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SETTLING THE LAND
CULTURES
ECONOMY
RIO GRANDE
MYSTERY
100
WHO WERE THE FIRST SETTLERS TO SETTLE THE LAND?
SPANISH
100
WHAT CULTURE HAD ALWAYS LIVED IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL?
NATIVE AMERICA
100
WHAT IS THE LEADING INDUSTRY?
RANCHING
100
THE RIO GRANDE IS THE _______ LARGEST RIVER IN THE UNITED STATES
4TH LARGEST
100
THE UNITED STATES BOUGHT LAND FROM THE FRANCE? WHAT WAS IT CALLED?
LOUISIANA PURCHASE
200
WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT BATTLE OF THE TEXAS WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE AGAINST MEXICO CALLED?
THE ALAMO
200
WHO'S ANCESTORS WERE FRENCH AND SPANISH?
CREOLE
200
HOW DID TEXAS RANCHERS GET THEIR CATTLE TO DIFFERENT MARKETS OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGION?
TRAIN
200
WHAT TRIGGERED THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO ABOUT THE LAND ALONG THE RIO GRANDE?
IT CHANGED COURSE
200
INLETS, BEACHES, AND MARSHES CAN BE FOUND WHERE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGION?
ALONG THE GULF COAST
300
WHAT TERRITORY WAS GIVEN TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS TO LIVE ON?
OKLAHOMA
300
THE CREOLES AND CAJUNS BROUGHT WHAT CELEBRATION TO THE REGION?
MARDI GRAS
300
A FACTORY THAT TURNS CRUDE OIL INTO USEFUL PRODUCTS?
REFINERY
300
WHY DID WATER SOMETIMES SLOW DOWN WHEN IT GOT TO TEXAS AND MEXICO?
USING TOO MUCH WATER THROUGH IRRIGATION FOR RANCHES AND FARMS ALONG THE RIO GRANDE
300
WHY DID THE BAYOU BETWEEN HOUSTON AND THE CULF OF MEXICO GET DREDGED?
SHIPS COULD NOT SAIL INTO THE PORT OF HOUSTON, TX
400
WHAT WAS THE FIRST STATE ACQUIRED BY THE U.S.?
LOUISIANA
400
IN 1830 THE UNITED STATES ISSUED THE NATIVE AMERICAN TO MOVE WESTWARD. WHAT WAS THIS CALLED?
THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT
400
THIS STATE PRODUCES MORE COTTON THEN ANY OTHER STATE?
TEXAS
400
HOW WAS THE CONFLICT RESOLVED BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE U.S.?
COMPROMISE WAS MADE...BOTH COUNTRIES RECEIVED LAND AND CONCRETE WAS PUT ON BOTH SIDES TO MAKE SURE THE RIVER NEVER CHANGED COURSE AGAIN
400
HOW MANY STEPS ARE THERE IN RESOLVING A CONFLICT?
7
500
WHO CLAIMED THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY?
LA SALLE
500
WHAT TWO GROUPS INSPIRED THE CULTURE OF LOUISIANA?
CREOLE AND CANJUN
500
WHAT IS THE BUSIEST PORT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL REGION?
PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA
500
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL PARK SHARED BY MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES TO HONO THE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTIES?
EL CHAMIZAL
500
NAME THE 3 COUNTRIES WHERE OIL IS ABUNDANT?
1. NIGERIA 2. SAUDI ARABIA 3. RUSSIA