Southwest
The southwest includes the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, and ____.
New Mexico
The name of this river that ends in the Gulf of Mexico comes from the Choctaw word for "long river", and is the fifth largest river in North America by discharge.
The Atchafalaya River
The largest body of water that borders the Northeast (and some of the Southeast) is ___.
The Atlantic Ocean
What are the largest (not longest) bodies of water that border the Midwest region?
The great Lakes
This natural disaster happens many times in the west in the summer and fall (especially in California) and makes the air fill with smoke.
Wildfires
A dispute over ownership of Texas led to the ___ war.
Mexican-American War
This body of water borders Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Texas.
The Gulf of Mexico
The capital city of the United States of America is ____.
Washington D.C.
There are 127 million acres of ____ land in the Midwest, making farming widespread.
fertile
The longest tributary of the Mississippi river is the _____ River.
The Missouri river
Giant mines in Arizona provide 60% of the USA's ___.
Copper
40% of America's ____ come from the Gulf of Mexico.
Fish
342 chests of ____ were thrown into the Boston Harbor in 1773 by American colonists.
Tea leaves
This Midwestern state has the coldest average annual temperature in the Midwest.
North Dakota
The ____ Mountains is the largest mountain system in North America.
Rocky
This famous building in Texas survived a battle in 1836 against Mexico.
The Alamo
Florida was owned by this European country until US President James Monroe bought it in 1819.
Spain
The Transcontinental Railroad goes from New York to this city in California.
San Francisco
The southern part of the Midwest region is known as "_____ Alley" because it receives so many of these destructive wind storms.
Tornado
This location in southern California holds the record for highest air temperature ever recorded.
Death Valley
The only Major League Baseball team in Arizona today is ___.
The Diamondbacks
The name of this classic Louisiana dish comes from the Provençal word for "mish-mash".
Jambalaya!!!
When it was finished in 1931, the _____ was the tallest building in the world.
The Empire state building
Lake Itasca, in Northern Minnesota, is the start of the ____ River.
Mississippi River
This route was used by settlers making their way west from Independence, Missouri into present-day California.
Oregon Trail