Social Studies Chapter 10 - The West Flashcards
A religious settlement
mission
A gift of land given by the government
land grant
A disagreement between 2 or more people or groups
conflict
A hill or small plateau with a flat top and steep sides
messa
A lake made by people to collect and store water
reservoir
A person who has no permanent home and moves from place to place
nomad
A sudden heavy rain
cloudburst
A mixture of sandy clay and straw that is dried into bricks
Adobe
A worker who moves from place to place, doing different jobs
migrant worker
The use of canals, ditches, or pipes to carry water to dry places
irrigation
A steep, narrow hill or rock with a flat top, like a messa ut smaller
rain shadow
The drier side of a mountain
rain shadow
A layer of rock, sand, or gravel that absorbs water
aquifers
Dry, or having little rainfall
arroyos
An adobe villiage
puebloes
Relating to business or trade
commercial
A large pipe or canal that carries water from 1 place to another
aqueduct
Native Americans in the SW used many different resources to meet their needs.
True - some examples were, they used every part of the animals they killed, food, hide (skin) and fur and bones.
The rain shadow is an area of the SW where it rains more than in other areas
False - The rain shadow it rains LESS than other areas
Coronado first claimed much of the land in the SW for France
False - Coronado first claimed land in the SW or Spain
The US and Mexico have learned to cooperate and share the resources of the Rio Grande
True - The Rio Grande borders both US and Mexico and they work together to share the water.
Some of the landforms in Texas and Oklahoma are different kinds of Plains
True - The Great Plains and The Coastal Plains
The oil resources of the SW have caused the growth of large cities
True - Because people were able to work in the oil industry and make money so they moved to the cities where they can make money and so the cites grew
Ranches in the SW use the wetter, more fertile land that farms do.
False - The ranches use the drier, arid land for cattle and the wetter, fertile land is used for growing crops.
Some early Native Americans in the SW were farmers and some were Nomads
True - some stayed put and farmed land, and others moved from place to place following the bison
Cesar Chavez worked to make the lives of the Apache better.
False - Cesar Chavez worked to help the migrant workers
The Cherokee were offered and then forced to travel from their home to land west of the Mississippi River. Do you think that they were offered a fair and reasonable trade for their home and land? Why or why not?
No because that was their home that they have built for themselves and they lived there first. Many died when they were forced to move from their homes on their trip to the new land called Indian Territory. They called their journey the Trial of Tears since so many died.
The SW states all achieved statehood in different ways. Pick 1 of the SW region states and tell about its journey to statehood.
In 1889 the government opened parts of Indian Territory up to settlers and offered them land grants. The settlers know as Boomers settled this land that was once Indian Territory. The Indian Territory became filled with settlers from the East, and then in 1907 this land became the state known as Oklahoma.
What is the capital of Texas?
Austin
What is the capital of Arizona?
Phoenix
What is the capital of Oklahoma?
Oklahoma City
What is the capital of New Mexico?
Santa Fe
Spell Austin
Austin
Spell Phoenix
Phoenix
Spell Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Spell Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
