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100

What is the largest river in Texas?

Rio Grande

100

What is the state sport?

Rodeo

100

Who is the Father of Texas? 

Stephen F. Austin

100

Full name of the space center in Texas.

NASA Johnson Space Center

100

What are the 3 branches of state government?

Executive, Legislative, Judicial

200

What are the 4 major regions of Texas?


Mountains and Basins, the Great Plains, the Coastal Plains, the North Central Plains

200

What are the six flags of Texas?


France, Spain, Mexico, Republic of Texas, Confederate, United States

200

Overall commander of Texas forces and later first president

Sam Houston?

200

Which European immigrant group settled near New Braunfels and Fredricksburg?

Germans

200

What battle was fought regarding the location of important Texas documents and the Texas Capitol?

Archives War

300

Mountains in Texas are located in what region?

Mountains and Basins

Big Bend National Park

West Texas

300

What is the state reptile

Texas Horned Lizard

300

Who was a famous female survivor of the Alamo?

Susanna Dickinson

300

Which side did Texas fight on in the Civil War?

Confederate

300

Who is our current governor?

Greg Abbott

400

What are latitude and longitude?

Invisible parallel lines that run north/south.  Invisible parallel lines that run east/west.

400

What is considered the cradle of Texas Liberty?

Alamo

400

Who was the commander of the Mexicans who fought on the side of Texas during the revolution?

Juan Seguin

400

Which tribes were known to be aggressive and hunted the buffalo?

Name 2 tribes

Apaches and Comanches

400

When was our current state constitution written?

1876

500

What rivers divide Texas/Mexico and Texas/Oklahoma & Texas and Louisiana

List all 3

Rio Grande 

Red River

Sabine River

500

What is the state flying mammal?

Mexican Free-Tailed Bat

500

Who was executed at Goliad?

James W. Fannin and his troops

500

Who mapped the coastline of Texas?

Pineda

500

Who was the first woman governor of Texas?

Miriam Ma Fergusun