Great Plains
Name at least 3 cities found in this region.
Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland, Kerrville, Fredericksburg
What is the name of the large body of water that the Coastal Plains is off of?
Gulf of Mexico
Where is this region located in Texas? N, S, E, W
North
This region has extremely hot summers and freezing cold winters, true or false?
True
Name at least 2 jobs found in this region.
teaching, museums, factory worker, rancher, farmer
The land here is great for farming, True or False?
False, it is very dry and rocky. :(
What are the major crops in this region?
Wheat, cotton, and sorghum
Name the three subregions that make up the Central Plains region.
Grand Prairie, Cross Timbers, and Rolling Plains
Name the land characteristics for the region.
What is the most common natural resource in each region?
Oil
Describe the land in this area? Is it flat, hilly.....?
High, flat grassland
Name 3 large cities in the region?
Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Laredo are all acceptable answers :)
Which sub-region grows an abundance of wheat and is the top producer of oats?
Rolling Plains
What are the major crops of this region?
Cactus, shrubs and cotton
What is the region that houses many factories? Why?
Mountains and Basins because it does not have the land that is best for farming, so they have more factories.
What can be found here, but in no other place in the world?
Llanite
Name at least 2 jobs that could be found in this region?
Oil-field worker, farmer, rancher, lumberjack, agriculture worker, coal miner for lignite
The Central Plains is known to have an occasional hurricane, true or false? If false, make the correction to the sentence.
false; they have occasional tornados
El Paso is the largest city in this region, true or false?
true
Which region and sub-region are we located in?
Central Plains:Grand Prairie