THE SOUTHWEST REVIEW

True or False: The aerospace industry designs and builds planes.

What did the Native Americans teach the Spanish?

• How to build with adobe and use local plants as medicine.
• How to grow orange trees.
• They brought metal tools.
• They set up missionaries for the Spanish.

True or False: The Caddo people were nomads.

True or False: The Caddo people lived in Adobe houses.

Which of the following statements about Texas and Oklahoma is true?

• Tourism is the biggest part of the economy
• Logging is a major industry
• Oil and gas are big industries
• Casinos and gambling are major industries

True or false: Mexico gave up the lands known as the Mexican Cession an effect of the Mexican - American War?

The Mexican government wanted to keep Americans from settling in Texas. What did they do to make that happen?

• They raised taxes and didn't allow Americans into Texas.
• They only raised taxes.
• They started the Homestead Act.
• They went to war with Texas.

Who wrote an essay called "Civil Disobedience"?

• Henry David Thoreau
• James Polk
• Stephen F. Austin
• Rosa Parks

What river is a major source of water for the Southwest?

• The Mississippi River
• The Missouri River
• The Rio Grande
• Beaver River

What state is the largest oil producer in the US?

• New Mexico
• Arizona
• Oklahoma
• Texas