By Jodie Weddle
Texas: What A Colorful State!
Use a color word to answer the following questions about Texas.
1.. The state flower of Texas is this color. ___________________
2. This river is the northern border that separates Texas from Oklahoma. ____________________
3. Brownwood is the county seat of this central Texas county. ____________________
4. Amarillo is the Spanish word for this color. ____________________
5. The Texas soldiers who joined the Confederacy during the Civil War wore this color. ____________________
6. This Texas county, Blanco, is also the Spanish word for this color. _____________________
7. In 1843 during the Texas
Revolution General Santa Anna ordered Texan captives to draw beans in a
lottery. Those who
drew white beans were spared. Those who drew beans of this
color were executed. ____________________
8. In the mines of Shafter, north of Presidio, Texans once mined over 30 million ounces of this precious metal.
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9. A West Texas county has Tom as its first name and this color as its last. ____________________
10. Located on the extreme southern end of the Sabine River, this county seat and county share the same name.
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11. The Goddess of Liberty that stands atop the Texas capitol building holds a star of this color. ____________________
12. The state capitol building in Austin is made of granite that is this color. ____________________