Texas Geography
What is the largest river in Texas?
Rio Grande
What is the state sport?
Rodeo
Who is the Father of Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
Full name of the space center in Texas.
NASA Johnson Space Center
What are the 3 branches of state government?
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
What are the 4 major regions of Texas?
Mountains and Basins, the Great Plains, the Coastal Plains, the North Central Plains
What are the six flags of Texas?
France, Spain, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate, United States
Overall commander of Texas forces and later first president
Sam Houston?
Which European immigrant group settled near New Braunfels and Fredricksburg?
Germans
What battle was fought regarding the location of important Texas documents and the Texas Capitol?
Archives War
Mountains in Texas are located in what region?
Mountains and Basins
Big Bend National Park
West Texas
What is the state reptile
Texas Horned Lizard
Who was a famous female survivor of the Alamo?
Susanna Dickinson
Which side did Texas fight on in the Civil War?
Confederate
Who is our current governor?
Greg Abbott
What are latitude and longitude?
Invisible parallel lines that run north/south. Invisible parallel lines that run east/west.
What is considered the cradle of Texas Liberty?
Alamo
Who was the commander of the Mexicans who fought on the side of Texas during the revolution?
Juan Seguin
Which tribes were known to be aggressive and hunted the buffalo?
Name 2 tribes
Apaches and Comanches
When was our current state constitution written?
1876
What rivers divide Texas/Mexico and Texas/Oklahoma & Texas and Louisiana
List all 3
Rio Grande
Red River
Sabine River
What is the state flying mammal?
Mexican Free-Tailed Bat
Who was executed at Goliad?
James W. Fannin and his troops
Who mapped the coastline of Texas?
Pineda
Who was the first woman governor of Texas?
Miriam Ma Fergusun