Its Time For Southwest Jeopardy Jeopardy Geography Capitals

It’s Time For. . . Southwest Jeopardy!

Jeopardy Geography Capitals Vocab Popular Sites Chance $100 $100 $200 $200 $300 $300 $400 $400 $500 $500

Geography $100 What river runs through the Grand Canyon and flows into Mexico? What is the Colorado River ?

Geography $200 What are the desert conditions like in Southwest? What is dry and little rain fall ?

Geography $300 Dams are man-made features built for what purpose What is to prevent flooding ?

Geography $400 What river creates the border between the United States and Mexico? What is Rio Grande ?

Geography $500 What is the largest state in the Southwest? What is Texas ?

Capitals $100 What is the capital of Arizona? What is Phoenix ?

Capitals $200 What is the capital of New Mexico? What is Santa Fe ?

Capitals $300 What is the capital of Texas? What is Austin ?

Capitals $400 What is the capital of Oklahoma? What is Oklahoma City ?

Capitals $500 What is the capital of Iowa? What is Des Moines ?

Vocabulary $100 What is a mesa? What is a flat topped hill ?

Vocabulary $200 A deep narrow valley with steep sides What is a canyon ?

Vocabulary $300 What is an aqueduct? What is a pipe or canal for carrying a large quantity of water ?

Vocabulary $400 The branch of government that works in the state capital What is the legislative branch ?

Vocabulary $500 An armed fight against a government What is a rebellion ?

Popular Sites $100 Arizona and Nevada border this place? What is Hoover Dam ?

Popular Sites $200 What is the sixth-largest city in the United States? What is Phoenix ?

Popular Sites $300 Native Americans, ranchers, sooners, and railroad men gathered here for free land What is Guthrie, Oklahoma (land rush) ?

Popular Sites $400 Bats sleep here and leave at night in a whirring cloud to hunt for food. If you come to the entrance at sunset you might see them. What is Carlsbad Cavern ?

Popular Sites $500 Havasupai believed this place was formed by a flood and scientists believed it was carved by earth and water. What is Grand Canyon ?

Chance $100 What state is nicknamed the “Sooner State”? What is Oklahoma?

Chance $200 What was the goal of the Texas freedom fighters at the Alamo? What is to stop the Mexican army ?

Chance $300 Why have many people moved to the US/Mexico border? What is to work in the US factories ?

Chance $400 Name three A’s people used to adapt to life in the Southwest What are Automobiles/ Aqueducts/ Air conditioning ?

Chance $500 What is the sixth-largest city in the U. S. ? What is Phoenix?