Southwest Region of the United States

What four states make up the southwest region?

• Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas

• Arizona, New Mexico, Georgia, Tenness

• Germany, Switzerland, France, and Spain

• Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas

The Indian Removal Act was signed by Congress in 1830. It gave the American government authority to force Native Americans living in the southeast to move westward into Oklahoma. This journey was called...

• The Trail of Fear

• The Trail of Tears

• The Trail of Sadness

• The Path of Frustration

Much of the climate in the southwest region is...

• hot and dry.

• cold and wet.

• snowy and icy.

Arizona has the hottest summers of any state in the country. In the dessert the temperate can reach 125 degrees.

• True

• False

Although it does not rain much in this region, when it does rain, flash floods often occur. During a flash flood, so much rain will fall in a short time period that the dry land can’t absorb it fast enough. Why is this dangerous?

• Animals can't find food.

• The water can easily cover roads and carry cars away.

• They don't sell rain boots in this region.

The southwest region experiences some powerful storms. Tornado alley, which runs through Oklahoma and Texas, is...

• a path of destruction created by tornados.

• an area that gets many tornadoes each year.

• a path that people created to help get out of town quickly when a tornado forms.

• a place to go bowling.

When traveling through the southwest region, you might see..

• desert valleys

• great plains

• plateaus

• all of the above

What types of industries are important to the southeast economy?

• coal mining, oil production, and fishing

• cattle, sheep, and goat ranching

• cotton, grain, and fruit farming

• all of the above, plus tourism

Oil is a natural resource in this region. So is...

• copper.

• oranges.

• bananas.

The Grand Canyon is an official national park. Geologists

have found evidence that it took the Grand Canyon millions of years to form. Slowly, wind and water carried away rock and soil from the ground. This formed a hole in the ground and over the years it became bigger and bigger. The Grand Canyon is so wide and so deep that it can be seen by the astronauts when they are up in space!

When wind and water carry rocks away, this is called:

• elimination.

• evolution.

• erosion.