Social Studies Chapter 10 - The West

Question 1

A religious settlement

Answer 1

mission

Question 2

A gift of land given by the government

Answer 2

land grant

Question 3

A disagreement between 2 or more people or groups

Answer 3

conflict

Question 4

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

Answer 4

messa

Question 5

A lake made by people to collect and store water

Answer 5

reservoir

Question 6

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

Answer 6

nomad

Question 7

A sudden heavy rain

Answer 7

cloudburst

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Adobe

Question 9

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

Answer 9

migrant worker

Question 10

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

Answer 10

irrigation

Question 11

A steep, narrow hill or rock with a flat top, like a messa ut smaller

Answer 11

rain shadow

Question 12

The drier side of a mountain

Answer 12

rain shadow

Question 13

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

Answer 13

aquifers

Question 14

Dry, or having little rainfall

Answer 14

arroyos

Question 15

An adobe villiage

Answer 15

puebloes

Question 16

Relating to business or trade

Answer 16

commercial

Question 17

A large pipe or canal that carries water from 1 place to another

Answer 17

aqueduct

Question 18

Native Americans in the SW used many different resources to meet their needs.

Answer 18

True - some examples were, they used every part of the animals they killed, food, hide (skin) and fur and bones.

Question 19

The rain shadow is an area of the SW where it rains more than in other areas

Answer 19

False - The rain shadow it rains LESS than other areas

Question 20

Coronado first claimed much of the land in the SW for France

Answer 20

False - Coronado first claimed land in the SW or Spain

Question 21

The US and Mexico have learned to cooperate and share the resources of the Rio Grande

Answer 21

True - The Rio Grande borders both US and Mexico and they work together to share the water.

Question 22

Some of the landforms in Texas and Oklahoma are different kinds of Plains

Answer 22

True - The Great Plains and The Coastal Plains

Question 23

The oil resources of the SW have caused the growth of large cities

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Ranches in the SW use the wetter, more fertile land that farms do.

Answer 24

False - The ranches use the drier, arid land for cattle and the wetter, fertile land is used for growing crops.

Question 25

Some early Native Americans in the SW were farmers and some were Nomads

Answer 25

True - some stayed put and farmed land, and others moved from place to place following the bison

Question 26

Cesar Chavez worked to make the lives of the Apache better.

Answer 26

False - Cesar Chavez worked to help the migrant workers

Question 27

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?

Answer 27

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.

Question 28

The SW states all achieved statehood in different ways. Pick 1 of the SW region states and tell about its journey to statehood.

Answer 28

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.

Question 29

What is the capital of Texas?

Answer 29

Austin

Question 30

What is the capital of Arizona?

Answer 30

Phoenix

Question 31

What is the capital of Oklahoma?

Answer 31

Oklahoma City

Question 32

What is the capital of New Mexico?

Answer 32

Santa Fe

Question 33

Spell Austin

Answer 33

Austin

Question 34

Spell Phoenix

Answer 34

Phoenix

Question 35

Spell Santa Fe

Answer 35

Santa Fe

Question 36

Spell Oklahoma City

Answer 36

Oklahoma City