Texas History
What region of Texas receives the highest amount of rain each year?
a) Mountains and Basins
b) High Plains
c) Central Plains
d) Coastal Plains
d) Coastal Plains
Some scientists think the plague arrived in Europe from
a) ships
b) airplanes
c) camel caravans
d) trains
a) Ships
True or False?
Aquifers hold more than 95% of the earth's freshwater supply.
False - Lakes hold more than 95% of the earth's freshwater supply.
What is the term for the unique way of life of a group of people?
A. culture
B. civilization
C. trade
D. technology
A. culture
Which of the following was most responsible for bringing an end to the era of the wide-open western frontier?
A. the railroad
B. barbed wire
C. sheep ranching
D. bonanza farming
A. the railroad
What region is home to the bald eagle, armadillo, horned lizard, and the white-tailed deer?
A) Mountain and Basins
B) Central Plains
C) Coastal Plains
D) High Plains
B) Central Plains
An estimated ___ of Europe's population died due to the plague.
a) 1/4
b) 2/3
c) 1/3
d) 80%
c) 1/3
True or False?
The earth's surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean is called the continental shelf.
True!
What are trade, specialized work, government, record keeping, and advanced technology characteristics of?
A. culture
B. barter
C. civilization
C. civilization
Which of the following was not central to the life and culture of the Plains Indians in the 1800s?
A. the horse
B. the buffalo
C. the extended family
D. land ownership
D. landownership
What region of Texas is also known as the "Hill Country?"
A) Mountains and Basins
B) High Plains
C) Central Plains
D) Coastal Plains
C) Central Plains
The Crusades changed Europe by
a) forcing the Turks to give up Palestine
b) leading to increased trade with Asia.
c) again allowing pilgrimages to the Holy Land
d) introducing Europeans to military life
b) leading to increased trade with Asia.
Moving pieces under the earth's surface that form the earth's crust are called
A. landforms
B. epicenters
C. internal forces
d. tectonic plates
d. tectonic plates
What was the system of writing that that the Sumerian scribes created?
A. Catal Huyuk
B. Cuneiform
C. Hieroglyphics
B. Cuneiform
______ invented the typewriter
A. Edwin L Drake
B. Henry Bessemer
C. Christopher Sholes
C. Christopher Sholes
Located in the Mountains and Basins, what is the highest point in Texas?
A) Davis Mountains
B) Chisos Mountains
C) Guadalupe Peak
D) Rocky Mountains
C) Guadalupe Peak
Feudal System is an exchange of ____ for ____.
a) money for food
b) protection for land
c) spices for wool
d) meat for grain
b) protection for land
A seismograph measures the size of the waves caused by
A. a fault
B. an earthquake
C. a volcano
D. a tsunami
B. an earthquake
This is a series of rulers, all from the same family.
A. monarchy
B. dynasty
C. empire
B. dynasty
_____ developed an efficient technique for transforming iron into steel.
A. Thomas Alva Edison
B. Henry Bessemer
C. Edwin L. Drake
B. Henry Bessemer
The Red River makes the border on the Northern Part of Texas.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE
A) TRUE
The main cause of the Feudal System was -
a) Invasions by Vikings
b) Kings wanted slaves
c) Way to end fighting
d) Church could organize parishes
a) Invasions by Vikings
A giant ocean wave that is sometimes caused by an earthquake is called
A. a tsunami
B. a high tide
C. an epicenter
D. a Ring of Fire
A. a tsunami
This is a belief in many gods.
A. Monotheism
B. Polytheism
C. Atheism
B. Polytheism
_______ developed an entire system for producing and distributing electrical power and organized power plants around the nation.
A. Edwin L Drake
B. Alexander Graham Bell
C. Thomas Alva Edison
C. Thomas Alva Edison