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Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the capital of Texas?
a)
Houston
b)
Dallas
c)
Austin
d)
Phoenix
2.
What is the capital of Arizona?
a)
Santa Fe
b)
Santa Cruz
c)
Phoenix
d)
Falcon
3.
What state's capital is Austin?
a)
Arizona
b)
New Mexico
c)
Oklahoma
d)
Texas
4.
What state's capital is Santa Fe?
a)
Oklahoma
b)
Texas
c)
New Mexico
d)
Alaska
5.
Which U.S. State is this?
a)
New Mexico
b)
Arizona
c)
Texas
d)
Old Mexico
6.
Which U.S. state is this?
a)
Texas
b)
Oklahoma
c)
Kansas
d)
Arkansas
7.
Which U.S. state is this?
a)
Texas
b)
California
c)
New Mexico
d)
Montana
8.
Which U.S. state is this?
a)
California
b)
Washington
c)
New Mexico
d)
Arizona
9.
Which U.S. state is this?
a)
California
b)
New Mexico
c)
Arizona
d)
Texas
10.
Over millions of years, the Grand Canyon ________________________.
a)
channels
b)
uplifted
c)
expanded
d)
ecosystems
11.
____________is part of the Navajo Reservation and is the largest reservation in the USA.
a)
Carlsbad Caverns
b)
Grand Canyon
c)
Monument Valley
d)
El Paso
12.
What formed the Grand Canyon?
a)
limestone and water
b)
water and wind
c)
granite and ice
13.
A __________gets less than 10 inches of rain a year.
a)
mesa
b)
mission
c)
desert
d)
plantation
14.
Which of the following is NOT ONE of the 3 As that helped bring people to Phoenix?
a)
airplanes
b)
air conditioning
c)
automobile
d)
aqueduct
15.
The Hoover Dam was built over ________ years ago.
a)
100
b)
70
c)
120
d)
85
16.
Which river does the Hoover Dam block?
a)
Missouri River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Colorado River
17.
The Grand Canyon can be found in which state?
a)
Arizona
b)
New Mexico
c)
California
d)
Oklahoma
18.
Carlsbad Caverns is found in which Southwest State?
a)
Texas
b)
Arizona
c)
New Mexico
d)
Oklahoma
19.
What animal is famous for leaving the Carlsbad Caverns during the same time of day, everyday?
a)
cougars
b)
bats
c)
cockroaches
d)
mosquitoes
20.
Which of the following is an American city: El Paso or Ciudad Juarez?
a)
Ciudad Juarez
b)
El Paso
21.
Why have hundreds of business built factories in Mexico?
a)
lower cost of doing business
b)
increase costs of doing business
c)
wanted to enjoy the warmer weather
22.
True or False: Texas was its own nation for a couple of years.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
What is the name of San Antonio's most famous mission?
a)
de Santa Anna
b)
El Paso
c)
Alamo
24.
What is the abbreviation for New Mexico?
a)
CO
b)
NewM
c)
NM
d)
Mex
25.
Sun-dried bricks made out of clay mix with straw.
a)
sod
b)
wigwam
c)
tent
d)
adobe
26.
Which region did American Indians live in hogan and pueblo?
a)
Pacific Northwest
b)
Eastern Woodland
c)
Desert Southwest
d)
Plains
27.
Which of the following is a scarce resource in the Southwest?
a)
sunlight
b)
water
c)
sand and rock
d)
electricity
28.
Which of the following is an adaptation to living in the Southwest?
a)
air conditioning
b)
wool jackets
c)
teepees
d)
snow shovels
29.
Solar panels generate which of the following resources?
a)
water
b)
electricity
c)
food
d)
pollution
30.
Monument Valley is filled with...
a)
mesas
b)
caves
c)
mountains
d)
forests
31.
What resource turned Tombstone, AZ into a busy Wild West town?
a)
Silver
b)
Iron
c)
Yellow River
d)
electricity
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