Water you talkin' about?
Because much of New Mexico is dry, this resource strongly influences where communities develop.
What is groundwater?
A state line is an example of this type of boundary created by governments.
a. political boundary
b. geographic boundary
c. country boundary
a. political boundary
A mountain community experiences colder winters and more snowfall than a desert community nearby. What geographic factor should you investigate first?
Elevation
Food, architecture, language, work, traditions, and stories can all help form this.
What is identity?
What is one of Mr. Willis' dogs names?
Extra 100 points if you can also name the breed?
Nova/Lazlo
Husky/Lab
These geographic areas can support farming, settlement, transportation, and trade because of their access to water.
What is river valley's?
This can include cultural ties, language, sacred places, movement, and long relationships with the land.
a. country
b. homeland
c. state
b. homeland
Mountains, mesas, plateaus, valleys, and basins all belong to this category of geography.
Landforms
The type of material used an ancient building material made from a mixture of earth, water, and organic binders like straw or grass, shaped into bricks and dried in the sun
What is adobe?
Choose one team to challenge:
Each team send one person up to the table Mr. Willis chooses:
The winner get's 200 points!!
An acequia is primarily used for this purpose.
a. Migration
b. Irrigation
C. Farming
b. irrigation
True or false: A modern state boundary and an Indigenous homeland must cover exactly the same geographic area.
False
A geographer changes from studying all of New Mexico to studying one neighborhood in Albuquerque. The geographer has changed this.
a. scale
b. movement
c. landforms
a. scale
A community develops farming practices based on rainfall, soil, elevation, and available water. This demonstrates the relationship between people and this.
What is geography/environment
Who is Mr. Willis' favorite student at this school?
Mr. Willis is a man of the people you silly-billy, he does not have a single favorite student but instead finds solace in teaching all young minds. If you somehow guessed this then you earn 300 points. Hooray!
A community builds irrigation canals because rainfall is limited. This is an example of this major geographic concept.
a. water-to-farm
b. human-environment-interaction
c. river creation
b. human-environment-interaction
A student studies a government map and then an Indigenous map of the same area. The maps emphasize different boundaries and names. This demonstrates the importance of this geographic concept.
a. analyzing
b. perspective
c. sizing
b. perspective
Two places are close together but experience different temperatures because of elevation, slope, and terrain. These localized climate differences are called this.
a. focal climate
b. torrential moving
c. microclimates
c. microclimates
What four states does New Mexico share a border with?
Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Utah
What is Mr. Willis' favorite class to teach?
a. World History
b. English
c. US History
a. World History
Water is more than a natural resource because communities must cooperate and make decisions about these issues.
What are access, maintenance, and use/management of water?
A map, museum object, photograph, and oral history tell somewhat different stories about the same place. What should a historian do with these resources?
a. choose one and analyze it thoroughly
b. authenticate one of them
c. compare each of them to the other
c. compare each of them to the other
This part of a map explains what its symbols mean.
Legend/Key
Complete the unit's big idea: Geography creates opportunities and constraints, but ________ make choices that shape culture and identity.
People
Choose one team to challenge, each teach select one warrior to step forward.
Winner get's 500 points!