Vocabulary
Regions
Cities of Texas
Rivers of Texas
Native Texans
100
A brick clay-like material used for building homes in the mountain and basin region.
What is Adobe?
100
Region were you would find the most rivers.
What are the Coastal Plains?
100
Houston in the Coastal Plains.
What is the largest, most culturally diverse city in Texas?
100
What is the river that creates the border between Texas and Mexico?
What is the Rio Grande?
100
What was the first tribe to establish farming, eliminating the hunter-gathering lifestyle for the Southeastern Region (Piney Woods).
Caddo Tribe
200
A flat grassland suitable for farming.
What is a plain?
200
Region with the least rainfall.
What are the mountains and basins?
200
What is the only major city in the Mountain and Basin Region?
What is the only major city in the Mountain and Basin Region? El Paso
200
What River that creates the northern border between Texas and Oklahoma?
What is the Red River?
200
What Tribe was nomadic and hunted buffalo, often using the Buffalo for everyday needs?
The Commanche A warrior hunter tribe that was nomadic and hunted buffalo.
300
Farming or cultivation of crops- what is this called?
What is agriculture?
300
Region colored in yellow.
What are the Great Plains?
300
What is the Capital city of Texas?
Austin
300
What is the body of water in which all the major rivers of Texas flow/empty on the coast of Texas?
What is the Gulf of Mexico (America)
300
What tribe lived off the coast of Texas, often being nomadic through their boat houses (Wig Wams)
Karankawa Tribe
400
Tents made of tanned animal hides, often in the Great Plains region of Texas.
What are tipis?
400
What is the region colored in green.
What are north central plains?
400
Major cities found in the coastal plains.
What are Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio?
400
What is the longest river in Texas
The Rio Grande
400
Mud brick homes built by sedentary cultures like the Tigua and Jumano.
What are adobes?
500
Cultures that move from place to place- what are they called?
What is nomadic? or Nomads
500
Region where you would find Fort Worth and Wichita Falls
What is the North Central Plains?
500
What is the biggest city in the North Central Plains known for cattle ranching?
Fort Worth
500
The region with the fewest rivers.
What are the mountains and basins?
500
Compare and contrast the Comanche and the Caddo tribes. How are they different?
The Comanche are nomadic, whereas the Caddo are non-nomadic due to Farming.