CBA 1 Review

Flashcards for CBA #1 Honors Texas History 7th Grade!!!

Human Geography

How people live, adapt, and use the land around them

Irrigation

Supplying water to crops using artificial methods like pipes or ditches

River Alteration

Changes humans make to a river, such as building dams or levees

Tributary

A smaller stream or river that flows into a larger river

Cultural Heritage

Traditions, beliefs, and history passed down from past generations

Mountains and Basins Major City

El Paso

Mountains and Basins Climate

Extremely dry, hot, and arid

Mountains and Basins Way of Life

Ranching, farming along the Rio Grande, and tourism

Great Plains Major Cities

Amarillo, Lubbock

Great Plains Climate

Dry, windy, with hot summers and cold winters

Great Plains Way of Life

Cattle ranching, wheat farming, and oil production

North Central Plains Major Cities

Fort Worth, Abilene, Wichita Falls

North Central Plains Climate

Warm temperatures, moderate rainfall, and severe storms

North Central Plains Way of Life

Ranching, farming, and manufacturing

Coastal Plains Major Cities

Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin

Coastal Plains Climate

Warm, humid, with high rainfall

Coastal Plains Rivers

Rio Grande, Brazos, Colorado, Trinity, Red River

Coastal Plains Way of Life

Fishing, shipping, oil refining, and technology

Houston

Largest city in Texas, major center for oil refineries and NASA

Big Bend National Park

Large national park in the Mountains and Basins region

Natural Texas and its People

Era focused on geography and Native American cultures before European arrival

Galveston Hurricane of 1900

Deadliest natural disaster in US history, led to the building of the seawall

Dust Bowl

Period in the 1930s of severe dust storms and drought in the Great Plains

Renewable Resources

Wind, solar energy, water

Non-Renewable Resources

Oil, natural gas, minerals (including aluminum)

Balcones Escarpment

Fault line separating the Coastal Plains from the Hill Country

Caprock Escarpment

Cliff line separating the High Plains from the North Central Plains

Palo Duro Canyon

Second-largest canyon in the United States, located in the Texas Panhandle