Geography of TX
Large body of water that are sometimes called 'artificial lakes'
Reservoir
Waco or Taovayas
A long, steep slope, especially at the edge of a plateau, or separating areas of land at different elevations.
Escarpment
The Mountains and Basins region has _________ subregions.
0
Name two of the tribes in the Coastal Plains region.
Coahuiltecan, Karankawa, Atakapa, and Caddo
Underground formation, consisting of natural gravel, rock and sand, that holds rainwater underground and recharges slowly.
Aquifer
These were brought to America by Europeans and became very important to many Native American tribes.
Horses
A wide, flat, elevated landform with steep sides. Like a plateau but smaller in size.
Mesa
True or False -
Due to the extremely dry climate, farming is not possible in this region without the use of extensive irrigation networks to bring water to crops
True
Practice of growing a series of different types of crops in the same area, across a sequence of growing seasons.
Crop Rotation
Area of flat, gently rolling elevation, that neither rises nor falls sharply
Plains
Confederacy
Occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time with out time for recovery and leaves the soil vulnerable to erosion.
overgrazing
True or False - The Mountains and Basins region is the least populated region in the state of Texas.
True
How many subregions are in the Coastal Plains and what are their names?
5 - Piney Woods, Gulf Coast Plains, South TX Plains, Post Oak belt, and the Blackland Prairie
Small rivers or streams that flow into other larger streams.
Tributaries
How many subregions are in the North Central TX Plains and what are their names?
3 - Cross Timbers, Rolling Plains, and Grand Prairie
The nickname for the metro area on the high plains, made up of the cities of Midland and Odessa. Houses a large number of petroleum companies.
The Petroplex
What kind of settlement did the Jumano tribe have?
Permanent
Long, narrow island, laying parallel and close to the mainland, protecting the mainland from erosions and storms.
Barrier island
Movement of people from one country to another, for the purpose of temporary or permanent settlement
Immigration
True or False - The Tonkawa people were primarily farmers.
False - primarily buffalo hunters
How many subregions are in the Great Plains and what are their names?
2 - High Plains and Edwards Plateau
What brought an end to the Jumano peoples in Texas?
A combination of factors, including: increasing droughts, loss of territory, crop failure, disease, and loss of access to the buffalo herds on the plains
Coastal bodies of water in which freshwater from rivers, mix with saltwater from the sea.
Estuaries