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Unit 1 Test Review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A primary source is

a)

information created by someone who researched the event

b)

information created by someone who was there

c)

information created by someone interviewing another person for a book

d)

information created by someone who read textbooks

2.
What river creates the border between Texas and Oklahoma?
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Red River
c)
Sabine River
d)
Trinity River
3.
The Rio Grande creates the border between Texas and.....
a)
New Mexico
b)
United States
c)
Mexico
d)
Canada
4.
What large body of water borders Texas to the southeast?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Caribbean Sea
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Gulf of California
5.
Identify the area
a)
Red River
b)
Sabine River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Gulf of Mexico
6.
Identify the area
a)
Arkansas
b)
Oklahoma
c)
New Mexico
d)
Mexico
7.
Identify the area
a)
Red River
b)
Sabine River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Gulf of Mexico
8.
Identify the area
a)
Mexico
b)
Oklahoma
c)
Arkansas
d)
Louisiana
9.
Identify the area
a)
Mexico
b)
New Mexico
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Arkansas
10.
Identify the area
a)
Louisiana
b)
New Mexico
c)
Mexico
d)
Arkansas
11.
Which of these Texas cities is located in a place where hurricanes sometimes strike?
a)
El Paso
b)
Amarillo
c)
Lubbock
d)
Galveston
12.
A level area higher than the surrounding land.
a)
escarpment
b)
plateau
c)
basin
13.
The pattern of weather in a place over a long period of time.
a)
weather
b)
climate
c)
precipitation
14.

Drought has been affecting Texas' _____________

a)

mountains

b)

rivers

c)

aquifers

d)

oceans

15.
What region has a hot and humid climate and is likely to have tropical storms
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
Central Plains
d)
Great Plains
16.

What region has a dry, hot climate and is the only one to have mountains

a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
Central Plains
d)
Great Plains
17.
Which region has the cities of Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, and Corpus Christi?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Great Plains
18.

Which of the following is the Capitol of Texas?

a)

Houston

b)

Austin

c)

San Antonio

d)

Dallas

19.

The Natives living along the Gulf Coast were different from the other Native Tribes in Texas. What made the Gulf Coast Indians different?

a)

They lived in cone-shaped tents of buffalo hide.

b)

They conducted extensive trade with the Aztecs of Mexico

c)

They ate large amounts of fish, turtles, oysters, and clams.

d)

They were among the first tribes to grow wheat.

20.

All of the Native Tribes living on the Great Plains and the North Central Plains all had one thing in common. What was it?

a)

They lived off the buffalo on the Great Plains.

b)

They ate large amounts of oysters and clams.

c)

They conducted extensive trade with the Aztecs of Mexico.

d)

They were among the first tribes in North America to grow wheat.

21.

What is an era of great change sometimes called?

a)

Revolution

b)

Era of Change

c)

Timelapse

d)

Reformation

22.

Which of the following does the end of slavery represent in the United States?

a)

an inference made about the Civil War

b)

a generalization made about the Civil War

c)

an effect of the Civil War

d)

a cause of the Civil War

23.

The Comanches living on the Great Plains and the Jumanos living in West Texas had something in common. What was it?

a)

They lived in homes of sun-baked adobe brick.

b)

They lived in cone-shaped tents of buffalo hide.

c)

They grew fields of corn.

d)

They hunted buffalo.

24.

Which of these regions in Texas receives the LEAST amount of rain?

a)

Gulf Coastal Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

North Central Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

25.

mountains, plateaus, lakes, rivers, and deserts are ...

a)

governments, laws, and economies

b)

languages, religions, traditions

c)

cities, roads, and bridges

d)

natural features of the Earth

26.

After the 1900s, Galveston built a ______ to prevent another hurricane tragedy.

a)

sea wall

b)

bridge

c)

roads

d)

forest

27.

Mountains are found in the ______ of Texas.

a)

north

b)

south

c)

west

d)

east

28.

The Rolling Plains in the North Central Plains has ___

a)

heavy snow fall during the winter

b)

heavy rainfall during the winter

c)

very few to no tornadoes and thunderstorms

d)

dry winter months with little snow and rain

29.

Desert plants ____

a)

store water in their leaves

b)

require a lot of water

c)

die in the winter months

d)

do not require much sunlight

30.

A secondary source is

a)

information created by someone who was there

b)

an autobiography

c)

a textbook, for example.

d)

a journal written during the time of the event

31.

True or False: The geography of Texas has never changed. It's been the same since before dinosaurs existed.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

32.

Geography helps us understand how and why people live in certain areas. Geography also teaches us how people adapt to their environment to survive in that area.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

33.

TWO natural resources that make up the main industries of the Piney Woods area are

a)

lumber

b)

fish

c)

cotton

d)

oil

34.

The Puebloan Natives created their homes from

a)

wood

b)

adobe

c)

buffalo hides

d)

brush shelter

35.

Which Native Group acted as middlemen between different Native Groups? They helped connect the Caddo and Puebloan peoples by trading information and goods.

a)

Tigua

b)

Karankawa

c)

Apache

d)

Jumano

36.

This group had a complex agricultural society that mainly relied on corn:

a)

Caddo

b)

Apache

c)

Comanche

d)

Tigua

37.

Which region has the MOST rivers

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

North Central Plains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mountains and Basins

38.

anything found in nature that can be used by humans

a)

nonrenewable

b)

renewable

c)

natural resources

d)

fossil fuels

39.
Which of the following states has the most gas and oil?
a)
Texas
b)
California
c)
Ohio
d)
Montana
40.

a period of time noted for it's events, people, or other characteristics is called a (n) _____.

a)

century

b)

decade

c)

era

d)

millenium

41.

What is the key feature of a primary source?

a)

being found in print

b)

was made at the time being studied

c)

having no bias

d)

being an object or tool

42.

A biography written of someone after he or she died is an example of what kind of source?

a)

encyclopedia

b)

primary

c)

secondary

d)

unreliable

43.

An artifact is an example of what kind of source?

a)

encyclopedia

b)

primary

c)

secondary

d)

unreliable

44.

The study of Earth, its natural features, its people, and the ways in which they interact is called _____.

a)

astronomy

b)

cartography

c)

geology

d)

geography

45.

A natural feature of the land is called a(n) _____.

a)

climate

b)

landform

c)

elevation

d)

monument

46.

The term _____ refers to the countryside.

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

suburban

d)

metropolitan

47.

The term _____ refers to the city.

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

suburban

d)

metropolitan

48.

The economic system in which people and businesses are mostly free to make their own choices in producing and exchanging goods and services is called a _____ system.

a)

free enterprise

b)

communist

c)

socialist

d)

capitalism

49.

_____ is the traditions, beliefs, language, and arts of a particular group.

a)

Culture

b)

Diversity

c)

Science

d)

Technology

50.

One industry that provides jobs for thousands of Texans both in West Texas and in the Gulf of Mexico is the _____ industry.

a)

oil

b)

mining

c)

lumber

d)

fishing

51.

Dallas started out as a ____

a)

an oil city

b)

a logging center

c)

a cotton market

d)

a cattle shipping center

52.

The type of soil and the amount of rainwater a region receives determines an area's _____.

a)

climate

b)

economy

c)

mineral resources

d)

types of crops

53.

Texas lies in the midlatitudes, which is about midway between the Equator and _____.

a)

North America

b)

the North Pole

c)

the northern hemisphere

d)

the South Pole

54.

Extreme cold blasts of air in Texas are called _____.

a)

northers

b)

northerns

c)

fronts

d)

snowstorms

55.

Cities in South Texas are warmer because...

a)

they are closer to the Equator.

b)

Texas is hot.

c)

it rains there more.

d)

it is at sea level.

56.

Arid or dry climate conditions in the Mountains and Basins region tends to keep down _____.

a)

wildlife activity

b)

trade with Mexico

c)

oil and gas production

d)

population size

57.

One of the main uses of land in the Great Plains is _____.

a)

livestock grazing

b)

tourism

c)

mineral production

d)

citrus farming

58.

More precipitation in the North Central Plains than on the Great Plains means more _____.

a)

cattle ranching

b)

population

c)

wildlife activity

d)

crop-growing

59.

The Piney Woods support most of Texas's _____ industry.

a)

livestock

b)

shipping

c)

lumber

d)

gas

60.

The shipping and warehousing industries of the Coastal Plains grew primarily out of the region's _____ industry.

a)

oil

b)

tourist

c)

cattle

d)

lumber

61.

One feature of Puebloan culture was homes made of _____.

a)

wood

b)

adobe

c)

rock

d)

hides

62.

The Jumano operated as middlemen who _____ the eastern farming tribes and the western Pueblo peoples.

a)

united

b)

conquered

c)

traded between

d)

ruled over

63.

The main source of food for the people of the Plains was _____.

a)

bison

b)

corn

c)

alligator

d)

nuts and berries

64.

a person who moves from place to place is ____

a)

hunter-gatherer

b)

settler

c)

nomadic

d)

traveler

65.

an object made or used by humans long ago is a ___

a)

tool

b)

artifact

c)

technology

d)

stuff

66.

Geography can help answer questions about what is special or different about a place. Physical characteristics include landforms, climate, plants, and animals. Human characteristics include language, religion, architecture, music, politics, and ways of life. Learning about how people are affected by the physical and human characteristics of the area in which they live can help governments and businesses make better plans for the future.

According to the excerpt, which of the following represents a human characteristic?

a)

the 1900 Galveston Hurricane

b)

an escarpment

c)

an oak tree

d)

the old Catholic missions located in San Antonio

67.


What do Texans do with some of the land that is not suitable for growing crops?

a)

They use it as wildlife preserves.

b)

They burn off the scrub grasses to restore the farmland.

c)

They use it to raise livestock

d)

They turn into aquifers to help irrigate the farmland.

68.

Texas is located about midway between the Equator and the North Pole. Which term refers to this location?

a)

the faultline

b)

escarpments

c)

midaltitudes

d)

middle earth

69.

An occurrence of severe wind erosion is called

a)

climate

b)

norther

c)

dust storm

d)

hurricane

70.

Geography influences the way people

a)

dress and build their shelters

b)

what foods they eat

c)

what industries a region has

d)

all of these options