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Kidder South West Region

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which state is NOT part of the SouthWest Region?

a)

Texas

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Arizona

d)

Nevada

2.

What famous road that runs through the Southwest Region connects the east to the west?

a)

The California Highway

b)

Route 93

c)

Route 66

d)

Boston Post Rd.

3.

Which European explorers landed in the Southwest first?

a)

Spanish

b)

British

c)

French

d)

Germans

4.

This is a type of clay that houses are built with.

a)

wood

b)

cement

c)

adobe

d)

pueblo

5.

What natural resource is also called "black gold"?

a)

coal

b)

limestone

c)

chili peppers

d)

oil

6.

Which TWO tribes originated in the Southwest region?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Hopi

c)

Sequoia

d)

Zuni

7.

The US government set aside land for the Native Americans called...

a)

reservations

b)

pueblos

c)

missions

d)

deserts

8.

This natural resource is a bowl shaped area.

a)

plateau

b)

butte

c)

basin

d)

mesa

9.

The largest mountain range in the US is called the ...

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Mount Washington

c)

Colorado Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

10.

Glaciers created the Grand Canyon, but _______ erodes it.

a)

dirt

b)

water

c)

smaller glaciers

d)

wind

11.

Click on ALL the places of interest in the SouthWest Region...

a)

Painted Desert

b)

Carlsbad Caves

c)

The Alamo

d)

Petrified Forest

12.

Oil was first discovered in which state?

a)

Texas

b)

NH

c)

Louisiana

d)

New Mexico

13.

Which group of explorers brought horses to the US?

a)

Spanish

b)

British

c)

French

d)

German

14.

The Continental Divide...

a)

separates the US and Canada

b)

separates the US and Mexico

c)

separates east and west flowing rivers in the US

d)

separates the southwest region from the midwest region

15.

What is a human made lake?

a)

an aquifer

b)

a reservoir

c)

an aqueduct

d)

irrigation

16.

In order to be a desert, a location must

a)

get sun all day

b)

get very little snow

c)

get less than 10 inches of rain per year

d)

have a cactus

17.

Moving water from one location to a place that has no water uses an

a)

irrigation

b)

aqueduct

c)

a butte

d)

a cloudburst

18.

Click ALL foods from the Southwest Region...

a)

chili peppers

b)

beef

c)

tortilla

d)

crabs

19.

What are there very few of in the Southwest?

a)

trees

b)

people

c)

rivers

d)

cattle

20.

What's a name for a large, flat grassy area with no trees?

a)

grassland

b)

prairie

c)

plain

d)

all of the above