Southwest Vocabulary

The Earth's atmosphere and the space beyond

• township

• aerospace

• stockyard

• migration

to attach as an addition

• frontier

• annex

• ordinance

• sod

A creek in a dry region

• arroyo

• butte

• drought

a hill with steep sides standing in a flat area

• arroyo

• butte

• Badlands

• barge

A procedure carried out under controlled conditions in order to discover something

• drought

• experiment

• migration

• mass production

Using straight or curved lines in designes or outlines

• geometric

• sovereign

• experiment

a system of highways that connect cities and states

• highways

• annex

• interstate

A religious settlement or church

• presidio

• arroyo

• mission

A fortified military outpost or fort

• presidio

• arroyo

• mission

Politically independent

• interstate

• sovereign

• annex

• aerospace