TX History 9 Week Exam Review CHP.1
- What is geography and it’s purpose, How does it explain the past: it explains the history and awareness of the location?
- How does the environment influence the people: influences where they live, how they live, and what they wear
- What are physical characteristics: mountains, bodies of water, soil, vegetation.
- What are human characteristics: clothing, jobs, architecture
- What is the theme of location: where is it located
- How are violent storms produced in TX: warm air and cool air mix from the gom.
- What’s a plateau:: flat high area of land.
- What are absolute and relative location and how do they affect climate: absolute is a specific location, relative is compared to areas around it. they affect climate as it depends where the locations are and the weather.
- How does the GOM affect climate: it's close to a body of water bringing harsh storms to storms to coast.
- What is an aquifer and how is it replenished: underground reservoir, replenished by surface level water, ex. rainfall
- What are the middle lats: regions between the equators tropic of cancer and artic circle
- What is the definition of location: place where a certain point exists.
- Vegetation regions of TX: Piney, gulf prairie, po savanna, blk prairies, cross timbres, stx plains, Edward plateau, high plains, trans pecos, rolling plains
- DIfference between fact and opinion: facts are from the source, opinions are ur thoughts.
- What is cultural diffusion: spread of cultures
- What are ecoystems: humans and non humans making a balance
- What is the size of TX in comparison to other states: Cali is closer to Colorado than we are in this metroplex.
