Physical Geography
Natives of Texas
Human Geography
Vocabulary
100

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?

100

This culture lived in pueblos; consisted of tribes such as the Tigua, Jumano and Concho.

What is the Puebloan Peoples?

100

Most of Texas' major cities are in this region; including Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio

What is the Coastal Plains?

100

The study of the land and its features; includes any natural characteristic of a place.

Physical Geography

200

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?

200

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?

200

The largest city in this region is El Paso. The population density is the lowest in Texas.

What is Mountains & Basins?

200

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?

300

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?

300

This culture was primarily hunter-gatherers; consisted of tribes such as the Karankawa and Coahuiltecan.

What is the Gulf Coast Peoples?

300

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?

300

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?

400

This region consists of rolling plains with some hardwood forests. Receives adequate rainfall, making it suitable for many types of agriculture.

What is North Central Plains?
400

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?

400

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.

What is the North Central Plains?
400

A group of people that have common traits such as language, religion, customs, clothing, etc.

What is Culture?

500

These are the 3 rivers that form Texas borders. Name them from the one furthest North to the one furthest South.

What are the Red River, Sabine River, and Rio Grande river?

500

These two tribes may have practiced ceremonial cannibalism.

What are the Atakapa and Karankawa?

500

The largest city in Texas

What is Houston?

500

a material made from mud and straw. Used to build pueblos.

What is adobe?