Do you know your regions?
Texas Geography/
Map Skills
Vocabulary
True or False
What region do I belong to?
100

What region is located " Deep in the Heart of Texas" This region includes the Texas hill country area and the Ft. Worth Stockyards.

What is the Central Plains region.

100

All four Regions have rivers? True or False

What is true

100

What tool on a map helps you determine the distance, when traveling from one city to another

What is map scale

100

You live in the Central Plains region.

True or False

What is false.

(You live in the Coastal Plains region)

100

Houston and Galveston is in this region.

What is Coastal Region.

200

What are the four different regions in Texas

What are the Great Plains, Coastal Plains, Mountain and Basin Region, and Central Plains

200

How is El Paso different from Austin, San Antonio, Ft. Worth and Dallas

What is higher elevation and dryer climate

200

What tool on a map helps you with cardinal direction (north, south, east and west)

What is Compass Rose.

200

The higher the elevation the dryer it becomes.

True or False

What is true.

200

This region is known for having the most tornadoes.

What is the Central Plains region.

300

What region is known for dry desert like conditions, gets little rain, hot during the day, cool at night and land forms consist of mountains and closed valleys



What is Mountain and Basin

300

What tool on a map helps you determine the distance, when traveling from one city to another?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

What is map scale.

300

The part of the land near the sea or ocean; the edge of the land is known as:

What is the coast.

300

The Great Plains region is also known as Sea of Love.

True or False

What is false. 

(It is known as the Sea of Grass)

300

El Paso is in this region.

What is Mountain and Basins region.

400

What region borders the Gulf of Mexico, has mild weather conditions which makes this area good for farming and ranching. This region is known for hunting and fishing

What is the Coastal Plains

400

Cities grow and increase in population for different reasons. For example, jobs, climate, and transportation. What might be another reason a city may grow in population?

Located near a water source.

400

A flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above surrounding area on at least one side.

What is a plateau.

400

Central Plains region has rolling hills.

True or False

What is true.

400

Abilene, Wichita Falls, and San Angelo are in this region.

What is the Central Plains Region

500

What region is located from the middle of Texas up through the Panhandle. This region is known for it's severe winters that consist of blizzards, as well as dangerous sand storms.

What is The Great Plains

500

The region with the highest elevation is known as:

What is Mountain and Basin

500

The highest natural point in Texas, with an elevation of 8,749 feet.

What is the Guadalupe Peak

500

Dryer climates usually have larger populations.

True or False

What is false.

(Dryer climates usually have small populations)

500

Lubbock, Amarillo, and Midland are in this region


What is Great Plains.

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