Geography
Which states are usually considered part of the Southwestern United States?
The states usually considered part of the Southwest are Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and Utah.
California is mostly considered part of the West Coast, while Oregon and Washington are part of the Pacific Northwest. The Southwest generally refers to states with more desert climates and similar cultural history, such as Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, and Utah.
This famous Apache leader resisted both U.S. and Mexican forces in the Southwest during the 1800s
Who is Geronimo?
What is the nickname of Arizona, known for its landmark?
What is the Grand Canyon State?
What large desert covers much of New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico?
What is the Chihuahuan Desert?
Name the 4 largest cities in the S.W?
Phoenix, Dallas, San Antonio & Houston
What is the difference between a mesa, a hill, and a mountain?
This is the largest Native American tribe in the United States and has a large reservation in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
Who are the Navajo (Diné)?
What is the state animal of Texas?
The state animal (state mammal) of Texas is the Texas Longhorn.
What major river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico?
What is the Rio Grande?
What famous U.S. highway once connected Chicago to Los Angeles and passed through Arizona and New Mexico?
What is Route 66?
Approximately how long did it take for the Colorado River to carve the Grand Canyon?
Scientists estimate it took about 5–6 million years for the river to carve the canyon through the rock layers in Arizona.
This Native American language was used as a secret code by U.S. soldiers during World War II.
What is Navajo?
What is the state plant of Nevada, a desert shrub that covers much of the state’s landscape?
What is sagebrush?
What large man-made lake in Nevada and Arizona was created by Hoover Dam?
What is Lake Mead?
What is the second-largest city in Nevada?
Henderson
What are the names of the 2 prominent rivers in the Southwesr?
The Rio Grande and Colorado River
This U.S. president signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which led to the forced relocation known as the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
What is the second-largest state in the Southwest?
New Mexico
What is the hottest place on Earth?
What is Death Valley?
What Native American reservation is the largest in the United States and covers parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah?
What is the Navajo Nation?
Name the 2 prominent deserts in the Southwest?
Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert
Before settlers arrived, historians estimate that about 10 million Indigenous people lived in what is now the United States. By the late 1800s, about how many Indigenous people were left?
About 500,000, or 95% of the Indigenour population died
In New Mexico, people often ask “Red or Green?” What does this question refer to?
What is which type of chile sauce you want — red chile or green chile? 🌶️
What is the highest mountain in the 48 connected U.S. states, located in California?
What is Mount Whitney?
What 1848 treaty ended the war between the United States and Mexico and gave the U.S. much of the Southwest?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?