1. The most common landform in Texas
Plains

2. These are steep cliffs.
escarpments

3. There is only one natural lake in Texas.
Caddo Lake

4. Large water source south of Texas
The Gulf of Mexico

5. Underground water ?
aquifers

6. Your food, clothes, and shelter are influenced by …
Where you live

8. Edwards Aquifer

9. Water from Edwards Aquifer

10. Which aquifer is in the high plains of Texas?
The Ogallala Aquifer

11. Ogallala Aquifer

12. Water from the Ogallala Aquifer

13. Effects of Texas’ relative location

14. weather

16. Why do the mountains get more rain than the desert?
Clouds move upward.

19. This can happen when cool air meets warm air.
Violent storms

20. People bring ideas & culture from one place to another
Cultural Diffusion

21. Name three physical characteristics of geography.
Climate, plants, animals

22. Four human characteristics:
Language, religion, politics, architecture

23. language
“Hello”

24. Religion
“What do I believe in ?”

25. politics
“How should my town be run ?”

26. architecture
Things people build

27. 3 ways humans have affected the environment in Texas:

28. 1. polluted rivers

29. 2. Polluted air

30. 3. Trees have been cut down.

31. The most important mineral sources in Texas
Oil and natural gas

34. A renewable energy source
Solar power

37. The exact location of a place on the earth’s surface
Absolute location

38. The position of a place compared to another place
Relative location

39. Relationships linking people to their surroundings
Human-environment interaction

40. Human-environment interaction

41. Human-environment interaction

42. Human-environment interaction

43. Human-environment interaction

44. Human environment interaction
Relationships linking people to their surroundings

45. Human environment interaction

47. Largest city in Texas
Houston

48. Houston

49. The only state larger than Texas
Alaska

51. Areas united by one or more common characteristics
regions

52. Texas Regions Great Plains Central Plains Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains

53. A major manufacturing and trade center
metroplex

54. Dallas

55. Fort Worth

57. Largest city in Mountains & Basins Region
Great Plains
Central Plains
Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains

58. El Paso

60. Largest city in the Great Plains
Central Plains
Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains

61. These rivers border Texas

63. Red River, Sabine, Rio Grande

64. This river runs between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?

65. This river borders Oklahoma.
The Red River

67. There is only one natural lake in Texas.
What is Caddo Lake ?

68. This region has the least rain
Great Plains
Central Plains
Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains
Mountain & Basins

69. Desert plants are found in this region
Mountain Basin Region

70. This region has most of the rain
Great Plains
Central Plains
Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains
Coastal Plains

71. This region has most of the people
Great Plains
Central Plains
Mountains & Basins
Coastal Plains
Coastal Plains

72. Amarillo

75. Where is the mountain basin region?
West Texas

76. This city is the capital of Texas.
What is Austin ?

77. This is an underground water supply.
What is an aquifer ?

78. A weakness in the earth’s crust
fault

81. An island that protects the land
Barrier island

84. The Galveston Sea Wall