States/Capitals
Geography: Land, Water, Climate
Products/Resources
Landmarks
Culture
100

State whose capital is Austin

What is Texas?

100

The dam used to control flooding on the Colorado River

What is Hoover Dam?

100

Metal mined in the SW used to make pennies

What is copper?

100

Most famous landmark of the SW created from erosion 

What is Grand Canyon?

100

Type of pepper widely used in SW cooking

What is chilli?

200

State whose capital is Oklahoma City

What is Oklahoma?

200

The largest desert in N. America

What is Chihuahuan Desert?

200

A kind of factory that separates crude oil into parts like gas and heating oil

What is refinery?

200

Landmark filled with fossilized remains of prehistoric trees

What is Petrified Forest?

200

Wrapper or bread used in SW foods

What is tortilla?

300

State whose capital is Phoenix

What is Arizona?

300

Central Plains are home to many of these

What are ranches?

300

Main type of meat raised on SW ranches and sold across the US

What is beef?

300

Where all of NASA's astronauts live and train

What is Johnson Space Center?

300

Besides Native American, the other culture that added to the traditions of the SW

What is Spanish?

400

State whose capital is Santa Fe

What is New Mexico?

400

Type of climate in the SW

What is dry?

400

Large pipe or canal that moves water over long distances

What is aqueduct?

400

Place where thousands of bats fly out of each night

What is Carlsbad Caverns?

400

Biggest Native American Tribe

What is Navajo?

500

State in the SW with the largest land area

What is Texas?

500

Animals that hunt at night when it's cooler

What is nocturnal?

500

Oil is so valuable it has this nickname

What is black gold?

500

The river that helped form the Grand Canyon

What is Colorado River?

500

Traditional Native American home

What is hogan?

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