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| What are the four states in Southwest? | Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona |
| What type landforms are found in the Southwest? | Canyons, Plateaus, Plains, forest and Mountains |
| What does the Rio Grande separate? | Texas and Mexico |
| What does Rio Grande mean in Spanish? | It means Great River |
| About how many people visit Grand Canyon every year? | 5 million |
| The Grand Canyon is more than ______ miles wide. | 18 |
| What is erosion? | Erosion is a gradual process of wearing away soil and rock. |
| What causes erosion when it washes away dirt and soil? | Rainwater |
| _________ dissolves certain kinds of rocks such as limestone. | Rainwater |
| _______ is the leading producer of copper in the United States. | Arizona |
| What two ways are copper mined in Arizona? | Some mines are underground. Others are call open pit mines. |
| What is the Copper from Arizona used to make? | Coins and computers |
| What kind of Mines does Arizona and New Mexico have? | Gold, Silver and coal mines |
| Natural gas is a ______ fuel. | Fossil |
| Tornadoes are common in __________ _____________. | Tornado Alley |
| What is a scarce resource in the southwest region? | Water |
| exas produces more ______ and ________ than any other state. | Oil and natural gas |
| Oil is processed and made into chemicals at a ______________. | Refinery |
| Arizona is one of the nation's largest producers of ________. | cotton |
| Texas has more ______ than any other state. | Texas has more ______ than any other state. |
| Oklahoma raise large crops of ________. | wheat |
| In Arizona, the summers are ______ and ______. | hot and dry |
| Arid temperatures are __________. | Very dry |
| Semi-arid means________. | partly dry |
| What is an air mass? | A body of air with the same temperatures and humidity |
| The ________ _________ built cliff buildings. | Ancient Puebloans |
| When the Spanish came, they called these villages ________. | Pueblos |
| In the 1500’s _______ sent explorers to the Americas. | Spain |
| In _______, the expedition landed on the coast of what is not Texas. | 1528 |
| At the heart of of Spanish colonies were _______. | missions |
| A mission is the __________ of missionaries. | headquarters |
| At the missions, Native Americans were given ______ and protected from _________. | food; enemies |
| The _________ won at the Alamo. | Mexicans |
| People in _________ declared Texas a new country, called the ___________. | Texas; Republic of Texas |
| ______________ became President of the country. | Sam Houston |
| In ______, Texas was annexed to the United States. | 1845 |
| When Texas annexed to the United States it led to the _____________ War. | Mexican-American |
| The _______ won the Mexican-American War. | United States |
| When the Mexican-American war was over, _______ was granted. _____________, ____________, and most of _____________was the land that was gained. | New Mexico, California and most of Arizona |
| The United States forced many Native Americans to move to _________. | reservations |
| When the Navajo Native Americans had to walk 300 miles during their winter months this journey was called __________________. | The Long Walk |
| A _______ is a large farm where livestock is raised. | ranch |
| What are two ways ranching changed? | Railroad lines were laid and more settlers were moving to the region |
| When settlers started moving to the region after ranching changed the government gave them land to start Farms called ______. | Homesteads |
| Why did early American settlers move to the Southwest? | To get land |
| Why did homesteaders move to the Southwest? | To start Farms |
| Why did oil workers move to the Southwest? | To find and sell oil |
| Why do retired people move to the Southwest? | For warmth and beauty |
| What replaced the long cattle drives? | Railroads |
| What are plains? | Flatland that's good for farming |
| What are mountains? | High peaks |
| What are plateaus? | High, flat land |
| Name two reasons Spanish settlers came to the Southwest. | To find Gold and to spread their religion |
