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What are people who in habited existed in a land from the earliest times or before the arrival of colonist?

• First People

• Indigenous

• Indians

• Mexicans

What is an isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides?

• plateau

• desert

• plain

• mesas

The deserts dominated the area’s southern and western reaches, while the plateau

(largely made up of high desert) dominates the area’s northern reaches.

• True

• False

Describe the Chihuahuan Desert.

• it is hot, dry desert that covers northern Mexico and parts of southwestern United States

• It is the second-largest desert in the United States

• it is made up of high deserts, although it is not called a desert

• Only one-third of it is in the United States with the rest in Mexico

Describe the Colorado Plateau.

• Is a hot, dry desert that covers much of northern Mexico

• is a vast, elevated region of the southwest United States that has a very dry climate

• Is surrounded by the Mogollon Rim and the Sonoran Desert to the south, the Mojave Desert to the west, and the Rocky Mountains, the Rio Grande Rift Valley

• second-largest desert in the United States

Describe how these geographical features may have impacted the way people lived in this region.

• hard to get water

• hunted and fished

• food came out at night

• grew crops

• dressed to keep themselves cool

Label the correct name for letter A in the geographic feature

• Colorado Plateau

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Rocky Mountains

Label the correct name for the letter B in the geographic feature.

• Colorado Plateau

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Rocky Mountains

Label the correct name for the letter C in the geographic feature.

• Colorado Plateau

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Rocky Mountains

Label the correct name for the letter D in the geographic feature.

• Colorado Plateau

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Rocky Mountains