1. What do “adapt” and “modify” mean when concerning the environment? Give two examples of each.
a. Adapt means to work with or use what the environment has given you to meet your needs
i. Wearing lots of layers in a cold environment
ii. Wearing a hat to keep your face from being sunburned
b. Modify means to completely change to environment to fit your needs
i. Building a dam
ii. Cutting down trees
iii. Building buildings
iv. Blowing up sections of rock
2. Which theme of geography do modify and adapting to the environment fall under? (Remember MR LIP)
a. Interaction between human and environment
3. Label the four regions of Texas
a. 1 is Mountains and Basins, 2 is Great
Plains, 3 is North Central Plains, 4 is
Coastal Plains
4. Label and DRAW the following rivers and cities
on the map.
a. Red River
b. Rio Grande
c. Sabine
d. Colorado
e. Trinity
f. Dallas
g. Austin
h. Houston
i. El Paso
5. Which region can Guadalupe Peak be found in?
a. Mountains and basins
6. Which three regions are best for farming and ranching and why?
a. Great Plains
b. Gulf Coastal Plains
c. North Central Plains
7. List two common characteristics between the Great Plains and the Gulf Coastal Plains.
a. Flat land
b. Grasslands
8. What happens to the elevation as you move from the Coastal Plains to the Mountains and Basins regions?
a. The elevation begins low in the coastal plains but as you move west you begin to go higher in elevation
9. List three ways that the Mountains and Basins region is different from the Coastal Plains region.
a. Coastal Plains has more waterways
b. Mountains and Basins region has higher elevation
c. Coastal Plains has a larger population
10. List three jobs that might be found in the Gulf Coastal plains?
a. Fishing
b. Drilling for oil
c. Farming and ranching
d. Lumberjack
11. What physical feature do most major cities form along?
a. Rivers or waterways
12. Define Federalism and list an example.
a. Federalism is the sharing of powers between state and national governments
b. The state has the power to make marriage laws, the federal (national) government has the power to
declare war, both the state and national governments have the power to levy (raise) taxes.
13. Define Individual Rights and give two examples.
a. Rights that cannot be taken away by the government.
b. The first 10 amendments/bill of rights
c. Freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, petition, bear arms, etc.
14. Define Republicanism and give one example.
a. The people vote for representatives to make decisions for them
b. Voting for president, governor, mayor, sheriff, city council, senators, legislators
15. What is the freedom of religion?
a. The government can force people to attend or practice any particular religion nor can they ban any
religion
16. What is the executive leader of a city known as?
a. Mayor
17. Define Limited Government and give an example.
a. The power of the government is restricted or limited to what is written in the constitution.
b. The governor of Texas cannot have a cabinet (group of people advising him/her) because the
constitution of Texas says so.
18. Define Separation of Powers.
a. The government is divided up into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial.
19. How is the state level of government organized?
a. Three branches
20. What principle of government is reflected the sharing of power between local and state governments?
a. Federalism
21. Why is Freedom of Speech important to a democratic society?
a. Because people could be imprisoned and it would violate our constitutional rights (bill of rights)
22. How is the county level of government organized?
a. Elected officials such as the sheriff, clerk, treasurer, tax assessor, an d the commissioners court
23. What would be a negative effect of pumping water out of an aquifer?
a. Natural streams and springs would dry up
24. Define Popular Sovereignty and list an example.
a. The power of the government rests with the people
b. People voting on laws and representatives
25. What does “freedom of the press” mean?
a. Newspapers and other media outlets (press) can print and publish things even though some may
consider it to be offensive without censorship
26. What level of government is the governor in and what principle of government does this fall under and why?
a. State level
b. Separation of powers because the governor is the leader of the executive branch