1. Natural Texas and its People
CHAPTERS 1: The Geographer’s Tools and 2: A Land Called Texas

2. GEOGRAPHY
THE STUDY OF THE WORLD, ITS PEOPLE, AND THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THEM
5 THEMES: LOCATION, PLACE, HUMAN- ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION, MOVEMENT, REGION

3. GEOGRAPHY: MAPS COMPASS ROSE EXPLAINS MAP SYMBOLS
A PHYSICAL MAP SHOWS NATURAL FEATURES, SUCH AS LANDFORMS AND RIVERS
LANDFORMS ARE HILLS, VALLEYS, PLATEAUS AND MOUNTAINS
MAPMAKERS USE MAP PROJECTIONS TO CREATE A FLAT REPRESENTATION OF EARTH’S SURFACE

4. GEOGRAPHY: MAPS HEMISPHERE: ONE HALF OF THE EARTH
EQUATOR: IMAGINARY LINE AT 0 DEGREES LATITUDE
STREET NAMES AND LANDMARKS DESCRIBE RELATIVE LOCATIONS

5. PHYSICAL SYSTEMS
CLIMATE IS THE PATTERN OF WEATHER IN AN AREA OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME
WATER FROM TEXAS RIVERS FLOWS INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO
LAND BECOMES FLATTER AS YOU MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS
PLATEAU IS A FLAT, ELEVATED AREA OF LAND THAT DROPS SHARPLY ON ONE OR MORE SIDES

6. ECOSYSTEMS
AN ECOSYSTEM INCLUDES AN AREA’S PLANTS AND ANIMALS, TOGETHER WITH THE NONLIVING AND LIVING PARTS OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT
RENEWABLE RESOURCES INCLUDE SUNSHINE, TREES, AND WIND
WHEN RAINFALL IS LESS THAN AVERAGE, TEXAS EXPERIENCE A DROUGHT

7. ENVIRONMENT
TEXAS IS WARMER BECAUSE IT IS CLOSER TO THE EQUATOR THAN THE NORTH POLE
A REGION IS AN AREA WITH COMMON CHARCTERISTICS
Geographers study physical processes and interactions among the earth’s atmosphere, water, land, and life
THE EASTERN PART OF TEXAS RECEIVES MORE RAINFALL THAN THE WESTERN HALF

8. TEXANS AND GEOGRAPHY
TEXAS IS THE 2ND LARGEST STATE IN BOTH SIZE AND POPULATION
DEMOGRAPHY STUDIES HUMAN POPULATIONS
GROWTH RATE IS THE SPEED AT WHICH THE POPULATION IS INCREASING

9. TEXANS AND GEOGRAPHY
URBANIZATON IS THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN CITIES
MOVEMENT FROM ONE COUTRY, PLACE, OR LOCATION IS MIGRATION
TODAY, THE MAJORITY OF IMMIGRANTS TO TEXAS ARE FROM MEXICO
EARLY AMERICAN INDIAN POPULATIONS DECLINED DUE TO WARFARE AND DISEASE