Vocabulary
A person who has no permanent home and moves from place to place
A nomad
A gift of land given by the government
land grant
Which SW state was once an independent nation?
Bonus: After which war did Texas join the USA?
Texas
Spanish-American War
What is the imaginary line that runs north and south along the peaks of the Rocky Mountains called?
The Continental Divide
Why do you think Texas eventually became a part of the United States?
Because so many Americans lived there.
This is a large pipe or canal that carries water from one place to another
An aqueduct
An adobe village
pueblo
Who were the first European settlers in the Southwest?
The Spanish
A hill or small plateau with a flat top and steep sides
A mesa
Gold seeking people who went west were called
Forty-niners
You would not want to be caught in this without an umbrella!
cloudburst
How did the Native Americans feel about the missions?
Many were forced to work the farms against their will. They were not allowed to practice their own religion.
A steep narrow hill or rock witha flat top, like a mesa, but smaller
a butte
What was the purpose of land grants in the "Indian Territory?"
To get settlers to move there
A lake made by people to collect and store water
reservoir
The use of canals, ditches, or pipes to carry water to dry places
irrigation
Over 4000 Cherokee perished while traveling this, on the way to the new "Indian Territory"
The Trail of Tears
A mountain that is formed when erupted lava cools and hardens onto Earth's surface
Volcano
A machine that uses electricity to send messages over wires is called this.
Telegraph
A religious settlement
mission
a mixture of sandy clay and straw dried into bricks
adobe
Transcontinental Railroad
Two parts:
A sudden shaking of the ground is called this:
The movement occurs along cracks on the earth called these:
Earthquake
Faults
Tough one!!!
In what year did Alaska and Hawaii become our 49th and 50th states?
1959