WorksheetsNM Geography
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What state is not a border state of New Mexico?
a)
Kansas
b)
Arizona
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Colorado
2.
What are the four oceans of the world?
a)
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Mediterrean
b)
Pacific, Atlantic, Rio Grande, Arctic
c)
Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian
d)
Asia, Europe, Australia, Atlantic
3.
What are the four geographic regions in New Mexico?
a)
Mountain, Plains, Santa Fe, Indian
b)
Plateau, Plains, Kansas, Basin
c)
Basin and Range, New Mexico, irrigation, altitude
d)
Mountains, Plateau, Plains, Basin and Range
4.
What geographic region in NM gets the most amount of rainfall?
a)
plateau
b)
mountains
c)
basin and range
d)
plains
5.
What is the largest state in the USA?
a)
Alaska
b)
California
c)
Texas
d)
Hawaii
6.
What determines where people can live?
a)
shopping
b)
weather
c)
water
d)
mountains
7.
Irrigation is
a)
growing farms
b)
bringing water to crops
c)
taking salt of water
d)
the rainy season
8.
New Mexico's rainy season happens between
a)
June and September
b)
January and March
c)
October and December
d)
Tuesday and Thursday
9.
New Mexico's water resources are
a)
oceans, lakes, ponds
b)
rivers, wells, faucets
c)
surface, ground, rainfall
d)
surface, rainfall, oceans
10.
What is the geographic region that gets the least amount of rainfall?
a)
basin and range
b)
mountains
c)
plains
d)
desert
11.
What is the capital of New Mexico?
a)
Albuquerque
b)
Pojoaque
c)
Santa Fe
12.
How much rainfall does NM average as a state?
a)
5 inches
b)
60 inches
c)
100inches
d)
15 inches
13.
How much surface water does NM have?
a)
250 sq miles
b)
500 sq miles
c)
750 sq miles
d)
1000 sq miles
14.
NM is the ___________ largest state.
a)
fourth
b)
second
c)
third
d)
fifth
15.
What is Albuquerque's main source of water?
a)
Ground Water/Aquifer
b)
Surface Water
c)
Rainfall
d)
Rio Grande
16.
What is drought?
a)
no water
b)
long time without rainfall
c)
a desert
d)
no surface water
17.
What geographic region in NM has the most people living in it?
a)
Plateau
b)
Plains
c)
Basin and Range
d)
Mountains
18.
What are Santa Fe's water sources?
a)
rainfall
b)
snowmelt
c)
Rio Grande
d)
a combination of rainfall, the Rio Grande and ground water
19.
What best describes the Acequia System in New Mexico?
a)
A 400 year old water sharing system
b)
an elementary school
c)
a way farmers grow crops
d)
a way to get the local sheriff upset
20.
Describe 2-4 ways Santa Fe conserves water and explain how they save water.
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