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Which of the 5 themes of geography focuses on where something or someone is

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Location

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Which type of location focuses on exact positioning

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Absolute

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Which type of location focuses on relative/ estimation positioning

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Relative

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Which of the 5 themes focuses on how people and goods get around the world

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Movement

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Which 5 themes focuses on how people have adapted to and changed their

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Human and Environment Interaction

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Which of the 5 themes focuses on the physical and human characteristics of a place

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Region

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What part of place describes human characteristics

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Population

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What part of place describes physical characteristics

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Regions

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Which of the following does not belong in describing region

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Rivers

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Building highway or canals is which of the 5 themes

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Humans and environment interaction

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Which river is the border between Texas ha Mexico

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Rio grande

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Which river is the border between Texas and Louisiana

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Sabine

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Which river is the border between Texas and Oklahoma

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Red

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14
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Which region of Texas has the highest population

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Gulf coastal plains

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Which region of Texas has the driest climate

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Mountains and basins

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16
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Which region of Texas has the best land and climate for farming

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North central plains

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17
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Which region of Texas is home to San Antonio

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Gulf coastal plains

18
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What was the ancestor tribe that lived in adobe (mud brick) homes

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Anasazi

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Which ancestor tribe was known for building burial mounds up to3 stories high

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Mississippians

20
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Which ancestor tribe was knows as an advanced society (science, math, and religion)

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Mayans

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Which of the following was a type of Spanish settlement

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Presidios, mission, villa

22
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Presidios we’re responsible for protecting the other settlesments

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True

23
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Who else lived along with the Spanish within the settlements

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Converted Native Americans

24
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What road connected all the missions together along with Mexico

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El Camino real

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What was the most successful settlement that grew to be one of the largest cities in Texas

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San Antonio

26
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Which was needed up eliminating the French threat in Texas

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Feench and Indian war

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During which year would be following headline occur Pineda maps the coastline of Texas

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1519

28
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Coranados troops kept getting lost because

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The plains were so level that the sky appeared like a bowl

29
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What happened when the Spanish reached Quivera

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They found a Pueblo Native American settlement

30
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How did Spain react when they at that France was starting settlements in Texas

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Refocused on colonizing east Texas

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Members of the corando expedition describes do the plains as

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A sea of grass perfect for farming

32
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Which of the following was the first permanent Spanish settlement in Texas

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Corpus Christi de la ysleta

33
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A Spanish soldiers duties included all of the following except

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Growing their own cops

34
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Which is not a reason the missions failed to convert the plains people

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They lacked adequate water

35
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A Spain military outpost is a

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Presidio

36
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Spanish authorities brought in families from the Canary Islands to

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Increase population of San Antonio

37
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Which of the following was a characteristic of the Spanish colonial era in Texas

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Forests were built toprotect American Indians

38
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Why is the year 1718 important in Texas history

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Found in for San Antonio

39
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Father Massanet and the friars abandoned San Francisco de Los tejas because

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The tejas rejected the catholic religion

40
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By 1772 the largest Spanish settlement in Texas was

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San Antonio

41
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Generally life for a Spanish soldier was

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Difficult and dangerous

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