Vocabulary
A period of time in which there is little to no rain.
What is a drought?
This range of mountains is 3,000 miles long.
What is the Rocky Mountains?
Agriculture is a fancy way to say ____________.
What is farming?
A special meeting place for the Pueblo people where they had ceremonies, celebrations, and funerals.
What is a kiva?
The gradual wearing away of something by natural forces, such as wind or water.
What is erosion?
This national park and landmark is 277 miles long.
What is the Grand Canyon?
Water flowing to the east side of the country goes here.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
Eastern Colorado, New Mexico, and most of Texas are covered by this type of terrain.
What are grasslands?
A scientist who works to learn about people from the past by digging up artifacts in places that ancient people believed to live.
Who is an archaeologist?
The Colorado River carved out this national landmark through the process of erosion.
What is the Grand Canyon?
Water flowing to the west side of the country goes here.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The Clovis people came to North American by walking across land that used to connect _________ to Alaska in the last ice age.
What is Asia?
To supply water for land using pipes or other artificial means.
What is irrigation?
The Rocky Mountains stretch from _________ to New Mexico.
What is Canada?
The Rocky Mountains are called the ____________ because they divide the water flow in the country.
What is the Continental Divide?
What is Mesa Verde?
A large area that sits lower than the area around it.
What is a basin?
People have been living in the Southwest for __________ years.
What is 17,000 years?
People need these four things in order to survive and thrive.
What is food, shelter, water, and community?
Anansi means __________ in the Navajo Native American language.
What is "Ancient Enemy?"