Texas History, Ch. 1 and 2

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Texas History, Ch. 1 and 2

• Geography and Regions of Texas

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Longitude and Latitude

• Longitude lines are east and west of the Prime
  Meridian
• Latitude lines are north and south of the Equator.

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Cities

• Dallas and Fort Worth are the main cities of the
  Metroplex

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Cities

• Houston is the largest city in Texas
• Amarillo is the largest city in the North Plains
• El Paso is the largest city in the Mountains and
  Basins region

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Geography

• The Guadalupe Mountains are the highest mountain
  range in Texas

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Geography

• The Caprock Escarpment divides the Great Plains
  from the North Central Plains to the west
• Erosion is the wearing away of the earths
  surface by water, wind and ice.

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Geography

• The West Texas mountains receive more rainfall
  than the nearby desert because moisture-filled
  air moving up the mountains is cooled.

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Geography

• A tableland covered with small trees and brush is
  a plateau.
• Location answers the question, Where is it?

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Geography

• The Balcones Escarpment was the result of a giant
  earthquake millions of years ago.

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Geography

• Geography helps deal with the present by
  explaining why people live the way they do.
• Geography helps deal with the past by explaining
  why certain events occurred the way they did.

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Geography

• Physical characteristics of geography include the
  climate, plants and animals.

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Climate

• Climate is affected by absolute location,
  relative location and elevation.

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Climate

• When cool air from the north combines with moist,
  warm air from the Gulf of Mexico, it results in
  violent storms.

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Climate

• The Coastal Plains region has a mild climate
  because of the Gulf of Mexico.

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Climate

• The Gulf of Mexico most strongly affects the
  climate of the Coastal Plains.

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Climate

• The cooler temperatures in the Great Plains are
  due largely to the regions high elevation.

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Climate

• All of the following are vegetation regions found
  in Texas
• Savannas
• Large forests
• Grasslands

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Regions

• Texas makes up about 7 percent of the land area
  of the United States!

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Regions

• The Gulf Coast Plain product sold to more than
  100 countries around the world is rice.
• Large-scale commercial farming is called
  agribusiness.

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Regions

• The population of the Mountains and Basins region
  is very sparse.
• The North Central Plains region is well suited
  for ranching.
• The Coastal Plains have large oil fields, a mild
  climate and is heavily populated.

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Regions

• The most important economic activity in the Gulf
  Coast Plain is cattle raising.

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