Unit 1 Social Studies

Texas Locations

100

Which of the following is not one of the major economic activities of Galveston?

A. farming

B. fishing

C. shipping

D. tourism

A. Farming

200

What was Abilene’s first major economic activity?

A. agriculture

B. fishing

C. petroleum

D. tourism

A. agriculture

300

Who were the first inhabitants of Texas?

A. Spanish explorers

B. American settlers

C. American Indians

D. European colonists

C. American Indians 

400

What is the estimated total population of Texas? 

A. 29,000

B. 290,000

C. 2.9 million

D. 29 million

D. 29 million

500

Why were early settlements located close to natural resources?

A. The land was cheaper.

B. The climate was very mild.

C. They provided basic needs.

D. Wildlife avoided these areas.

C. They provided basic needs. 

Economic Activities

100

Which region's economic activities include: ranching, farming, and fishing? 

A. Great Plains

B. North Central Plains 

C. Mountains and Basins 

D. Coastal Plains

D. Coastal Plains

200

Which region's economic activities include: farming and ranching? 

A. Great Plains 

B. North Central Plains 

C. Mountains and Basins

D. Coastal Plains

B. North Central Plains

300

Which region's economic activities include: ranching, farming, tourism, oil, and natural gas? 

A. Great Plains 

B. North Central Plains 

C. Mountains and Basins 

D. Coastal Plains

C. Mountains and Basins 

400

Which region's economic activities include: farming, ranching, and the production of oil and natural gas? 

A. Great Plains 

B. North Central Plains 

C. Mountains and Basins

D. Coastal Plains 

A. Great Plains

500

What is the difference of economic activities in the Great Plains and the Mountains and Basins? 

A. Fishing

B. Tourism 

C. Farming 

D. Ranching

B. Tourism 

Region Characteristics

100

Which of the following is a physical characteristic?

A. a bridge

B. the economy

C. population

D. lakes

D. Lakes

200

Why are regions organized?

A. to define political boundaries

B. to create countries and states

C. to determine population density

D. to make it easier for us to study them

D. to make it easier for us to study them

300

Which is not a characteristic used to define regions?

A. economic

B. educational

C. human

D. physical

B. educational

400

Which of the following is NOT agriculture? 

A. Cotton

B. Cattle 

C. Lumber/trees

D. Wheat

C. Lumber/trees

500

Which region includes Austin, Waco, and Dallas? 

A. The Great Plains 

B. The North Central Plains

C. The Coastal Plains

D. Mountains and Basins 

C. The Coastal Plains

Plains

100

Which of the following statements about biomes is not true?

A. Soils can affect biomes.

B. Biomes never change or adapt.

C. They are communities of living organisms.

D. Plants and animals depend on each other for survival.

B. Biomes can never change or adapt. 

200

What economic activity does the Gulf of Mexico bring to the Coastal Plains? 

A. Ranching 

B. Farming 

C. Tourism 

D. Hunting

C. Tourism 

300

Which region of Texas is NOT described as having low, flatlands that receive a larger amount of rain during the year?

A. Coastal Plains
B. North Central Plains
C. Great Plains
D. Mountains and Basins

D. Mountains and Basins

400

Which region has economic activities involving seafood quality? 

A. the Great Plains

B. the Coastal Plains 

C. the North Central Plains 

D. Mountains and Basins 

B. the Coastal Plains

500

Which two plains have agriculture in common? 

A. the North Central Plains and Great Plains 

B. the Coastal Plains and Great Plains 

C. the Coastal Plains and the North Central Plains 

D. none of these

C. the Costal Plains and the North Central Plains

Regions

100

What is climate? 

A. the population of a region

B. the average weather condition

C. the type of soil in a specific area

D. the most common plant of a biome

B. the average weather condition

200

Which region of Texas is NOT described as having low, flatlands that receive a larger amount of rain during the year?

A. Coastal Plains
B. North Central Plains
C. Great Plains
D. Mountains and Basins

D. Mountains and Basins

300

Which region, in early Texas history, were people living off of ranching? 

A. the Coastal Plains 

B. the North Central Plains 

C. Mountains and Basins 

D. the Great Plains 

D. the Great Plains

400

Which region did early pioneers have trouble finding shelter and building protection? 

A. the Costal Plains 

B. The Great Plains 

C. the North Central Plains 

D. Mountains and Basins 

B. The Great Plains 

500

Which region crosses up through Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska? 

A. the Great Plains 

B. the Costal Region 

C. Mountains and Basins 

D. the North Central Plains

A. the Great Plains