Southwest Landforms
What is a desert?
This mineral is found in Texas and New Mexico and is often used to make jewelry.
What is gold and silver?
20% of this group of people live in the SW Region.
Who are Native Americans?
Another name for a mission in the Southwest Region.
What is a church?
The capital of Oklahoma.
What is Oklahoma City?
The river that carved out the Grand Canyon.
What is the Colorado River?
What is an armadillo?
This country has many food influences in the SW region.
What is Mexico?
The popular landform with very steep sides where many people visit.
What is the Grand Canyon?
The capital of Pennsylvania.
What is Harrisburg?
The mountains that run along western part of New Mexico and eastern Arizona.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
This nocturnal desert animal that lives alone and is part of the raccoon family.
What is a ring-tailed cat?
The war that took place when Texas became part of the United States.
What is the Mexican/American War?
What is Monument Valley?
The capital of Arizona.
What is Phoenix?
The flat-topped mountains in this region.
What are mesas or buttes?
This desert animal lives in large herds and can jump over 20 feet.
What is a desert bighorn sheep?
This group of Native Americans built houses made of mud bricks.
Who are the Pueblo?
The Spanish mission that was built while Texas was fighting for independence.
What is the Alamo?
The capital of Texas.
What is Austin?
The desert area where the white dunes aren't made of sand, but mineral gypsum ground into a fine powder.
What is White Sands National Monument?
Another name for cattle and sheep...a natural resource in the SW Region.
What is livestock?
This SW region food is often served at Christmas time and is made with shredded beef and cornmeal served in a corn husk.
What is a tamale?
The desert area where the white dunes aren't made of sand, but mineral gypsum ground into a fine powder.
What is White Sands National Monument?
The capital of New Mexico?
What is Santa Fe?