5 Themes of Geo
What theme of geography tells where something is?
Location
What does the P in PEGS stand for?
Political
This is the largest of Texas’s four natural regions and receives more rainfall than most other parts of the state.
What is the Coastal Plains?
What is the capital of Texas?
Austin
Texas shares a border with four U.S. states. Name them.
What are New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana?
Houston is known for being hot, humid, and near the Gulf Coast. Which theme describes these characteristics?
Place
Jobs, trade, money, and natural resources belong to which PEGS category?
Economic
A rancher lives in an area with rolling plains, grasslands, and fewer trees than eastern Texas. This region lies directly west of the Coastal Plains.
What is the North Central Plains?
These two U.S. presidents were born in Texas. Name both.
ho are Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson?
This river forms much of the boundary between Texas and Mexico.
Rio Grande
People, products, and ideas traveling from one area to another is which theme?
Movement
Religion, traditions, education, and family life belong to which PEGS category?
Social
Which Texas region would be the worst choice for large-scale farming?
Mountains and Basins
This amusement park chain got its name from the six governments that have ruled Texas.
What is Six Flags?
This river forms much of the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma.
Red River
Building dams, irrigation systems, and highways are examples of which theme?
Human-Environment Interaction
Mountains, rivers, climate, and natural resources belong to which PEGS category?
Geographic
Traveling across Texas from east to west, put the four natural regions in the order you would generally encounter them.
What are Coastal Plains → North Central Plains → Great Plains → Mountains & Basins?
This famous Texas battle phrase reminds people of a historic mission in San Antonio.
What is “Remember the Alamo”?
This river forms much of the boundary between Texas and Louisiana.
“The Great Plains is an area of Texas with similar landforms, climate, and vegetation.” Which theme does this demonstrate?
Regions
A new law places a tax on goods imported into Texas. Which TWO PEGS categories are most directly involved?
Political & Economic
As you move west, what happens to the elevation and precipitation levels?
Elevation gets higher, precipitation gets lower
Texas has had six different flags fly over it. Name four of the six nations/governments represented by those flags.
Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas, United States, and Confederacy?
Texas shares its longest international border with this country.
Mexico