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Southwest Mini Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many states make up the Southwest region?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

12

d)

50

2.

What is the name of the famous canyon in Arizona of the Southwest region?

a)

New Mexico

b)

Grand Canyon

c)

Arizona Canyon

d)

Colorado Plateau

3.

Which river caused the erosion that created the Grand Canyon?

a)

Colorado River

b)

Cold River

c)

Grande River

d)

Canyon River

4.

What is one of the most exciting ways to explore the Grand Canyon?

a)

fishing

b)

swimming

c)

watch on TV

d)

white water rafting

5.

Which landform is smaller, a butte or a mesa?

a)

mesa

b)

butte

6.

Name the SW state colored in red.

a)

Texas

b)

Oklahoma

c)

New Mexico

d)

Arizona

7.

Name that state

a)

New Mexico

b)

Arizona

c)

Texas

d)

Oklahoma

8.

Name the state.

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Arizona

c)

Texas

d)

New Mexico

9.

What state?

a)

Arizona

b)

New Mexico

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Texas

10.

What do you call a period of little or no rain?

a)

drought

b)

mesa

c)

canyon

d)

butte

11.

What do you call dry lands where little rain falls?

a)

desert

b)

erosion

c)

adapt

d)

petroleum

12.

The Sonoran Desert is almost the size of what state?

a)

California

b)

Hawaii

c)

Texas

d)

New Mexico

13.

What vocab word means to make a change in order to survive in an environment?

a)

adapt

b)

drought

c)

dry farming

d)

Dust Bowl

14.

Oil is a common name for ____________.

a)

petroleum

b)

desert

c)

drought

d)

dry farming

15.

Oil is so valuable that some people call it "______ ______"

a)

money money

b)

black gold

c)

hot cash

d)

cold moola

16.

When a farmer only uses a small amount of water on the farm it is called ______ ______.

a)

hot desert

b)

big drought

c)

dry farming

17.

underground layers of rock or sand that trap rainwater

a)

aquifer

b)

spring

c)

aqueduct

18.

a place where underground water comes to the surface

a)

aqueduct

b)

spring

c)

aquifer

19.

a canal or pipe that carries water to cities and farms

a)

spring

b)

aquifer

c)

aqueduct

20.

CRUDE OIL is useful.

a)

True

b)

False