Lesson 1
Simple type of chart that shows data in rows or columns
bar graph
In their daily lives, people living in the High Plains and along the Coastal Plains encounter the same types of land forms and climate? True or False
True.
Branch of government that makes laws
Executive
True or False. Sports are and important part of Texas culture?
True
Sequencing is
placing events in order such as on a timeline
What is a primary source?
artifact, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at the time under study
Which them of geography addresses cultural change?
Movement
Form of government that has the power to enforce laws
legislative
What enabled the Spanish to overpower and conquer the native peoples of the Americas?
technology
An action that leads to an event and the result of that action
cause and effect
span of years often named for a particular trend or pattern of events
Which of the five themes of geography would be addressed by a study of landmark in downtown Houston?
Place
Judicial branch
interprets and applies laws.
What invention by a Texan has greatly changed how we live, work, and express ourselves?
The computer
What is a prediction based on?
patterns to events or trends
What is bias?
unreasoned, emotional judgement about people or events.
What is a region?
an area that shares common characteristics
What is a Republic?
System in which certain powers and duties are assigned to the states and others to the national government.
The first people to live in the Texas region were
indians
What is one of the steps in solving a problem?
identifying your options
What is absolute chronology?
absolute measure of something
The equator is an imaginary line of longitude extending north and south around a globe? True or False.
True
Federalism is
form of govt in which people elect representatives.
Study of living and nonliving things
Science
explaining how things are alike and different is
comparing and contrasting