Quiz 1 & 2 Review

Which choice describes the physical features and climate of the southwest region?

• Mountains, valleys, and coastline with a temperate climate

• Deserts, plains, and plateaus with a hot, dry climate

• plains, ocean, and lakes with cool, wet climate

• plains, deserts, and valleys, with an artic climate

Which two choices are natural landmarks of the west?

• Fajada Butte

• Denali

• Gulf of Mexico

• Devils Tower

Complete the sentence with the correct answer. Some of the Southwest Native American groups settled in places where they were able to supply water through _______________.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false. The inuit people, Chinook, and the Ancestral Puebloans settled in the West.

• True

• False

Which statement describes the work of Reyna Baneah of the Pueblo people?

• She is preserving traditions and natural resources.

• She is using technology in new ways to help her people.

• She is teaching non-Native Americans how to build irrigation systems.

• She is learning how to make old ways of farming more efficient.

What fact is true about Mustafa Azemmouri?

• He left Morocco to claim lands in the Southwest for his country.

• He was the first formerly enslaved person to live in the South west.

• He learned Native American languages and led Spanish expedition groups.

• He helped build the first Spanish settlement in New Mexico.

Spanish explorers claimed part of the Southwest for Spain and built new settlements and ______________.

After the Mexican government passed a law ending the mission system, the governor of Mexico returned half of the mission land to the Native Americans. This land became Native American towns, called pueblos.

• True
• False

​ ​ How did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo affect Mexicans in the Southwest and West regions?

1. The population of the American Settlers in Texas grew. Mexico feared loss of control.

2. Texas became free after the texas revolution. It was annexed by the United States.

3. Mexico lost a war and had to give up more than half of its land to the United States. Mexicans had to choose where to live.

Put these events in the order of which they happened.

• 1, 3, 2

• 2, 3, 1

• 1, 2, 3

• 3, 1, 2