Chapter 2

Question 1

What are the two largest Produced Natural Resources in Texas?

Answer 1

Petroleum and natural gas

Question 2

What is a Human Characteristic?

Answer 2

Religion, political systems, language, population distribution, and and economic systems.

Question 3

What are the top two Longest rivers in Texas?

Answer 3

The Rio Grande and the Red River.

Question 4

What are the definitions of the 5 themes of Geography?

Answer 4

Location.- The location of a place.
Place.- what the main geography point is.
Human- people’s population and who is living there.
Environment Interaction- how the environment reacts to the geography.
Movement.- has the geography changed overtime?
Region.- what region is the geography in.

Question 5

Two Escarpments and their Locations

Answer 5

Caprock Escarpment- in West Texas

Balcon Escarpment- stretches from South Texas, to East Texas, to north Texas.

Question 6

What other natural resources does Texas produce a lot of?

Answer 6

Salt