Southwest

By

Alex

Giovanna

Tobi

Josie

Texas

Arizona

New Mexico

Geography

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• Arizona has plateaus, rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains
• Texas has basins and ranges

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States In The Southwest Region

Maps

Arizona Oklahoma

Texas New Mexico

History

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1539 Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan priest, entered what is now Arizona.

1540 Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led a Spanish expedition into the region.

1848 Following the Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexico ceded to the United States most of what is now Arizona.

1912 Arizona became the 48th state on February 14.

1975 Raul H. Castro became the first Mexican American governor of Arizona.

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1803

The United States bought the Oklahoma region, except the Panhandle, as part of the Louisiana Purchase.

1907

On November 16, Oklahoma became the 46th state to join the Union.

1995

A terrorist bomb blew up a federal government building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people.

2007

Oklahoma celebrated the centennial of its statehood.

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Geography

Oklahoma’s Natural Features

• Plains, plateaus, mountains, hills, rivers, and lakes.

New Mexico’s Natural Features

• Mountain, rivers, and lakes.

Climate

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• Texas
• Along the gulf of Mexico it is warm and damp
• The rainfall decrease from east to west
• Sleet, winds and heavy rain from the North sweep across the country
• New Mexico
• Dry, warm climate.
• The state averages less than 20 inches of rain, melted snow, and other forms of moisture a year.

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Climate

• Arizona
• Temps vary greatly. Mountain areas have winter temps below 0 °F
• The southern deserts may go for years without freezing weather. In Phoenix, temperatures average about 95 °F in July, and about 56 °F in January.
• Precipitation varies throughout the state. The deserts of the southwest get only 2 to 5 inches of moisture a year. Arizona's high mountain areas receive as much as 30 inches of rain a year.
• Oklahoma
• Most of Oklahoma has a warm, dry climate. Northwestern Oklahoma is cooler and drier than the southeastern part. Precipitation (rain, melted snow, and other forms of moisture) varies greatly throughout the state.

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Natural Resources

• Across the Southwest Region, the natural resources are:
• Gas
• Oil
• Coal
• Gold
• Copper
• Uranium

• Texas has the most of the oil in the southwest

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The Economy

• People work to collect or make:
• Gas
• Oil
• Gold
• Copper
• Coal
• Computers
• Dairy
• Fruit
• Wheat
• Cotton
• Rice
• Cattle
• Seafood

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Landmark Hoover Dam

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Hoover Dam is above Lake Mead

It is 221 meters high and 379 meters long.

The concrete base is 200 meters thick.

It contains enough concrete to pave two lanes of a highway from New York City to San Francisco.

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The entire project cost $385 million. The dam itself cost mostly $165 million

Landmark Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon was carved by the Colorado River which flows through the canyon. It runs for 244 miles through Northwestern Arizona. It is the most fascinating canyon in the world. The river formed the canyon over millions of years by cutting through layers of limestone, sandstone, shale, and other rocks. The rock layers vary in shade and color, and at sunset, the red and brown layers in the walls of the canyon are super brilliant.

Culture/Landmarks

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• Painted Desert
• Petrified Forest
• The Johnson Space Center
• Rodeos
• Art, science, history museums
• County fairs
• Rio Grande-water source for all states
• Kitt Peak National Park
• Observatory-study space using a telescope

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Landmark

Colorado River

• One of the major rivers in USA
• Runs through the Grand Canyon
• It is 1,450 miles long
• Starts in Rocky Mountains in Colorado and runs to Mexico.

Food

Oklahoma

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Arizona

Vegetables

Meat/Chicken

Fruit

Potato

Rice and Beans

Food

• Texas produces more cotton than any other state.
• Texas also grows corn, grain, hay, peanuts, rice, wheat, fruits and vegetables.
• They catch oysters, crab and shrimp. The state’s fish are Atlantic Croaker, black drum, grouper, and red snapper,
• Ice cream and vanilla cake are popular in Texas

Fun Fact

Texas is the second Biggest state in North America.Texas is called the Lone Star State because of the single star on its flag.

Fun Fact: Oklahoma

Oklahoma is the 46th state

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The first automatic parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City on July 16, 1935

Fun Facts

Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona’s largest city, became one of the fastest growing cities in the 1900’s.

Bibliography

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Welcome to the Southwest. Orlando, FL: Harcourt School. Print.

Kamma, Anne, and Linda Gardner. --If You Lived with the Hopi. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Print.

World Book Student | Search Result." World Book Student | Search Result. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.

Leacock, Elspeth. The Southwest. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2002. Print