Texas has 4 regions: Mountains and Basins, Great Plains, Central Plains, and Coastal Plains. Each region's economy has shifted over time from a focus on ranching and agriculture in the past to more diverse industries today, such as oil and gas, wind farms, commercial agriculture, aerospace, technology, and education in the Coastal Plains region.

1. TEXAS
REGIONS & INDUSTRIES

2.  Texas has 4 regions.
 Mountains and Basins
 Great Plains
 Central Plains
 Coastal Plains
 Each region has an industrial focus.
This focus has changed from the past to the present.
REGIONS

3. MOUNTAINS AND BASINS
Past Present
 Ranching (cattle, goat
and sheep)
 Ranching (cattle, goat
and sheep)
 Oil and Gas
 National Park Systems

4. GREAT PLAINS
Past Present
 Ranching
 Agriculture (wheat
and cotton)
 Ranching
 Commercial Agriculture
 Oil and Gas
 Wind Farms

5. CENTRAL PLAINS
Past Present
 Small Businesses
 Agriculture (farming &
ranching)
 Military Forts
 Commercial Agriculture
 Wind Farms
 Small Industries

6. COASTAL PLAINS
Past Present
 Small Businesses
 Agriculture (farming &
ranching)
 Commercial Agriculture
 Oil and Gas
 Banking
 Aerospace Industry
 Technology
 Education
 Military
 Service Industries

7.  A subsistence economy is an economy that is maintained or
supported at a minimum level.
 What is the difference between a subsistence economy and a Free Enterprise
(market) economy?
 In a subsistence economy, people grow and use what they need to
survive such as sewing your own clothes or growing your own
vegetables.
 In a Free Enterprise (market) economy, people get the things they
need and want through a trade of goods for money.
SUBSISTENCE ECONOMY