1. United States Regions The Southwest North Carolina Geographic Alliance PowerPoint Presentations 2007

3. The Southwest Region

4. Landform Features - Oklahoma Interior Plains Osage Plains High Plains Interior Highlands Ouachita Mountains Red River Valley The Panhandle 167 miles long 55 miles wide

5. Landform Features - Texas Gulf Coastal Plain Central Lowland Great Plains Llano Estacado (Staked Plain) Edwards Plateau Basin and Range

6. Landform Features– New Mexico Southern Rocky Mountains Sangre de Cristo Mountains Colorado Plateau Basin and Range Great Plains

7. Landform Features - Arizona Colorado Plateau Basin and Range Sonoran Desert Central Highlands

8. Major Rivers Colorado River 1,450 mi. Rio Grande 1,900 mi. Pecos River 926 mi. Red River 1,290 mi. Arkansas River 1,459 mi.

9. The Colorado River It drains a large portion of the North American continent covering 242,000 square miles in the United States and 3,000 square miles in Mexico. The Colorado and its tributaries drain southwestern Wyoming and western Colorado, parts of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and California, and almost all of Arizona.

10. Colorado River

11. Rio Grande New Mexico Big Bend, TX Laredo, TX

12. The 100 th Meridian Approximates the dividing line between "moist America" (20+ inches of rainfall) and "dry America" (less than 20 inches of rainfall).

13. Annual Rainfall

14. Agriculture

20. Population Distribution

21. States and Populations Texas22,118,509 Arizona5,580,811 Oklahoma3,511,532 New Mexico1,874,614

22. Winter

23. Major Cities - Population CityMSA* Dallas1,188,5805,221,801 Fort Worth 534,694 Houston1,953,6314,715,407 Phoenix1,321,0453,251,876 San Antonio1,144,6462,968,806 Austin 656,5621,249,763 Tucson 468,699843,746 El Paso 563,662701,908 Albuquerque 448,607678,820 *Metropolitan Statistical Area, U.S. Census Bureau

24. Population Growth: Phoenix

26. Landscapes

27. Landscapes

28. Landscapes

29. American Indians

31. Anasazi Cliff Dwellers Mesa Verde NP

32. Anasazi Cliff Dwellers

33. Exploration and Settlement

34. United States 1803-1810

35. Exploration and Settlement United States 1810-1835

36. Exploration and Settlement United States 1835-1855

37. Exploration and Settlement United States 1855

38. Exploration and Settlement

39. The Westward Movement The Santa Fe Trail was the main trail into the southwest.

40. The Alamo Icon of Texas Independence The Alamo was one of several Spanish Missions in Texas. After it fell to the Mexican Army in 1836, it became the rallying cry for Texas independence. Texas became a republic in in 1836 and a U.S. state in 1845

41. Cattle Trails Cattle were driven in herds from south central Texas to railheads to the north for shipment east to cities where demand for meat was high. Between 1866 and 1890 about 10 million cattle were driven north. Cattle drives ended in the late 1800s due to southern railroads and the barbed wire fence.

42. John Wesley Powell Expedition In 1869, John Wesley Powell and nine adventure-seeking companions completed the first exploration of the dangerous and almost uncharted canyons of the Green and Colorado rivers, through the present-day states of Utah and Arizona.

43. State Quarters Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona quarters are due out in 2008 Texas

45. OKLAHOMA – The Sooner State

47. TEXAS – The Lone Star State

49. NEW MEXICO – Land of Enchantment

51. ARIZONA – The Grand Canyon State

53. Stretch of Road, OK Adrian, TX

54. Route 66 Amarillo, TX

55. Route 66 Tee Pee Curios - Tucumcari, NM Palomino Motel - Tucumcari, NM Arizona

56. Who Am I? Wyatt Earp I was a gambler, gunfighter, and lawman. I drifted through the West working at a variety of jobs from confidence trickster to assistant marshal. During my stay in Tombstone, AZ, I befriended Doc Holliday, who joined with the my brothers against the Clanton gang in the famous gunfight at the OK Corral (1881).

57. Who Am I? Sandra Day O’Connor I served as a judge in Arizona before being selected to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981. I became the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.

58. Who Am I? I was born in 1809 and found my way to Santa Fe, New Mexico. I have been a guide, trapper, soldier, and Indian agent. I am best known as a mountain guide. I have a state capital named for me. Kit Carson

59. Who Am I? Will Rogers 1879-1935: Humorist, stage/film/radio actor; born in Oolagah, Indian territory (now Oklahoma). I am known as the common- but-shrewd man through many mediums - as a popular radio performer, a syndicated newspaper columnist, author of several books. When I died with Wiley Post in a plane crash in Alaska, I was mourned as an authentic American folk hero.

60. Who Am I? Jim Thorpe I was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1888. In 1912 I won gold medals in the Olympic decathlon and pentathlon. I excelled at every sport he played, including the traditional Native American sport of lacrosse. I played major league baseball as an outfielder for six years and dominated professional football during its formative years.

61. Who Am I? Mickey Mantle 1931-95: Baseball player; born in Spavinaw, Okla. During my 18-year career as an outfielder for the New York Yankees (1951--68), I hit 536 homeruns and was voted the American League Most Valuable Player three times (1956--57, 1962). In 1956 I won the American League triple crown with 52 homeruns, 130 runs batted in, and a.353 batting average. A fan favorite, I was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1974.

62. Who Am I? Steven F. Austin In 1822, I planted the first legal settlement of Anglo-Americans in Texas. I opposed the government of Santa Anna and so forwarded the Texas Revolution. Today, a state capital is named for me.