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Lesson 32:
Political Features of the Southwest Region
Our next area of theUnitedStates is known as theSouthwest Region. This area consists of only
four states, but it covers more than 1,000 miles in width and more than 600 miles in length. That is
becauseTexas is the second largest state in land size.More than 36million people live in this region,
withmore than two-thirds living inTexas.
ACTIVITY 1:
Let’s get acquainted with the Southwest Region to learn where these states are located. A) Use the grid
coordinates to locate andwrite in the names of the states on your regional map on the next page. B) After
you have located and labeled each state, find its boundaries and trace themwith colored pencils.
GridCoordinates
StateName
GridCoordinates
StateName
1. F,3
Texas
3.D,3
NewMexico
2.H,2
Oklahoma
4. B,2
Arizona
ACTIVITY 2:
A) Now that we knowwhere the states are located, let’s identify their state capitals by writing them in
at their starred locations on the map on the next page. B) As you locate and label the state capital,
write the name of the state that the capital city belongs to in the blank spaces below.
StateCapital
State
1. Austin at H,4
2.OklahomaCity at H,1
3. Santa Fe at D,1
4. Phoenix at B,2
ACTIVITY 3:
Othermajor cities in theSouthwest Regionare listedbelowwith their grid coordinates.A) Use thegrid
coordinate to find thedot on the regional map.At thedot write thenameof the city in theblank space.
B)Write the name of each city’s state on this page.
Name of City
GridCoordinates Name of State
a) Tulsa
H,1
b) Dallas/FortWorth
H,3
c) Houston
H,4
d) CorpusChristi
H,5
e) El Paso
D,3
f) SanAntonio
G,4
g) Albuquerque
D,2
h) Tuscon
B,3
Southwest Region
