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4th grade · Social Studies · Unit 9 of 14

Regions of Texas

Mountains, plains and coast

What your child practices

The four physical regions of Texas (Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central Plains, Coastal Plains), their landforms, climate, vegetation and work, and why people settled where they did.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 4.6(A); 4.6(B); 4.7(A); 4.7(B); 4.11(A); 4.11(B) · the physical regions of Texas, patterns of settlement, and how people in each region earn a living

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Texas has four physical regions: Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, North Central Plains and Coastal Plains.
  2. Mountains and Basins is in the far west. The Great Plains include Amarillo and Lubbock.
  3. Houston and the Gulf coast are in the Coastal Plains.

Example: El Paso is in which region of Texas? El Paso is in the far west, with mountains and desert. That region is Mountains and Basins. Answer: Mountains and Basins

Regions of Texas in Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 9 of 14 in 4th grade Social Studies, after Oil, Wars & Inventors and before Maps & the Land.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which region has the highest mountains in Texas?

    • North Central Plains
    • Coastal Plains
    • Mountains and Basins
    • Great Plains

  2. Question 2

    Big Bend National Park is in which region?

    • Great Plains
    • North Central Plains
    • Mountains and Basins
    • Coastal Plains

  3. Question 3

    Which region is known for timber, rice and shipping ports?

    • Great Plains
    • North Central Plains
    • Mountains and Basins
    • Coastal Plains

  4. Question 4

    Which region includes the Panhandle and its flat high plains?

    • Mountains and Basins
    • North Central Plains
    • Coastal Plains
    • Great Plains

  5. Question 5

    Abilene and Wichita Falls are in which region?

    • Great Plains
    • Mountains and Basins
    • Coastal Plains
    • North Central Plains

  6. Question 6

    Which describes the Great Plains region?

    • flat, high grasslands with little rain
    • tropical islands
    • swamps and pine forests
    • desert mountains

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