Unit 1 Vocab. Quiz #1 - TX History

When the Native Americans changed the way made their homes due to their new conditions, they were ____.

• modifying
• adapting
• on a barrier island
• living in the aquifer

Residents were under water restrictions until after it rained all week and the ______ was full again.

• drought
• elevation
• aquifer
• plateau

When early settlers moved to Texas, they _____ the environment by cutting down trees and plowing fields.

• modified
• adapted
• elevated
• plain

The southeastern _____ of Texas is known as the Coastal Plains and is characterized by many trees as well as grasslands along the coast.

• North Central Plains
• arid
• barrier island
• region

The Dust Bowl was caused, in part, by _____, which resulted from overplowing of the fields and breaking down the important topsoil.

• escarpment
• arid
• erosion
• adapting

Pictured is a _____, characterized by few trees and flat land.

• plain
• barrier island
• plateau
• basin

South Padre is an example of _____ because it runs parallel to the coast of Texas.

• basin
• barrier island
• escarpment
• plain

Many regions of Texas are ___ and characterized by ___, resulting in the need for crops that require little water.

• drought
• arid
• basin
• modifications
• elevation

Which two landforms are pictured below?

• escarpment
• drought
• arid
• plateau
• barrier island

Fort Davis has the highest ___ in Texas. It is 4,900 feet above sea level.

• aquifer
• region
• escarpment
• elevation