Identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain the purpose of dividing the past into eras, including Natural Texas and its People; Age of Contact; Spanish Colonial; Mexican National; Revolution and Republic; Early Statehood; Texas in the Civil War and Reconstruction; Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads; Age of Oil; Texas in the Great Depression and World War II; Civil Rights Contemporary Texas.
Explain ways in which geographic factors such as the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the Dust Bowl, limited water resources, and alternative energy sources have affected the political, economic, and social development of Texas.
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In which ways did early settlers in Colonial Texas adapt to their new environment?
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Early settlers constructed homes with breezeways in order to take advantage of the wind to cool their homes.
Buffalo hides were used to make Teepees.
Horns from cows were used to carry water or gunpowder.
The use of dogs to hunt
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Which of the following is a way that Texans modified the environment just after the Civil War to make the environment more advantageous for a new business venture?
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Seashells were used to make decorative jewelry
Cattle trails were developed to drive cattle to northern Railroad stations.
Horns from cows were used to carry water or gunpowder
Buffalo hides were used to make Teepees
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In which ways did early settlers in Colonial Texas adapt to their new environment?
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Which of the following is a way that Texans modified the environment just after the Civil War to make the environment more advantageous for a new business venture?
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In Colonial Texas, the abundance of deer led to what environmental adaptation?
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In some parts of Texas, large trees were not available for building log cabins, which of the following is an early environmental adaptation used in Texas?
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One twentieth-century environmental adaptation in Texas would be which of the following?
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One way Texans have adapted the environment for world trade would be which of the following?
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Building roads and the use of fossil fuels to run cars and trucks has caused some negative effects such as which of the following?
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Planting trees and natural vegetation is one way to stop the negative effects of which of the following?
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The oil industry is responsible for which of the following negative consequences to environmental adaptation?
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What political development was a direct result of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900?
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What happened as a direct result of the Dust Bowl?
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In some areas of Texas, there is a limited number of water resources. As a result, what political development has arisen in these areas?
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Many Texas coastal cities have done which of the following due to the frequency of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico?
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What types of alternative energy sources are Texans actively using today?
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Limited water resources often change how land is used. Which of the following is a good example?
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Limited water resources in some areas of Texas led to which of the following?
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Underground aquifers are a water source for many Texans; however, growing populations in these areas can result in which of the following?
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How do governments encourage the use of alternative energy sources?
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During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt's New Deal policies created work programs that were impacted by geographic factors in which of the following ways?
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The development of air conditioning impacted social development in which of the following ways?
