Exam 2

The four oceans are: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Artic

The harnessing of the atom has changed the nature of war forever.

Columbus Day falls on the second Monday in October.

Most amazing engineering feat of the 20th century is the human expansion into...

Boundaries between communist- controlled countries and free nations are called Iron Curtain

What two presidents are celebrated on Presidents Day?

What insudtry experienced significant growth after World War 1?

what is the significance of Juneteenth?

The automobile changed people and socoety, giving people the freedom to move farther from their workplaces.

the hawaiian islands are the tips of high ocean volcanoes

San Jacinto Day commemorates the final Texas victory over Mexico under Santa Anna in 1836?

Polio left many Americans and people throughout the world with paralysis

Rachel Carson brought awareness to the need of clean air and water. Helped create the Enviornmental Protection Agency.

The four time zones are: Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific

What day does Dia de los Muertos fall on.

Small bands of Native Americans who inhabited through San Antonio to Del Rio.

Osama Bin Laden was the primary mastermind behind 9/11?

What Month is New Year's Day celebrated?

The word is divided into 4 hemispheres

Caddo Nation was once largest and most powerful Indian group in Texas.

vegetation regions of the us are divided into 4 categories

Landmarks are places that are identified where famous events took place or that symbolizes something important?

Kwanzza celebrates seven basic values of African American culture.

what are continents?

Are Gulfs and Bays surrounded on 3 sides by land?

Topographic maps are flat and show: Elevation, terrian by using contour lines

Chinese, Vietnamese, and Koreans celebrate Lunar New Year?

Which holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ?

what are absolute locations measured in?

Which holiday is set aside on November 11 to honor all the of those who have served the U.S in the armed forces.

This group was employed to protect white settlers from hostile tribes. Believed to be the oldest state law enforcement.

Bill Clinton became the first Democrat since FDR to be reelected president?

thematic maps show: population, vegetation, language and etc

Which tribe inhabited an area from Galveston to Corpus Christi in a more nomadic way of life?

Who was Quanah Parker?

In 1847, what treaty was between Native Americans and private citizens? Also believed to have never been broken.

Mesas are smaller than plateaus

This holiday occurs the week of September 17 to educate students on the sacriffices made by the founders of this country

which month is Halloween celebrated?

Who Established the Texas Rangers?

Louis Pasteur aided humans throughout the world with the discovery/inventions of?

National Symbols are representations of people, values, and goals that unite the people of a nation.

What did Cyrus McCormick invent that transformed the farming industry?

Which holiday is celebrated by Muslims throughout the world during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar?

Yom Kippur is the most important of Jewish holidays.

What is Martin Luther King Day?

Relief maps have raised features to show elevation

reference maps show location

Who acted to stop the aggression of Iraq when it invaded Kuwait, sending troops to into the Gulf War or Desert Storm?

Anthropologists believe that the first Texans were called what?

Cultural Diffusion discusses the exchange of ideas, beliefs, ag and ect spread when people came into contact with others

are Gulfs and Bays also part of the ocean?

How was the manufacutirng idustry changed? (2 right answers)

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

Political maps show boundaries of nations and states with their capitals

Eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem in 165 BC.

Who was Sally Ride?

A delta is an area of slit formed where a river meets the sea

How did Joseph Glidden change life in Texas dramatically?

Plains Indians centered their lives on the buffalo.

Who was elected as the 44th President of the United States?

Who is most famous for inventing the photographic process in the mid-1800s

Texas Independence Day is when Texas declared its independence from Mexico?

A 10-day celebration remembering the Jewish New Year as a time to examine the past year & making new resolutions

"Lucky Lindy" was the first to to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

Phillis Wheatly was the first African American to publish a book?

high mountain ranges were the result of shelves of rock coming together and being forced upwards

What is an isthmus

Comanche People became excetional horsemen and they lived in what we called the panhandle of Texas.

The people of the Achaic Period were called Amerinds

What holiday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ?

What is Tet?

This international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.

Cultural geography includes what

Who was the dominatnt wildlife artist painting and cataloging the birds of North America?

Electricy became one of the most important invention in history because of Benjamin Franklin

Cynthia Ann Parker was captured as a young child by the Comanches and adopted their culture; mother of Quanah Parker

What month is Memorial Day celebrated?

the four vegetation regions are: forests, grasslands, savannahs, deserts

Most important modern medical pioneers is...

Who created the vaccine for polio?

What was the national flower of the United States in 1986?

George Washington Carver was responsible for reaserching and promoting alternative crops.

First women to become a member pf the American Acadmey of Arts and Sciences.

Passover is a Jewish holiday commemorating the Exodus of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt?

First patented telephone in 1876 was by...

What is the greatest river in South America?

What is the greatest mountain system in the world?

What happened on september 11, 2001?

Willis Carrier received a patent for his Apparatus for Treating Air, the first successful air conditioner.

When is New Year's Eve?

Tonkawa ranged across the Edwards Plateau to the Brazos Valley. They lived by hunting, fishing, gathering fruits & nuts

The traffic signal, hair straightening product, and the safety hood was invented by?

American astronomer, popularized sceince with his book Cosmos.

What is Containment Doctrine?

what is the significance of Thanksgiving?

Who is known as the father of the modern dairy industry?

The Apaches inhabited the High Palins of Central Texas. They hunted bison, elk, deer, and antelope.

what is st. patricks day?

Physical Maps are raised