Chapters 10 & 11 - The Southwest

Question 1

a hill or small plateau with a flat top and steep sides

Answer 1

mesa

Question 2

a steep, narrow hill or rock with a flat top, like a mesa, but smaller

Answer 2

butte

Question 3

the drier side of a mountain

Answer 3

rain shadow

Question 4

a sudden, heavy rain

Answer 4

cloudburst

Question 5

a deep, water-carved gully or ditch

Answer 5

arroyo

Question 6

a layer of rock, sand, or gravel that absorbs water

Answer 6

aquifer

Question 7

a lake made by people to collect and store water

Answer 7

reservoir

Question 8

a large pipe or canal that carries water from one place to another

Answer 8

aqueduct

Question 9

the use of canals, ditches, or pipes to carry water to dry places

Answer 9

irrigation

Question 10

a statement that can be checked and proved to be true

Answer 10

fact

Question 11

made up writing

Answer 11

fiction

Question 12

an adobe village

Answer 12

pueblo

Question 13

a mixture of sandy clay and straw that is dried into bricks

Answer 13

adobe

Question 14

a person who has no permanent home and moves from place to place

Answer 14

nomad

Question 15

a religious settlement

Answer 15

mission

Question 16

a gift of land given by the government

Answer 16

land grant

Question 17

dry, or having little rainfall

Answer 17

arid

Question 18

a worker who moves from place to place, doing different jobs

Answer 18

migrant worker

Question 19

relating to business or trade

Answer 19

commercial

Question 20

a disagreement between two or more people or groups

Answer 20

conflict

Question 21

an agreement in which each side in a conflict gives up some o f what it wants

Answer 21

compromise

Question 22

to work together

Answer 22

cooperate

Question 23

to settle a conflict

Answer 23

resolve

Question 24

having to do with the building and testing of aircraft and equipment for air and space travel

Answer 24

aerospace

Question 25

land set aside by the government for use by Native Americans

Answer 25

reservation

Question 26

petroleum pumped from the ground

Answer 26

crude oil

Question 27

a factory that turns crude oil into useful products, such as gasoline and other fuels

Answer 27

refinery

Question 28

to dig out the bottom and sides of a waterway to make it deeper and wider

Answer 28

dredge

Question 29

a place where people use instruments, such as telescopes, for observation of objects and events in space

Answer 29

observatory

Question 30

a landscaping method that conserves water

Answer 30

xeriscape

Question 31

the process of the sun’s heat turning water into a gas form

Answer 31

evaporation