Physical Geography
This region is an incredibly flat prairie, has very few trees and is very dry. Irrigation comes primarily from aquifers.
What is the Great Plains?
This culture lived in pueblos; consisted of tribes such as the Tigua, Jumano and Concho.
What is the Puebloan Peoples?
Most of Texas' major cities are in this region; including Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio
What is the Coastal Plains?
The study of the land and its features; includes any natural characteristic of a place.
Physical Geography
The vertical coordinate lines on a map.
What is longitude?
This region is made up of rocky mountains and desert basins. The highest point in Texas, Guadalupe Peak, is in this region.
What is the Mountains and Basins?
This culture was made up of the Caddo, Atakapan, and Wichita tribes; they often lived in grass lodges and farmed their food (corn, squash, beans, pumpkins, melons)
What is the Southeastern peoples?
The largest city in this region is El Paso. The population density is the lowest in Texas.
What is Mountains & Basins?
The study of the way that humans have affected their geography and how the geography of a place has affected the humans living there; any man-made characteristic
What is Human Geography?
The elevation increases and rainfall decreases as you go across Texas if you go ____ to ____.
What is East to West?
This region is made of of mostly flat prairies with large areas of pine and oak forests. Also contains wetlands and has the highest amount of rainfall in the state.
What is the Coastal Plains?
This culture was primarily hunter-gatherers; consisted of tribes such as the Karankawa and Coahuiltecan.
What is the Gulf Coast Peoples?
The major cities in this region are Amarillo and Lubbock; has a low population density with most of the area being used for farm or ranch land.
What is the Great Plains?
The exact location of a place; usually using a system such as the grid system (latitude/longitude) to describe the specific location.
What is absolute location?
ex. Address or 35 degrees N x 105 degrees W
Study of Earth's physical features and how humans have adapted to their environment.
What is Geography?
This region consists of rolling plains with some hardwood forests. Receives adequate rainfall, making it suitable for many types of agriculture.
These people lived in tipis and followed the migration of the buffalo; consisted of the tribes of Apaches, Kiowas, Comanches, and Tonkawas.
What is the Plains Peoples?
The Major cities of this region are Fort Worth and Abilene; has a moderate population density with many small agricultural towns scattered throughout the region.
A group of people that have common traits such as language, religion, customs, clothing, etc.
What is Culture?
This native tribe hunted buffalo, traded with other tribes, and controlled much of North and West Texas, by pushing out other tribes.
What are the Commanche?
These are the 3 rivers that form natural borders for Texas. Name them from the one furthest North to the one furthest South.
What are the Red River, Sabine River, and Rio Grande river?
These two tribes may have practiced ceremonial cannibalism.
What are the Atakapa and Karankawa?
The largest city in Texas
What is Houston?
a material made from mud and straw. Used to build pueblos.
What is adobe?
Categorize the following into Causes and Effects:
1) Resources are stone and clay
2) Built Shelters from stone and adobe
3) Very little rainfall
4) Used methods of irrigation to water crops
Causes: 1) Resources are stone and clay.
3) Very little rainfall
Effects: 2) Built Shelters from stone and adobe.
4) Used methods of irrigation to water crops