TX History 9 Week Exam Review CHP.1

  1. What is geography and it’s purpose, How does it explain the past: it explains the history and awareness of the location?
  2. How does the environment influence the people: influences where they live, how they live, and what they wear
  3. What are physical characteristics: mountains, bodies of water, soil, vegetation.
  4. What are human characteristics: clothing, jobs, architecture
  5. What is the theme of location: where is it located
  6. How are violent storms produced in TX: warm air and cool air mix from the gom.
  7. What’s a plateau:: flat high area of land.
  8. 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.
  9. How does the GOM affect climate: it's close to a body of water bringing harsh storms to storms to coast.
    1. What is an aquifer and how is it replenished: underground reservoir, replenished by surface level water, ex. rainfall
    2. What are the middle lats: regions between the equators tropic of cancer and artic circle
    3. What is the definition of location: place where a certain point exists.
    4. Vegetation regions of TX: Piney, gulf prairie, po savanna, blk prairies, cross timbres, stx plains, Edward plateau, high plains, trans pecos, rolling plains
    5. DIfference between fact and opinion: facts are from the source, opinions are ur thoughts.
    6. What is cultural diffusion: spread of cultures
    7. What are ecoystems: humans and non humans making a balance
    8. What is the size of TX in comparison to other states: Cali is closer to Colorado than we are in this metroplex.