Map tools
What map tool shows you a specific location on longitude and latitude grid?
Grid System
Pine forest in Texas helped develop which industry?
lumber
Why was Texas mostly rural before the 1920s?
Their economy depended mostly on agriculture.
I am neighbors with the Gulf of Mexico and receive
20 -30 inches of rain a year. What region am I?
Coastal Plains
What map feature tells you the type of map you are looking at?
Title
What happens when businesses move to Texas?
More jobs and more people
What does the word rural mean?
living in the country rather than a city or town
People came to live in this region for economic purpose. Cotton and wheat farming were the main economic activities. What region am I?
North Central Plains
What map tool tells you the relationship between the distance on a map compared to distance in real life?
scale
When people were deciding where to settle in the early 1900s, it was important that they live near what?
A body of water
Why does the Mountain and Basins Region have the least population?
land is mostly desert, dry climate, no rain
People came to live in this region for economic purposes. Fishing, cotton farming, and oil drilling were the some of the main economic activities. What region am I?
The Coastal Plains
What map tool shows the cardinal directions such as north, south, east, and west?
Compass Rose
Which geographic feature is needed to start a farm?
Good soil
The Rio Grande River is important to what settlement in Texas?
I have the warmest climate year round, what region am I?
Central Plains.
What map tool shows you what each symbol in a map represents?
map key or legend
Which geographic feature is needed for starting a farm?
Flat land
El Paso is located in what region?
Mountain Basins.
I have the driest climate? What Texas region am I?
Mountains and Basins
I am a city located in the Coastal Plains and very close to the Gulf of Mexico. What city am I?
Houston