Starts with C
A mineral used mostly for wire and coins.
Copper
The capital of the Southwestern state that is located under Colorado.
Santa Fe (New Mexico)
The capital of the Southwestern state that borders Arkansas.
Oklahoma City (Oklahoma)
The Sonoran is one, covering most of the southern half of Arizona and New Mexico.
Desert
What the Southwest raises the most of. They are used for beef.
Cattle
A popular landform in the Southwest region that gets almost 5 million visitors each year.
Grand Canyon
The massive mountain range in western North America that is more than than 3,000 miles long.
Rocky (Mountains)
A barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level.
Dam
The Colorado River
A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides created by this.
Erosion
The biggest problem in the Southwest.
Limited water supply.
A period of little or no rain that can damage crops.
Drought
One of the major deserts in the Southwest region.
The Chihuahuan Desert
The fossilized wood of prehistoric trees.
Petrified
A river that joins another river.
Tributary
Native Americans used this for tools and jewelry.
Gold
The golden city that the Spanish were searching for.
Cíbola
Large pipes or canals that move water over a long distance.
Aqueduct
A kind of factory that separates crude oil into parts like gasoline and heating oil.
Refinery
Crude oil bubbles up from this place.
The ground