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RANDOMS!
100
What is the capital of Texas?
Austin
100
The Southwest is mostly covered by _________.
desert
100
A mixture of sand and clay that is dried to make bricks.
Adobe
100
What does the word arid mean?
dry
100
What state was its own country?
Texas
200
What is the capital of Oklahoma?
Oklahoma City
200
A hill with a flat top and steep sides.
mesa
200
a person who moves from place to place
nomad
200
What is a migrant worker?
person who goes from job to job.
200
What is a mission?
religious settlement
300
What is the capital of New Mexico?
Albuquerque
300
steep hill of rock with a flat top
butte
300
What was the land rush?
government granted free land to the first person who arrived there in the west
300
Describe the conflict between US and Mexico over the Rio Grande
fought over water- compromised with restrictions on usage.
300
What is the name of a village that people from the south west lived in?
pueblo
400
What is the Capital of Arizona?
Phoenix
400
A sudden heavy rain
cloudburt
400
A steep hill of rock with a flat top, like a mesa.
butte
400
How did the selling of oil change the southwest?
brought more people there and gave the region more money.
400
Describe how the climate and land in the southwest are alike.
warm, dry
500
Which state in the Southwest is largest?
Texas
500
A human-made lake.
reservoir
500
Describe the relationship between the Spanish and Native Americans who were already living in New Mexico.
good and bad.
500
What is the difference between a farm and ranch? what are each used for? What is the land like?
farms are for planting, ranches are for animals.
500
How did farmers get water if southwest is so dry?
irrigation