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Flat low lands cover the _________ Plains in Texas.
a) Coastal
b) Great
c) Central
d) Wonderful

In the Northern part of the Southwest Region. The vast _______ Plains reach into Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico
a) Coastal
b) Great
c) Central
d) Northern

This Mountain Range is found in the Southwest Region.
a) Smokey
b) Appalachian
c) Rocky
d) Shenandoah

This River forms part of the boarder between Mexico and the United States
a) Mississippi River
b) Ohio River
c) Rio Grande
d) Missouri River

The Rio Grande empties into what major body of water?
a) The Pacific Ocean
b) The Atlantic Ocean
c) The Gulf of Mexico
d) Lake Michigan

Canyon
a) a deep, narrow valley, with steep sides
b) is a hill with a flat top that is smaller than a Plateau
c) a land area having relatively level surface considerably raised about adjoining land on at least one side
d) like mesas but smaller in size

___________is a hill with a flat top that is smaller than a Plateau
a) Buttes
b) Plateau
c) Mesa
d) Canyon

______________a land area having relatively level surface considerably raised about adjoining land on at least one side, often cut by deep canyons
a) Mesa
b) Plateau
c) Buttes
d) Canyon

This famous landmark stretches 217 miles through Northern Arizona
a) The Rocky Moutains
b) The Arizona Plateau
c) The Grand Canyon
d) The Butte of Southern Texas

This river rushed downhill over millions of years, it cut a deep path creating the Grand Canyon.
a) Mississippi River
b) Colorado River
c) Missouri River
d) Erie Canal

This process helped to create many of the landmarks in the Southwest.
a) Tornados
b) Tumbleweed
c) Earthquakes
d) Erosion

Each year about 4 million people visit. It is one of our countries most famous natural features
a) The Rio Grande
b) The Mississippi
c) The Grand Canyon
d) The Rocky Moutains

Some people ride these down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
a) Monkeys
b) Rafts
c) Cows
d) Mules

You can go white water rafting down this river at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
a) Mississippi RIver
b) Rio Grande River
c) Colorado River
d) Arizona River

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