The Southwest

- dry, semi-arid land
- deserts, pueblos, cattle, cowboys, sagebrush
Texas
- the second largest state in the US
- wealth based on oil and cotton
- slump in oil prices depressed the whole Texas economy
- West Texas ( = red Texas ) cattle is still important economy factor
- cities – from 80 % rural to 80 % urban in the least 50 years
Dallas
- 150 years ago – Dallas was a log cabin on a dry river bed
- in the middle of the Dallas is bussinnes district
- people say, Dallas revolves round the dollar – getting it and spending it
- more Cadillacs per head than any other city in the world outside Saudi Arabia
- Dallas Museum of Art, the West End Historical District ( natural museum )
- Old factories have been converted into restaurants and galleries
Forth Worth
- 30 miles west from Dallas
- nickname is Cowtown
- stockyard area with real cowboy saloon
Houston
- a boom town
- oil and aerospace industry
- NASA - Mission Control Center
- The most airconditioned city in the world
- Houston’s Astrodome – was the first covered sports stadium, artificial grass, called Astroturf

New Mexico
- the capital is Santa Fe
- founded by the Spanish in 1610
- Pueblo Revolt – every Spaniard was killed or driven out of Santa Fe by native Americans
- The Spanish reconquered it 12 years later
- In 1822 it became Mexican
- In 1846 the city became American
- Bilinguar land ( Spanish, native American )Buildings are flat-roofed, low-rise houses of abobe (vepřovice = pálená cihla