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Worksheets4th SS: Ch. 10 The Southwest
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
to settle
resolve
cooperate
compromise
conflict
work together
cooperate
resolve
compromise
conflicts
people on each side of a conflict agree to give up something
compromise
cooperate
resolve
conflicts
disagreements
resolve
conflicts
compromise
cooperate
commercial oil
oil that was to be sold
an advertisement for oil
Why is it important to protect the Rio Grande?
want to protect the fish
other animals use the river
people rely on it for clean water
all of these
migrant worker
someone who moves from place to place doing one job after another
a worker that stays in one place for a long time to do work
dry land
temperate
arid
tropical
One effect can have many causes.
True
False
What state is Chaco Canyon in?
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Oklahoma
Who was the first Europeans in the Southwest?
English
British
Spanish
Portuguese
During the Land Rush of 1889 the government opened parts of what?
the Louisiana Purchase
Indian Territory
Texas
New England
the journey that the Cherokee were forced to make from the Southeast to Indian Territory
Trail of Tears
Path of Sadness
Indian Movement
Land Rush
Texas won its independence from which country?
Portugal
Britian
Mexico
Spain
Which state did the United States gain after winning the Mexican-American War?
New Mexico
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
religious settlements
forts
palisades
casa
missions
a person who moves from place to place and does not have a permanent home
nomad
migrant worker
adobe
pueblo
a mixture of sandy clay and straw that is dried into bricks
adobe
nomad
pueblo
palisade
villages
missions
Hopi
pueblos
casa
the use of canals, ditches, or pipes to bring water to dry places
flooding
minerals
irrigation
agriculture
a large pipe or canal built to carry water
irrigation
aquaduct
reservoir
aquifers
a human-made lake
aquifers
arroyos
aqueduct
reservoir
deep ditches carved over time by running water
arroyos
cloudburst
aquifers
aqueduct
a sudden, heavy rain
arroyos
rain shadow
cloudburst
reservoir
the drier side of the mountains
reservoir
rain shadow
arroyos
plain
a small steep hill of rock with a flat top
butte
mesa
a hill with a flat top and steep sides
butte
mesa
drier areas of the Southwest are used for
ranching
farming
More fertile areas of the Southwest are used for
ranching
farming
Which event happened first?
Mexico wins its independence from Spain
Spain claims most of the land in the Southwest
Which event happened first?
Texans win their independence against Mexico
The US wins the Mexican-American War
Which event happened first?
The first land rush is held in Oklahoma
The US purchases the Louisiana Territory
Which event happened first?
Oklahoma becomes a state
Texas becomes a state
Which event happened first?
The ranching industry starts in the Southwest
The oil industry starts in the Southwest
Which feature covers much of Arizona and New Mexico?
plateaus
grasslands
mountains
deserts
