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Which region is orange?
Coastal Region
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region is yellow?
Coastal region
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
Which region is green?
Coastal region
Mountains and Basins
North Central Plains
Great Plains
What is an example of Texans adapting to their environment in the dry and hot regions of Texas?
People cut down trees in the rainforest to build homes
People built adobe houses because there were few or no trees.
Families built log cabins using the many trees found on the plains.
Anglo families hired Native Americans to build brick homes.
How did the Native Americans adapt to their environment?
By relying on the natural resources and materials around them
By copying European practices
The Natives did not rely on natural resources
By praying to their gods for food and water
Why was an agricultural economy, like farming, important to the natives?
it wasn't- they did not use agriculture as a technology
allowed the natives to maintain their nomadic lifestyle
allowed the natives to be non-nomadic
allowed the natives to roam the plains of Texas
Which river shapes the northern part of Texas?
Rio Grande river
Red river
Colorado river
Sabine river
How does the topography (natural features) change as you travel west in Texas?
The elevation gets higher
The precipitation (rain) is becomes greater
There is no change
The elevation gets lower
Which river shares the border of Louisiana & Texas?
Rio Grande river
Sabine river
Colorado river
Red river
The Caddo separated themselves from most other tribes by
Nomad
Disease
Fighting
Farming
Of the four Texas regions, which has the highest elevation ad lowest population?
Coastal Plains
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Mountains and Basins
What is the largest city of the North Central Plains?
Fort Worth
Houston
Dallas
Amarillo
Which one of these is NOT a Primary Source
An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the Telephone.
Anne Frank's diary describing her life during World War 2
A radio broadcast from the day the Soviet Union launched Sputnik.
A biography about the 40th president, Ronald Reagan
What Texas River makes up the international boundary between Mexico and the United States?
Red River
Rio Grande River
Sabine River
Sabine River
Which of the following is not one of the four regions of Texas?
Mountains and Basins
Coastal Plains
North Central Plains
Pacific Plains
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 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
Coastal Plains = Oil
? = Ranching
Great Plains & North Central Plains
Gulf Coastal Region & Mountain and Basins
North Central Plains & Mountains and Basins
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
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
Why might a Comanche settlement and a Coahuiltecan settlement be similar?
Both used burial mounds to celebrate their dead.
Both lived in cabins made of wood.
Both left little evidence of their presence
Both made pottery but it did not last.
According to the map, where would the Jumano a Puebloan tribe live?
II
III
iV
I
According to the map, where would the Comanche a Plains tribe live?
II
III
IV
I
According to the map, where would the Coahuiltecan a Gulf tribe live?
II
III
IV
I
According to the map, where would the Caddo a Southeastern tribe live?
II
III
IV
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The Tigua and the Jumanos were different than other native inhabitants of Texas because---
their houses were made from adobe.
their communities were led by woman.
they rode horses while hunting buffalo.
they grew amaranth instead of maize.
The Apache and the Comanche were different than other native inhabitants of Texas because---
their houses were made from adobe.
their communities were led by woman.
they rode horses while hunting buffalo.
they grew amaranth instead of maize.
What is the most arid region of Texas, it has cool nights and hot days?
North Texas
West Texas
Central Texas
Coastal Texas
What group of natives most likely lived in this village?
The Plains Natives
The Western Gulf Natives
The Puebloan Natives
The Southeastern Natives
What does it mean to have a surplus of food?
you have more than you need.
you have less than you need.
you have to buy what you need.
you have to eat it before it goes bad.
