Transcript Texas History Attila Hun 4th period Ms. Marko 2015

Texas History
Attila Hun
th
6
period
Ms. Marko
2016-2017
Today’s instructions
1) Get ISN and sit in assigned seat.
2) Have pencil ready
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Instructions: DO NOT WRITE THIS
1) Draw the state of Texas free hand 2) label Houston 3) put a star where the
capital is located and write the name of the city. 4) Draw a compass rose 5)
label where you believe Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Oklahoma and
New Mexico would be located.
Try your best, it is okay if you do not get it right.
What do I know about Texas?
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1) Who is the governor? _____________________
2) Who are our two senators? ________ __________
3) What county do you live in ? _________________
4) What is the main river in that county? __________
5) What body of water borders Texas? ____________
6) What is the Texas nickname? ___ ____ ____ _____
7) Where is the Alamo? _______________________
8)Name 2 famous Texans and what they did. ______
9) Name 3 presidents from Texas. __________________
10) Write an interesting fact about Texas. ___________
5 themes of geography
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Location- tells exactly where a place is located (ex.
Absolute location, relative location)
Place- what it looks like? (ex mountains, rivers or
climate warm, cold, tropic)
Region- characteristic that are the same in an area
(ex. Language, religion, economy)
Movement- how and why people and goods move
and how they affect people (ex disease,
economy, weather, roads)
Human Enviorment- Interation- how people adapt
or effect their surroundings (ex: irrigation, dams,
pollution )
Warm up week of 8/29
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8/29 Mon- Give an example of Human Environment
interaction. Look on ISN 3
8/30 Tues- Give one example of region and one example of
place.
8/31 Wed- In what two hemispheres do we live?
9/1 Thurs- What are the four regions of Texas?
9/2 Fri- What region do we live in ?
Download Image share from Balfour and use
code 709479 for HBMS, You can upload pictures
to the yearbook
Stu meeting has been moved to the sept 7th
1. Warm up
2. Fill out regions chart
3. Closure activity
place
location
region
movement
Human environment interaction
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5 themes of Geography
Read each statement below and determine which theme of Geography it is describing. Choose from the box.
1. Railroad networks in Europe make traveling easier for tourists. _______________
2. The warm climate if the southern states makes it attractive for tourists _________________
3. Islam is the major religion in the middle east __________________
4. Mongolia is south of Russia and north of China _______________________
5. The ancient Egyptians built levees to hold back the flooding waters of the Nile River ___________________________
6. What theme is where the place is? ___________________________________
7. What theme is what the place is like? ______________________________
8. What theme is how people have adapted the environment? _______________
9. What theme is how the place is in relation to other places? _________________
10. Latitude and Longitude are what theme? _________________________________
To answer these questions,
11. Trucks and cars are what theme? _________________________________________
use ISN and reference Atlas
12. parks and garbage dumps are what theme? _____________________________
13. people and cultures are what theme? ____________________________________
in the beginning of the
14. Forest and continents are what theme? ___________________________________
book and book pgs 13-20
Other geography questions
Name some barriers to movement? __________________________________________
Name some pull factors _____________________________________________________
Name some push factors ____________________________________________________
Name 3 types of maps ______________________________________________________
Name 3 types of thematic maps. ____________________________________________
Latitude runs from _______________ to ______________________
Longitude runs from __________________ to ____________________
There are _____ hemispheres the _________, ___________, __________, ___________
The majority of the population lives in the ______________ hemisphere
What are the 5 ways culture spreads? _________________, ___________, __________________, __________, ________________
The equator is a line of __________________________
The Prime Meridian is a line of _________________________
Give an example of relative location ___________________________
Give and example of absolute location _________________________
There are ________ continents _______________________________________________________________________________________
There are ________ oceans ___________________________________________________
Key Vocabulary
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Absolute location- the exact spot on earth where a place can be
found.
Relative location- the location of one place in relation to other places.
Thematic map- a map that focuses on a specific idea or theme.
Interdependence- the economic, political and social
dependence of culture regions on one another.
Prime Meridian- o degree longitude runs through London, france,
algeria, Ghana ( North to South)
Equator- o degree latitude, runs through Equador, Brazil, Congo,
Kenya and Borneo ( East to West)
Physical Map- map that shows landforms and elevations
Political Map- map that shows citie or countries
Latitude- lines on a map that run east to west
Longitude- lines on a map that run north to south
Protestant- a Christian that is protesting the Catholic church
Modify- to physically change the environment
Adapt- humans that change their behavior to the environment
Rural- not in the city, in the country with more farms
Urban- in the city with a high population density.
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5.
Draw the color key to the
four regions of Texas
1) On your map, identify the
four regions ( color )as
seen on pg 73 in BLUE
book and label it using a
key
2) Label cities of Houston,
San Antonio, Austin and
Galveston, Dallas, Fort
Worth
3) Draw and Label the rivers
Rio Grande, Nueces,
Colorado, Red, Sabine and
Brazos ( book 68,and 70
have the rivers)
4) Label the Edwards
plateau.
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Write entire question and answer
1) How has the population of Texas changed over the last 50 years? (55)
2) What is the difference between rural and urban? (look in glossary)
3) Using the map on 59, Name 3 resources found only in the coastal plains.
4) Using the map on 59, Where is the most wheat, corn and peanuts grown
and why? ( you may use the map on 58 to identify regions)
5) Using the maps on 58 and 59, Why is central Texas used for ranching?
6) What natural resource accounts for a large portion of the State’s income?
(60)
7) What is an Aquifer? (61)
8) How is the climate in the southern part of the state different from the
northern part of the state?(62)
9) How have Texans adapted to the weather and climate? ( we have
discussed every day)
10) Describe some of the effects of extreme weather on the people of Texas.
(65)
Closing Activity
1 ticket sentence stems
- An example of place is _____________
- An example of movement is ____________
2 ticket sentence stems
- The difference between modify and adapt is ________ and
________
- One of the Senators of Texas is _________
- The governor of Texas is __________________
3 ticket sentence stems-Two examples of thematic maps are ________ and ________
- The Prime Meridian goes through ___________
- The difference between Rural and Urban is _______________
COMPARING GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF TEXAS
Region
Physical
Features
Natural
Resources/Indust
ries
Economic
Activities
Major
Cities
(list at least 3)
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Entertainment/
Recreation
Coastal
Plains
North Central
Plains
Great
Plains
Mountain and
Basin
1)Using the information in the chart, which regions are most similar to each other? least similar?
2)Write a generalization (summary statement) describing how the geography of an area effects
the economic activities of that area.
Warm up week of 9/6
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9/5 Mon- Holiday
9/6 Tues- Which region of Texas gets the most rainfall
9/7 Wed9/8 Thurs9/9 Fri-
Download Image share from Balfour and use
code 709479 for HBMS, You can upload pictures
to the yearbook
Stu meeting has been moved to the sept 7th
1. Warm up
2. Make color coded 4
regions activity
3. Closure activity
1)This MUST be color coded
2) Each box must have 2
illustrations and all info
The four Texas regions 11
Great Plains
Industries:
Climate: Sand storms, snow, some rain
Population: average
Amount of rainfall: 15-20 inches a year
Cities:
Landforms: Mesas and Buttes, very flat
Mountain and Basin
Industries: Ranching, military, tourism
Climate: Hot and dry
Population: least populated
Amount of rainfall: 8 inches a year
Cities:
Landforms: Mountains, Basins, desert
North Central Plains
Industries:
Climate: tornadoes, rain storms
Population: average
Amount of rainfall- 20-30 inches a year
Cities:
Landforms: Balcones scarpment, Hill country
Gulf Coastal Plains
Industries: Fishing, Shipping, Oil, Medical
Climate: Hot, humid, huricanes
Population: 1/3 of Texas
Amount of rainfall: 30-55 inches a year
Cities:
Landforms: Swamp, Marsh, forest