Indigenous People
Exploration/ Colonization/ Missions
Mexican Independence
Soil/WED
Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition
Water Cycle/ Weather
Natural Resources/ Renewable& Nonrenewable/ Conservation
Lunar Cycle/Seasons/ Shadows
100
This group was the first to inhabit Texas, living off the land and adapting to various environments.
Who are the First Peoples of Texas?
100
Traveling through a new land to learn about it, they do this.
What is exploration?
100
This term refers to a Spanish colony covering present-day Mexico, Central America, parts of the U.S., and the Caribbean.
What is New Spain?
100
This term describes the soil's ability to hold water.
What is water retention?
100
This process occurs when wind, water, or ice move weathered material to a new location, reshaping Earth’s surface over time.
What is erosion?
100
This occurs when water moves downhill across land.
What is runoff?
100
3 Renewable Resources
What are plants, water, air, & animals?
100
A dark shape created when an object blocks light is called this.
What is a shadow?
200
How did Indigenous tribes reach North America?
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
200
When settlers arrive in a new land and take control of it, they do this.
What is colonization?
200
Spanish missions were built for these three main purposes in North America.
What are religious conversion, education, and labor?
200
Which Solil retained the LEAST amount of Water?
What is Gravel?
200
These natural forces, such as wind, water, ice, and plants, are responsible for shaping Earth’s surface over time.
What are agents of change?
200
This process in the water cycle occurs when water vapor cools and forms clouds before falling back to Earth as precipitation.
What is condensation?
200
3 nonrenewable resources
What is Coal, Natural Gas, and Oil?
200
This tool tells time using the position of the sun’s shadow.
What is a sundial?
300
The Apache followed and hunted this large-hooved mammal for food and materials.
What is the bison (buffalo)?
300
This Spanish fort housed soldiers to protect missions.
What is a presidio?
300
Factors such as social inequality, economic exploitation, and revolutionary influence contributed to this major event.
What is Mexico’s independence from Spain?
300
The following topics of soil, including color, texture, particle size, water retention, and ability to support plant growth are categories.
What are soil properties?
300
This landform is created over millions of years as a river erodes rock.
What is a canyon?
300
Meteorologists use this instrument to measure air pressure, which helps predict changes in the weather.
What is a barometer?
300
This type of resource includes materials like coal, oil, and natural gas, which take millions of years to form and cannot be replaced quickly.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
300
This phase of the moon occurs when more than half of the moon is illuminated and the amount of light is increasing.
What is a waxing gibbous?
400
This term describes a person of mixed European and Indigenous American ancestry.
What is Mestizo?
400
The phrase "Gold, God, and Glory" refers to these three reasons for European exploration.
What is wealth, religious expansion, and build an empire?
400
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla is best known for delivering this speech, inspiring a rebellion against Spanish rule.
What is the "Grito de Dolores"?
400
This describes the feel of soil based on the size of its particles.
What is texture?
400
All of the following are slow changes on earth except:
What is volcanic eruption?
400
This instrument measures the amount of rainfall over time.
What is a rain gauge?
400
Will keep us from running out of resources quickly.
What is Conservation?
400
Why is the use of solar panels not as efficient in winter as in the summer?
What is the earth tilted away from the sun?
500
This group consists of several culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States
What is the Apache?
500
The belief in private land ownership led to this social and economic system in Europe and America.
What is colonization and European expansion?
500
The three colors of the Mexican flag represent these three key principles, also known as the "Three Guarantees," which were established during Mexico's fight for independence.
What are Independence, Religion, and Union?
500
This type of soil is considered the best for growing plants because it has a balanced mixture of sand, silt, and clay, allowing for proper drainage and nutrient retention.
What is loam?
500
Based on the data shown in the table, which natural force—wind or water—moves a greater amount of sand in each trial? 
What is water?
500
According to the forecast data for major U.S. cities, which city experiences the largest drop in average temperature from November to December?
What is Denver, CO?
500
2-part question:
P1 - Label 1
P2 - Label 2 
1. Renewable Resources
2. Non-Renewable Resources
500
What patterns are seen throughout the fall month?
What is cool weather and high winds?