Houston, Texas is the biggest producer of this natural resource.
What is petroleum or oil?
100
This kills more people in the desert than thirst.
What are flash floods?
100
This Native American group built many of their cities into the sides of cliffs. They are believed to be the ancestors of the Pueblo tribe.
Who are the Anasazi?
100
This is the reason Texas wanted to break away from Mexico.
What is they didn't want to follow the Mexican laws.
200
Oklahoma
What is Oklahoma City?
200
The Southwest region is know for fashioning jewelry out of turquoise and this precious metal.
What is silver?
200
When visiting the deserts of the SW, this National Park has trees turned to stone.
What is The Petrified Forest?
200
This conquistador searched for the Seven Cities of Gold, but found only desert sand.
Who is Coronado?
200
When you travel from the east to the west in the SW region, this gets higher and higher above sea level?
What is elevation?
300
Arizona
What is Phoenix?
300
This nuclear resource can be used to make power.
What is uranium?
300
This weather phenomena happens when a cloud fills with water over a body of water and then is stopped by a mountain causing the desert to receive less rain.
What is a rain shadow?
300
These farmers move from farm to farm harvesting crops.
Who are migrant workers?
300
As you travel from east to west in the SW this gets hotter and drier.
What is the climate?
400
New Mexico
What is Santa Fe?
400
Before Phoenix could become a large city it had to solve its problem with this natural resource.
What is water?
400
In parts of the SW desert areas, you will find these high flat almost table like cliffs.
What are mesas?
400
These are groups of people who travel from place to place and don't have just one place to call home. They move to find water or better weather.
Who are nomads?
400
These places were built by Spanish priests to help teach the Native Americans about God.
What are missions?
500
All states and their capitals.
What are Austin, Texas;Phoenix,Arizona;Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Santa Fe, New Mexico.
500
The Hohokam Indians solved their problem with water by building ditches to water their crops. Building waterways to crops is known as this.
What is irrigation?
500
These long pipes are built to carry water. They sound a little Spanish.
What are aqueducts?
500
The people who left early to claim their land in Oklahoma were given this nickname.