Unit 5: The Southwest

Lesson 10: A Tour of the Southwest

• Focus Question: How have geography and history shaped life in the Southwest?

• Vocabulary: adapt, aqueduct, border, canyon, capital, cavern, dam, desert, mesa, mission, rebellion

Lesson 11: A Case Study in Water Use: The Colorado River

• Focus Question: How do people depend on the Colorado River and share its water?

• Vocabulary: conservation, drought, habitat, irrigation, municipality, reservoir, river basin, wastewater