Study Guide Social Studies page 2

What is a high hill with a flat top

mesa
Spanish word for village used to describe both people and homes of a specific area

Pueblo
a material found in rocks and sand used to make computer chips

silicon
energy that comes from the sun

solar energy
What state is the Alamo in?

Texas
What state is the Grand Canyon in?

Arizon
What state is Johnson Space Center in?

Texas
What state is the Painted Desert in?

Arizon
A Spanish explorer who came to find the cities of gold

Coronado
An African scout or guide from Morocco who came to help the Spanish explore this region

Eslevancio
A Spanish explorer who came to America in 1537 and wrote about finding much gold.

Cabeza de Vaca
An artist who loves to draw the natural beauty of this region

Georgia Okeeffe
He invented the air conditioner in 1911 making this region a much more comfortable place to live

Willis Carrier
This region belonged to Mexico before becoming a part of the U.S.

Southwest Region
What two big cities in Texas grew as shipping industries

Houston and Galveston
What is population density?

the measure of the number of people who live in a certain area
What is population distribution

a map showing where in an area people live
What was one of the first settlements (even before the Pligrims came to Plymouth Rock)?

Santa Fe founded in 1607
What are the first inhabitants of the Southwest Region

The Ancestral Pueblo People
WHat are the descendants of the The Ancestral Pueblo People?

Hopi and Zuni tribes

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Study Guide Social Studies page 2

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