Environment
Characteristics
The Open Range
Plains Indians
Railroad
100
What is a violent, whirling wind that moves across the ground in a narrow path?
A tornado
100
True or False - Eye color, hair color, and long legs are a learned behavior?
False - They are inherited traits
100
Describe an open range.
No fences, wide open land.
100
What animal did the Plains Indians use for their basic needs?
buffalo
100
True or False - The population in Texas decreased because of the railroad.
False. The population actually increased, which means MORE people moved to Texas during the railroad boom.
200
What do the arrows in a food chain represent?
The direction or flow of energy
200
When characteristics are passed down from parent to offspring what is this called?
inherited traits
200
What was the name of the event in which ranchers gathered stray cattle?
A round-up. They knew who the cattle belonged to by looking at the brand they had.
200
Who did the forts in Texas protect? Choose One: Plains Indians, Comanche Indians, the settlers, U.S. Army
The settlers.
200
How did the railroad boom affect goods (crops being sold)?
Goods could be transported more easily from one place to another by railroad.
300
How does a plant get its energy?
From the sun.
300
Would type of characteristic is reading a book?
Learned behavior
300
Who invented the first commercial barbed wire? a) Joseph Glidden b) Jesse Chisholm c) Jose Vasquez
a) Joseph Glidden
300
Which two groups were involved in the Red River War? Use the choices below to answer: Spaniards, Plains Indians, Jumanos, U.S. Army, Comanches
U.S. Army and the Plains Indians
300
What important resource did trains require to get from one place to another?
water
400
How might a coyote get its energy?
By eating other animals
400
Cattle moving in a cattle drive - Inherited Trait or Learned Behavior?
Learned Behavior
400
Why did ranchers like the open range for their cattle?
Because they could roam around and eat grass for free
400
Why did the U.S. government want to move the Plains Indians to a reservation?
To take over their land and use the buffalo for profit.
400
Why did towns start "popping up" near railroad tracks?
Because there was water near by and travel was easier.
500
Which industry does not belong in the Central Plains? a) cotton b) fishing c) aerospace
b) fishing
500
Define, in your own words, what a learned behavior is and give an example.
A characteristic that is learned such as reading a book or learning to swim.
500
Who was known as the "Cattle Queen of Texas"? a) Molly Goodnight b) Sally Ride c) Lizzie Johnson
c) Lizzie Johnson
500
How did life change for Plains Indians when they were forced to move to a reservation?
They were forced to stay in that one area and could not move from place to place anymore.
500
Why did cowhands begin driving cattle upward to sell them in other states?
They could get more money for their cattle in other states.
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