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100
Rivers that join other rivers.
What is a tributary?
100
A period of very little rain
What is a drought?
100
This river provides drinking water for over 25 million people in the SW Region
What is the Colorado River?
100
Capital city of New Mexico
What is Santa Fe?
100
This meat dish is created with meat, red chili peppers, and tomatoes.
What is chili con carne?
200
A high flat landform that rises steeply
What is a plateau?
200
How many days of sunshine (on average) does the SW Region get?
What is 300 days?
200
Name two valuable minerals found in the SW Region
What is gold, copper, silver, and iron?
200
Most famous landmark in the SW Region
What is the Grand Canyon?
200
One of the most important ingredients in traditional SW cooking
What are tortillas?
300
This river forms the border between Mexico and Texas
What is the Rio Grande River?
300
These large tubes were created to move water to the SW Region for drinking water and irrigating crops
What are aquaducts?
300
Nickname for oil
What is "black gold"?
300
This landmark in the SW Region was created by volcanic ash covering the trees
What is the Petrified Forest?
300
The largest tribe of Native Americans in the SW Region
What is Navajo?
400
This created the Grand Canyon
What is water erosion/Colorado River?
400
How has the pocket mouse adapted to the climate of the SW Region?
What is getting its water from the food it eats?
400
Factories that separate crude oil into parts that can be used
What are refineries?
400
This famous landmark in the SW Region was mistaken for smoke swirling in the sky by cowboy Jim White.
What is Carlsbad Caverns?
400
a traditional Christmas food served in the SW Region?
What is a tamale?
500
The area behind a dam where water is stored (Lake Mead is an example of this)
What is a reservoir?
500
Name two things that made it possible for people to live in the SW Region (both start with the letter A)
What is air conditioning and automobiles?
500
The SW Region leads all other regions in producing this resource (on ranches)
What is beef/cattle?
500
One of America's largest manufactured structures, created to control flooding of the Colorado River.
What is Hoover Dam?
500
Texas had to win their freedom from this country before joining the United States
What is Mexico?