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Social Studies: Chapter 2 Study Guide
Label the following:
1. States that border Texas
2. Rio Grande River
3. Color the 4 Regions of Texas
 Orange-Coastal Plains
 Pink-North Central Plains
 Brown-Mountains and Basins
 Green-Great Plains
4. Major cities found in each region
5. Gulf of Mexico
6. Mexico
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Lubbock
Pink
Fort Worth
El Paso
Lousiana
Austin
Houston
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Rio Grande River
7. What large body of water touches the Coastal Plains region?
Gulf of Mexico
8. Name a type of vegetation found in the Mountains and Basins region
Cacti
9. Write a statement that best describes the features of a bayou?
Marshy, wet area with slow moving streams
10. Name some geographical features that are part of the Coastal Plains region of Texas?
Piney Woods
Blackland Prairie
South Texas Plain
11. Name an important natural landmark in the Coastal Plains region of Texas?
Padre Island
12. Houston became a major center for trade with foreign countries because it has —
a port on the Gulf of Mexico.
13. Why is the Mountains and Basins region not good for farmers?
the soil is too rocky
14. In which region would you find the highest point in Texas? Mountains and Basin Region
15. Identify the following statements as true or false:
False
False
True
False
Many people live in the Mountains and Basins region because it has
fertile soil.
Fishing is an important industry in the Coastal Plains because there are
no other natural resources.
Fishing is an important industry in the Coastal Plains because it is close
to the Gulf of Mexico.
Few people live in the Mountains and Basins region because it is too
difficult to travel there.
16. Look at the map below. Approximately, how far is the Guadalupe Peak from the McDonald
Observatory?
About 100 miles
17. Look at the chart below. What is the best possible value of the population of each city?
Abilene
120,000
Arlington
370.000
Denton
110,000
Fort Worth
740,000
Wichita Falls
100,000
18. Look at the map below to answer the following questions.
What region is east of the shaded region? Coastal Plains Region
What regions is west of the shaded region? Great Plains Region
19. What do the Great Plains and North Central Plains have in common?
They both have good soil for farming.
Write the correct word from below on the line in front of its definition:
desert
port
trading post
landmark
inland
lignite
border
mohair
1.
trading post
a small frontier store
2.
desert
an area that gets less than 10 inches of rain per
year
3.
border
a boundary line
4.
port
a place where ships can dock to load or unload cargo
5.
landmark
an object, such as a mountain, that stands out from
the area around it
6.
inland
away from the coast toward land
7.
lignite
a type of soft coal
8.
mohair
the hair of angora goats