Southwest Region

By: Carly Van Altena

Location

• This region’s major cities Houston, Phoenix, El Paso

• land forms and resources are mountains, mines and minerals,

• South of Midwest and west regions, to the west of the northeast and the Southeast regions.

• 29 degrees N longitude 95 degrees W latitude People chose to live in the region is because the of

the warm climate.

Place

• Customs, religions, ethnic groups in region are Catholic, Lutheran, Christian and Spanish American.

• Hispanic, Native American, and Anglo cultures• Identify and locate major resources- • major landforms are mountains, grand canyon , and

deserts • It is really arid in the southwest. ____The climate pulls in more tourists for the summers

because it's warm and it pulls in more retired people.

Human Environmental-Interactions

• Detailed description of economic issues - employment is growing at a moderate pace.

• climate has affected the settlement of the region by attracted retired people because of it's warm climate.

I don't think pollution has affected people in the region that much.

movement

• People have chosen to live where they have in the region because it has a warm climate

• Goods are transported to, within and out of region by train car and plane

• Interesting traditions or customs are customs are similar to Wisconsin's.

• The company that uses that route would have to find other ways to transport their products and it could cost them a lot of money and time if their major route was interrupted.

Region

• List and describe major tourist attractions- grand canyon, national park in Arizona

• Unique characteristics are deserts, canyons, and plateaus.

• This region has impacted the US by brining in a lot of money to the US because of people vacationing there and spending money to visit the grand canyon.