UNIT 1: NATURAL TEXAS

Mountains and Basins

driest part of the state, includes cities such as El Paso. Economic Resources include:farming,ranching,oil, and gas

Gulf Coastal Plain

the largest region in Texas, we live here, receives the most rainfall, has the lowest elevation

Industries of Coastal Plains

Oil, Natural gas, fishing

Great Plains

extends into the northernmost region of Texas known as the panhandle. Also borders Mexico

North Central Plains

Line the west and North of Coastal Plains; Include cities Forth Worth, San Angelo, Wichita Falls; Region is mostly a rural farming, ranching, and agricultural area

Northern border of Texas and Oklahoma

The Red River

Southern border of Texas and Mexico

Rio Grande

Guadalupe Peak

Highest mountain in Texas, located in Mountains and Basins Region

Human Geography/Characteristics

Population, sedentary, hunter/gatherers

nomadic

wandering, moving about from place to place, usually following buffalo, hunter/gatherers

Apache/Plains Natives

Nomads who hunted buffalo

sedentary

the ability to create permanent settlements and utilize farming

Mostly Fish and wild fruits

Food source for Coastal Plains natives

Diseases

Killed large number of Coastal Natives & spread rapidly

Karankawa

Lived on the Gulf Coast, nomadic

Caddo

Lived in East Texas, sedentary

Apache

Nomads in West Texas, hunted buffalo

Comanche

Lived on the Great Plains, hunted buffalo

Tepees

Shelter used by the Comanche and Apache

Coahuiltican

Lived on the south Texas plains, hunted small animals

Wickiups

Temporary shelters made of grass and sticks

Physical Characteristics

Rivers, mountains, canyons

Another name for Nomadic groups

Hunter-gatherers

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Caddo and Karankawa

Coastal groups most likely to farm crops

Industries of Great Plains

Cotton farming, ranching, oil

Climate is hot with lowest rainfall

Mountains and Basins Region

Highest Populated Region?

Coastal Plains