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New Mexico History
New Mexico History
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10/12/2018

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Term
Identify the 5 main rivers that flow throughout the state of New Mexico
Definition
Rio Grande
Gila
Canadian
San Juan
Pecos
Term
This term is identified as being a long period of time with little or no rain fall.
Definition
Drought
Term
What is by far the most important resource in the state of New Mexico? It plays a role in determining where New Mexicans live.
Definition
Water

"Water is Life"
Term
Identify where the majority of New Mexico's surface water can be found.
Definition
Rivers

"What new mexico mostly has"
Term
This term is used to identify half of the earth. Identify this Term.
Definition
Hemisphere

"Toredo dives a hemi"
Term
Identify the 4 different types of land provinces that are found in New Mexico
Definition
Great Plains
Basin Range
Rocky Mountains
Colorado Plateau
Term
Life zones can also be referred to as what?
Definition
Ecosystem

"Grandma wants what kind of car?"
Term
This term is identified as a method of transporting water to an area that has none. This is done by digging a series of ditches and dams to control the direction of water.
Definition
Irrigation

"Like Good Dinosaur"
Term
Identify New Mexico's largest cities in the GREAT PLAINS PROVINCE
Definition
Clovis "Clover"
Hobbs "Ur Uncle Matt Lived here"
Roswell "Auntie Always goes here"
Carlsbad "Caverns"
Term
Which of the following identifies one of the six life zones found within New Mexico?
Definition
Arctic Alpine
Hudsonian
Canadian
Transition
Upper Sonoran
Lower Sonoran
Term
This term is used to describe a stream or smaller river that flows into a larger body of water, such as a river or lake.
Definition
Tributary
Term
Identify a large City that is found in the BASIN & RANGE PROVINCE
Definition
Las Cruces "Auntie used to live"
Alamogordo "where u used to live"
Albuquerque "Where Mels sister lives"
Term
Identify the water source that supplies New Mexicans with the most water.
Definition
Ground Water
"Cuz you've been, what?"
Term
Identify the name of the location in the United States where 4 states share a common border.
Definition
Four Corners
"where Buela lives"
Term
Identify the highest peak in the state of New Mexico? This Peak stands 13,167 ft. & can be seen as far away as Taos.
Definition
Wheeler Peak
"used to be called Taos (taco) Peak"
Term
Identify the Portion of the Great Plains Province of New Mexico that consist of some of the flattest land in the world.
Definition
Llano Estacado
"ya'll know nothing"
Term
What is the largest Native American Nation found near the Colorado Plateau Region?
Definition
NAVAJO
Term
What is the Largest city found within the Colorado Plateau Province
Definition
Farmingtion
Term
What are the dried Lava fields of New Mexico?
Found Near Grants & Carrizozo
Definition
Malpais
Term
Identify the four sections that the rocky Mountains are divided into.
Definition
Canadian
Central
Southern
Northern
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