A History of Brownsville Vocabulary TEST

The area of land near the Gulf of Mexico at the tip of Texas is______________.

• Brownsville

• Matamoros

• Rio Grande Valley

• Rio Grande Valley

_________________ is called the sister city of Brownsville and is located directly across the Rio Grande River.

• Brownsville

• Matamoros

• Rio Grande Valley

• environment

When you have _____________ somewhere you make a home in that certain area.

• traditions

• environment

• settled

• residence

An open place or building where goods are sold is a ____________.

• residence

• environment

• transportation

• market

If you have ________________ for someone, you care about their rights and feelings.

• respect

• traditions

• residence

• mesquite

____________ is a tree with thorns that grows in the southwestern part of the U.S. and Mexico.

• transportation

• Mesquite

• Rio Grande Valley

• Matamoros

The act of moving people and things from one place to another is called ________________.

• steamboats

• residence

• market

• transportation

__________________ is the home or place where a person lives.

• Brownsville

• residence

• market

• Matamoros

_________________ are ways of life that are passed down through families and cultures.

• traditions

• settled

• environment

• steamboats

The largest city in the lower Rio Grande Valley is______________.

• Brownsville

• Matamoros

• Rio Grande Valley

• residence