ONUR GENÇ, LOUIS KÜRBIS T E X A S - L O N E S TA R S TAT E INDEX • General Information • Geography/climate • Economy • History • Important sights • Prevalent problems G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N U.S. population by state (2009) G E N E R A L I N F O R M AT I O N • Capital city: Austin • Biggest city: Houston • Spoken languages: English, Spanish G E O G R A P H Y A N D C L I M AT E Vast plains becoming ever more mountainous in the north and west G E O G R A P H Y A N D C L I M AT E Coastal plains in the southeast G E O G R A P H Y A N D C L I M AT E Huge cities like Dallas… G E O G R A P H Y A N D C L I M AT E …Houston G E O G R A P H Y A N D C L I M AT E … or Austin G E O G R A P H Y A N D C L I M AT E • Mostly hot summer and mild winters (typically subtropical) • Humid in the east, dry in the north and west • Yet varying from region to region • Potentially tornados/hurricanes or snowstorms during some parts of the year Damage from hurricane “Ike“ in a Texan city in 2008 ECONOMY • High GDP (second biggest after California) ➡ Abundance of (natural) resources, e.g. cotton or petroleum • Thriving cities ➡Low taxation • Low unemployment rate ➡Improvement of (higher) education • Still heavily dependent on oil, natural gas, agriculture and crops though HISTORY Texas was originally inhabited by Native Americans HISTORY Arrival of the Spanish in 1519 ➡Followed by French colonization in 1685 HISTORY •Part of Mexico in 1825 ➡Disagreements with the government ➡Revolution of Texas ➡Republic of Texas after war of independence in 1836 ➡Admission to the U.S. in 1845 • Assassination of John F. Kennedy on 11/22/1963 Former President JFK and his wife Jackie Kennedy I M P O R TA N T S I G H T S Dealey Plaza in Dallas ➡Place of John F. Kennedy’s assassination I M P O R TA N T S I G H T S Space Center Houston ➡Aeronautic administration hub I M P O R TA N T S I G H T S Corpus Christi ➡Important seaport in Texas P R E VA L E N T P R O B L E M S • Border security ➡Illegal immigrants from Mexico • Water supply ➡Quality and quantity • Heat and drought ➡Hot weather, especially in desert-like areas • Political corruption Thank you for listening! SOURCES http://web2.airmail.net/danb1/annualrainfall.htm http://www.wordtravels.com/Travelguide/Provinces/Texas/Climate http:// www.worldtravelguide.net/united-states-america/texas/weather-climate-geography http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/ texas/united-states/3213 http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/txland.htm http:// texasalmanac.com/topics/environment/physical-regions-texas https://www.britannica.com/place/Texas-state http:// www.netstate.com/states/geography/tx_geography.htm http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/us/texas-geography.html http://www.ducksters.com/geography/state.php?State=Texas http://www.sueddeutsche.de/thema/Texas https://www.texasinfo.de/ http://www.ducksters.com/geography/us_states/texas_history.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dealey_Plaza https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Space_Center#Space_Shuttle_retirement https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/most-importantproblem-facing-texas-february-2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Geography_of_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Texas#Exports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas#History http://progresstexas.org/blog/top-10-issues-2015-texas-legislature http://news.utexas.edu/sites/news.utexas.edu/files/opa/ wordpress/news/files/UT-TT-Polls-102214.002_2.jpg http://traveltips.usatoday.com/texas-environmental-problems-63182.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_School_Book_Depository http:// www.onlyinyourstate.com/texas/historical-landmarks-tx/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ List_of_National_Historic_Landmarks_in_Texas http://www.texas-lakes.net/Texas_Interactive_Map.jpg https:// upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Pie_chart_of_US_population_by_state.png http://www.visitcorpuschristitx.org/ image.aspx?id=173&mar=1 http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/upload/images/characters/conquistador/conquistador-beach.jpg? 1453143342 http://www.imagesfromtexas.com/images/xl/Dallas-Skyline-before-Sunset-612-3.jpg http://www.texas-map.org/ texas-map.jpg