Southwest Region

What is one state found in the Southwest?

• Pennsylvania

• Texas

• California

• Nebraska

When rocks and sediments are picked up and moved to another place by ice, water, wind or gravity.

• weathering

• landslides

• erosion

• falling rocks

What is state number 1?

• Arizona
• New Mexico
• Texas
• Oklahoma

an underground a layer of rock or sand that can absorb and hold water

• aquifer

• landform

• lake

• river

A ________ is like a mesa but is smaller.

• plateau

• butte

• canyon

A period of little or no rain.

• drought
• desert
• Dust Bowl
• prairie

A ____ receives less than 10 inches of rain a year.

• river
• canyon
• forest
• desert

The Southwest Native Americans lived in the desert. What were the houses of the Southwest called?

• longhouses
• tepees
• wigwams
• pueblos

In the Southwest, they used adobe to make bricks. What was adobe made of?

• bricks

• straw and clay

• stones

• water and leaves

Which of these would you most likely see in the Southwest Region?

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