Land & Water
This landmark was carved over millions of years by the Colorado River.
What is the Grand Canyon?
This is the name for the sun-dried mud and stone bricks used to build cool homes in the desert.
What is Adobe?
This explorer traveled through the Southwest searching for the legendary "Seven Cities of Gold."
Who was Francisco Vázquez de Coronado?
This was a military fort built by the Spanish to protect their missions and keep order.
What is a Presidio?
This priest is known as the "Father of Mexican Independence" after his "Cry of Dolores."
Who was Miguel Hidalgo?
This imaginary line along the Rocky Mountains determines if a river flows East or West.
What is the Continental Divide?
The Hohokam people used these to bring water from the Gila River to their dry farm fields.
What are canals (or irrigation)?
This animal, introduced by the Spanish, became very important to the Navajo for weaving wool.
What is the sheep?
This was the group of people forced to do the hard labor in the mission fields and workshops.
Who were the Native Americans?
People born in Spain were favored for top jobs, but this group born in "New Spain" was considered lower class.
Who were the colonists (or Criollos)?
This river forms a natural border between the state of Texas and the country of Mexico
What is the Rio Grande?
This is a traditional Navajo home made of wood and clay.
What is a Hogan?
Instead of finding gold, Coronado’s expedition was the first group of Europeans to see this natural wonder.
What is the Grand Canyon?
This building was considered the "heart" or center of every Spanish mission.
What is the Church?
Spain controlled its economy by refusing to let the colonists do this with other countries.
What is trade?
This sub-region in Texas has low, flat land and rich soil perfect for growing cotton and rice.
What is the Gulf Coastal Plain?
This group of people built "apartment-style" homes that stayed cool in the heat.
Who are the Hopi (or Pueblo)?
This missionary and mapmaker traveled through Arizona and established many missions.
Who was Eusebio Francisco Kino?
This Pueblo leader organized a successful revolt to drive the Spanish out of New Mexico in 1680.
Who was Popé?
This was the name of the capital city of New Spain, established in 1610.
What is Santa Fe?
According to the map on page 245, this specific landform covers the western part of Oklahoma.
What are the Great Plains?
These two types of trees thrive on the Colorado Plateau because they can survive cold winters and cool summers.
What are Ponderosa Pine and Spruce?
Spanish explorers often thought Adobe villages were "Cities of Gold" because of this.
What is the sun reflecting off the mud walls?
Besides religion, missions were also used as a place to provide this to the people living there.
What is education?
This is the number of years it took for Mexico to win its independence after the fight began.
What is 11 years?