Southwest People Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is the Navaho march from Fort Defiance, Arizona, to Fort Sumner, New Mexico called? | The Long Walk |
What did Coronado explore the Southwest in search of? | Gold and silver |
How did the Navajo mainly survive in the early 1600s? | Herding |
Who was the Navajo leader whose horses were shot? | Manuelito |
What invention meant the end of the long cattle drives? | Barbed wire |
What city is the capital of the Navajo Nation? | Window Rock |
What city was the capital of the Spanish colony of New Mexico? | Sante Fe |
What is the name of the Navajo reservation? | Dinetah |
What part of the United States has a warm, sunny climate all or most of the year? | Sun Belt |
Where is the home of the largest solar telescope in the world? | Kitt Peak |
What is the traditional Navaho home? | Hogan |
What is a large cattle pen? | Feedlot |
What are Native American cowboys called? | Vaqueros |
Who was the US Scout that led the army against the Navajo? | Kit Carson |
What were the Christian settlements that were started by the Spanish called? | missions |
Who was one of the first women ranchers who had the brand of "CY"? | Lizzie Johnson Williams |
What was it called when cowboys herded the cattle north from Texas to the railroads? | Cattle Drives |
What was used by cowboys to keep the dust out of their mouths? | Handkerchief |
Who were scientists who study planets and stars? | Astronomers |
What were the names of the cattle drive trails in the Southwest? | Chisholm, Good-night Loving, Western, Shawnee |
What were the jobs of a cowboy? | Line Rider, Protect Cattle, Drive Cattle to Different Spots, Brand Cattle |
What is energy that comes from splitting or joining parts of atoms? | Nuclear Energy |
What is a huge cattle farm? | Ranch |
What is the name for a cowboy who patrolled the boundaries of the ranch? | Line-Rider |
What animals did the Spanish bring to the US? | Horses, Sheep, Longhorns |
What were the dangers on a cattle drive? | Drought, Storms, Outlaws |
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