Native Americans
What is the name of the clay that the Pueblo used to build their homes?
Adobe.
In what range does the Colorado river begin?
The Rocky Mountains
WHat deep gorge was carved by the Colorado river?
The Grand Canyon.
what is the climate of summers like in the southwest?
extremely hot and dry.
What is the name of the trade that happened between the new and old world? (animals, plants, diseases)
The Columbian Exchange.
What indigenous group was known for their homes made of clay?
The Pueblo.
What water feature passes through the Grand Canyon through?
The Colorado River.
What mountain range spans from Alaska to Mexico?
The Rocky Mountains.
what does the word arid mean?
A land, climate, and region that is extremely dry.
What did the Spanish bring that caused the death of many Native Americans?
Diseases.
What indigenous group was known for it's jewelry and metalwork?
The Navajo.
What body of water, off the coast of Texas, offered exploration routes for the Spanish?
The Gulf of Mexico.
What land feature of the US is characterized by large, flat grasslands?
The Great Plains
What is the climate of the southwest like in the winter?
mild but with cold spells and snowfall in more mountainous regions.
What precious metal were the Spanish looking for in the Americas
Gold
What present day states Southwest did the Pueblo live in?
Arizona and New Mexico.
What River starts in the Rocky mountains and follows the bottom of Texas until emptying into the Gulf of Mexico?
The Rio Grande River.
What watershed runs along the peaks of the Rocky Mountains?
The Continental Divide.
between what months do winter storms that form in the pacific hit the southwest?
November to March.
What animals brought over by the Spanish affected Navajo hunting greatly?
Horses.
What was the name of the homes that the Navajo lived in?
Hogans.
What body of water does the Colorado River flow into?
The Gulf of California.
What series of caves in New Mexico is home to thousands of Brazilian free-tailed bats?
Carlsbad Caverns.
Between the time span of July to September what bodies of water do storms draw their moisture from?
Pacific Ocean and Gulf of Mexico,
What group of people came to the Americas to spread Christianity?
Missionaries.