Landforms
Geography
Economy
People & Technology
Settlers & Native Americans
100
All Southwestern states have which geographical landform in common?
What are mountains.
100
What is one example of plant life in the Southwest?
What is the prickly-pear cactus, Joshua tree, or saguaro cactus.
100
In the 1850s, petroleum was hard to get. What did people use to burn in lamps and heaters?
What is kerosene.
100
What was invented in the early 1900s that made it easier for people to move to and settle in the Southwest?
What are highways, paved roads, or air conditioning.
100
The Ancetral Pueblo lived in homes along steep cliffs, made of what?
What is adobe (sun-baked clay brick).
200
What is land that looks like a high hill a with flat top and means "table" in Spanish?
What is a mesa.
200
What was the name of the drought in the 1930s, in which crops died due to the wind-whipped soil and farmers sold their farms?
What is the Dust Bowl.
200
What are two things that can be used or made from petroleum?
What is gasoline; heating oil; paints; or plastics.
200
What makes the Southwest a good place for telescopes in order to gather data about space research?
What is the dry climate (little rain/clouds) and clear skies.
200
Francisco de Coronado, from Spain, came to America with 300 soldiers looking for seven cities made of what?
What is gold.
300
What is one specific geographical feature of Texas?
What are beaches, the gulf coastal plain, swamps, or grasslands.
300
Rather than believing the legend that Paul Bunyan dragged his ax across Arizona, we know that the Grand Canyon was really created by what?
What is the Colorado River --Dirt and pebbles rubbed against the river banks as they flowed downriver, wearing away softer rocks and carving out the Grand Canyon.
300
What grows in all four Southwestern states?
What is cotton.
300
Which city ports in Texas are major centers for shipping oil and other goods?
What are Houston and Galveston, Texas.
300
The Zuni, Hopi and other Pueblo people are the descendants of the Ancestral Pueblo from 700 years ago, left behind from the 1,000 people who lived in the center of trade and culture known as what?
What is Chaco Canyon.
400
What is the name of a landform that is similar to a mesa, but smaller due to more erosion?
What is a butte.
400
What provides the Midwest and Southwest with much of its drinking water and water for crops?
What is the Ogallala Aquifer, an underground area of rock, sand, or gravel that contains water. (If people use too much of this renewable resource, or if there is a drought, there can be a water shortage.)
400
Which state leads the nation in beef cattle production?
What is Texas.
400
Based on the material for computer and cell phone chips, what is the name of the area in New Mexico dedicated to the computer industry?
What is "silicon mesa." Silicon is a natural material found in rocks and sand used to make computer/cell phone chips.
400
What name two things you can do or see at a Native American powwow (festival)?
What is see the dancing, listen to the drumming, taste fry bread, or browse the art/handiwork.
500
Which landform extends into four states and is larger in square miles than the state of New Mexico?
What is the Colorado Plateau.
500
The Rio Grande, an important river used by many Southwestern farms along its 1,900 miles, means what in Spanish?
What is "big river."
500
Sugar cane and rice grow well along the what in Texas, due to the plentiful rain?
What is the Gulf Coast.
500
Why have older, retired people moved to the Southwest today?
What is cheap housing, the natural beauty, many art/museums, less yard work, or not wanting to deal with snow.
500
When is the holiday of Texas Independence Day, celebrating the day Texas declared independence from Mexico in 1836?
What is March 2nd (Mrs. Gwinn's and Dr. Seuss's birthdays!).
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