This man is currently the president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
100
These two national parks are located in the Mountains and Basin region of Texas.
What are Big Bend National Park and Guadalupe Mountains National Park?
100
This fancy French name is the word we use for a storage place for water.
What is reservoir?
100
This religion is the most widely practiced in Texas.
What is Roman Catholic?
100
Mexico opposed statehood for Texas for this reason.
What was to prevent the further expansion and growth of Texas?
200
This man was the first president of the United States of America.
What was George Washington?
200
This huge mountain chain stretches from Canada into Texas.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
200
This is a place that is ruled by another country.
What is a colony?
200
This kind of business might be a good one to have at The Highlands School if you were an entrepreneur.
What is (====)? (You tell me!)
200
The fight for the independence of Texas was fought in what was at one time this Spanish mission.
What is the Alamo, or San Antonio de Valero?
300
This man currently serves as the governor of Texas.
Who is Rick Perry?
300
The capital of the United States of America is located here.
What is Washington, District of Columbia, (DC)?
300
Here are three examples of renewable resources found in our state.
What are forests, soil, and water?
300
This word refers to a practice of saving our natural resources, so we do not run out of them, or pollute them to the point they are no longer of use.
What is conservation?
300
These are the four major battles in the struggle for Texas independence from Mexico.
What are Gonzalez, Goliad, The Alamo, and San Jacinto?
400
This man was the first elected president of the Republic of Texas.
Who is Sam Houston?
400
These four states border Texas.
What are New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana?
400
In one of these, and there are many of these located near Houston, crude oil is separated into parts to be used.
What is a refinery?
400
Because Sam Houston had called Texas “a rising star among nations," this idea was spread using what item in Texas?
What is the state flag?
400
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal for businesses to treat people differently based on these three things.
What are race, gender, and religion?
500
These were the most important people in the fight for Texas independence.
Who are Crockett, Bowie, Bonham, Travis, Fannin?
500
The Mississippi River begins in this northern state, home of Fr. Michael Sullivan.
What is Minnesota, yah!
500
This government document explains the three branches of state government, the duties of each branch, and describes the rights of the state’s citizens.
What is the Texas Constitution?
500
This agricultural idea is the practice of using pipes or ditches to bring water to dry fields. It is important during times of drought, when there is little water for crops
What is irrigation?
500
These two nicknames were given to the South and the Confederate troops during the Civil War.