Watch this U.S. Geography video entitled The Land and the People of The South West and study the people and economic importance of the major natural resources of the South West. Discover some of the ways that geography has determined usage of the land and patterns of settlement in the South West, from pre-colonial times to the present.
Discover some of the ways that geography and climate have determined the usage of the land and the pattern of settlement in the Southwest. Survey the Native American cultures and the Spanish and cowboy traditions that characterize the Southwest.