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| River that boarders Texas |
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| Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central Plain, Coastal Plain |
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| Coast Plains Contributions |
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Houston, Galveston, Dallas, Port Arthur
Festivals
Timber Industry
Oil and gas (petrochemical)
Ports (trading)
Fishing Shrimping
Farming
Big Thicket
Rio Grande Valley
Abundant Rainfall
Fertile soil
wood,organges, grapefruit, spinach, shrimp
Sub-tropical, sunny, hot, humid |
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| North Central Plains Contributions |
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Fort Worth, Abilene, Fort Hood, Wichita Falls
Western wear, Cow town, Cowboy culture, Army Bases
Ranching and farming, banking, trading center
Fertile/unfertile soil, varied rainfall, gentle rolling plains, cross timbers, dino footprints
peaches, peanuts, oats, lemons
Healthy rainfall, fertile land, rural, plains |
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| Great Plains Contributions |
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Amirillo, Lubbock, Palo Duro
XIT Ranch, Oil (roughnecks)
Farming, Ranching
open praire, XIT ranch, Ogalala aqua filter, Palo Duro canyon
Wheat, cotton, grain
Flat,limited rain, plateaus, canyons, Hot |
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| Mountain and Basins Contributions |
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El Paso
Tourists, cowboys, bluebonnets
Internationsl trade w/Mexico, camping, McDonalds observatory
Big Bend National park, Rio Grande, St. Elena canyon
Petroleum, natural gas, cotton, pecans
Hot/dry, low pollution, limited rain, mountains/basins |
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| Factors that lead to populations growth |
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| Natural resourses like oil and agricultural provide job opportunities, which affects growth |
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| How does geography affect Native texans culture |
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| adaptation to different regions affects social, political, social and economic developments |
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| Hunters, farmers, fishers, canoes |
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| is an artificial application of water to the soil. It is usually used to assist in growing crops in dry areas and during periods of inadequate rainfall |
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| Human-Environment Interaction |
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| how people use, adapt to, or change their surroundings and how the physical environment often affects humans |
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| people are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. |
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| a spanish military outpost |
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Texas became neutral
Missouri Territory, Arkansas Territory
Mississippi River, Red River, Arkansas River |
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| a member of a large expedition sent to conquer the area between Fl and Mexico in 1527 |
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| the first known black man to enter Texas, became highly regarded shamans, or healers, also a trader. |
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| a young, rich, and trusted noble, as leader of the expedition |
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| sailed from Cuba and landed his army of about 500 soldiers on the eastern coast of Mexico. |
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