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Physical Features ofTexas
Texas has many different landforms.
In West Texas, there are highplains, deserts, and mountains.
The Guadalupe Mountains are alsolocated in West Texas.
In Central Texas, it has the rockyHill Country and there is a
lot ofland good for ranching.
Texas Panhandle, located in
Northwest Texas, is flat and hasfew trees. Palo Duro Canyon
StatePark has steep cliffs of layeredrock.
Pine trees cover East Texas andthe land there is hilly.
The Gulf Coast, which is along theGulf of Mexico, has land that
is flat
and sandy. It also has somewetlands.
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5 Things to do in Texas
1. See the Alamo in SanAntonio
2. Go to Big Bend NationalPark in West Texas
3. Go to the Beach on PadreIsland
4. See where President JohnF. Kennedy was shot inDallas
5. Visit the Johnson SpaceCenter in Houston
The Alamo
Padre Island
Works Cited1. http ://en .wikipedia .org /wiki/Texas2. http
://www .50 states .com /3.http ://2010.census .gov /2010 census
/data /
apportionment-pop-text.php4. Texas, Capstone Press
GeographyDepartment
COLUMN 1: Front of Brochure
Population: 25,145,561Capital: Austin, TX
State Motto: Friendship
State Flower: Bluebonnet
Maria JesusSt. Mary Catholic School
Grade 7
April 2011
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Texas History
The Apache, Kiowa, and Caddo Indianswere some of the first
people to live inTexas.
Spanish Missions: Spanish explorersclaimed the land of Texas for
Spain in the1500s but they didnt live there. Therewere many Spanish
priests who buildmissions in Texas. In 1821, settlers fromthe U.S.
started moving into Texas. At thattime, Mexico became independent
fromSpain.
Revolt Against Mexico: War broke out
between the people living in Texas andMexico. This war included
the Battle of theAlamo in 1836.
Statehood: Texas became apart of theUnited States at the end of
1845. Duringthe U.S. Civil War, Texas was a slave stateand later on
formed the Confederacy.
Cattle Drives and Oil Drilling: Many Texancowboys had large
cattle ranches after theU.S. Civil War. In the 1890s, the oil
industry
started changing Texas economy.
From Texas to the Moon: Houston wasdesignated to be the
headquarters of theManned Spacecraft Center where theyexplored, now
known as the Johnson SpaceCenter.
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Famous TexansDwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969)
was the 34th President of the United
States.
Henry Cisneros (1947- ) was the first
Hispanic-American mayor of a major
U.S. City.
Barbara Jordan (1936-1996)was thefirst southern African-American
woman
to be elected to the U.S. House of
Representatives.
The People of TexasDemographic Population
POPULATION % of POPULATION
White alone 70.40%
Black or African
American alone
23.90%
American Indian and
Alaska Native alone
0.70%
Asian alone 3.80%
Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander
alone
0.10%
Some Other Race alone 10.50%
Two or More Races 2.70%
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Texas Economy
Texas currently has many
industries, such as
manufacturing, oil drilling,
agriculture, and mining.
There are many high-tech
companies located in Texas.
Also, Texas raises more cattle
than any other state. Farmers in
the state also raise sheep, goats,
and horses.
Some plants that grow in Texas
are wheat, sorghum, corn,
cotton, grapefruit, orange andnut trees.
Sulfur, coal, salt, and gypsum are
produced in the mines of Texas.
In addition, Oil and natural gas
drilling is another important
industry in the state.
