Texas History Review Card 2006
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- What is a Geographic Information System?
- computre software that allows us to make informed decisions about using our physical and human environment
- What does the Caprock Escarpment divide?
- South to North from Big Spring to Pampa in North West Texas
- What influeneces people's food, clothing, and shelter?
- Where they live
- How does georgraphy deal with the present?
- It is why people do what they do
- What is an ecosystem?
- communities of plants and animals that are dependant upon one another and their particular surroundings for survival
- What are the middle latitudes?
- the region about midway between the equator and the North Pole
- List the six essential elements of geography
- 1)location 2)place 3)physical systems 4)movement 5)movement 6)human-environment interaction
- What is human-environment interaction?
- relationships linking people to their surrounding environment
- List three mineral resources
- 1)coal 2)limestone 3)oil/natural gas
- Where does the Edwards Aquifer get its water?
- rainfall
- Which natural region is the most densely populated?
- coastal plains
- What naural vegetation is found in the Mountains and Basins?
- cactus, yucca, and cresote bush (desert plants)
- What is agribuisness?
- largescale commercial farming
- What crop is grown in the Cross Timbers since it is more resistant to dry spells?
- Spanish Peanuts
- Why are trees scarce in the Grand Prairie?
- Because the soil there fails to hold moisture very long