Geography
This ocean borders the Texas Coastal Plains.
What is the Gulf of Mexico
This black liquid helped make Houston and Corpus Christi important cities.
What is oil
This tall grass once covered much of the Coastal Plains.
What is prairie grass?
This tribe lived along the Gulf Coast and fished for food.
Who are the Karankawa?
This Spanish explorer landed on the Texas coast in 1528.
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
The Coastal Plains stretch from this river in the south to Louisiana in the east.
What is the Rio Grande?
The Coastal Plains produce this common building material from pine trees.
What is lumber (or timber)?
This large animal, once roaming the plains, was hunted by Native tribes for food and hides.
What is the bison (buffalo)?
This tribe farmed along the rivers and lived in grass houses.
Who are the Caddo?
The Coastal Plains is home to this famous NASA space center
What is the Johnson Space Center (Houston)?
This Texas city is the largest in the Coastal Plains.
What is Houston?
Farmers in the Coastal Plains grow this major Texas crop often used for clothing.
What is cotton?
These trees, common in East Texas, are important for lumber.
What are pine trees?
The Caddo are known for inventing this word that later became the name of our state.
What is "Tejas" (meaning friend)?
The first Texas capital, located in the Coastal Plains, was this city.
What is San Antonio?
The Coastal Plains cover this fraction of Texas’ total land area
What is about 1/3?
The Coastal Plains’ fertile soil is especially good for growing this crop, a Texas food staple.
What is corn?
This animal, the state bird of Texas, is found in the Coastal Plains.
What is the mockingbird?
The Atakapa tribe ate this seafood, plentiful in the Gulf.
What are oysters, fish, or shellfish?
The Spanish built these religious settlements in the Coastal Plains.
What are missions?
This sub region of the Coastal Plains includes barrier islands and sandy beaches.
What is the Gulf Coast
Offshore drilling in the Coastal Plains taps into this natural resource besides oil.
What is natural gas?
This swampy plant habitat is common near the Gulf Coast.
What are wetlands (or marshes)?
This tribe traded pottery and bows with other Texas tribes
Who are the Caddo?
This battle, fought in the Coastal Plains, marked the end of the Texas Revolution.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?