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00:0-1	Oh wow buckle in , Get ready for fun and
00:03	learning this is a home school pop US States video
00:09	. Mhm . In this video we are learning about
00:12	the state of New Mexico . That's right . We're
00:15	going to have such a great time learning about New
00:17	Mexico . Where first we want to find where new
00:22	Mexico is on the United States map here is the
00:26	map of the United States . Now where is the
00:29	State of New Mexico ? Where is New Mexico ?
00:36	Yeah right down here , New Mexico is right down
00:42	here on the map of the United States . New
00:45	Mexico is in a region of the United States called
00:49	the Southwest . Cool . Now we are going to
00:55	look at the places that border New Mexico . First
01:02	bordering New Mexico to the north is the state of
01:04	colorado . Then there are two states that border New
01:10	Mexico to the east , Oklahoma and texas . You
01:19	might notice texas borders New Mexico to the south a
01:22	little bit too . Then bordering New Mexico directly to
01:28	the south is the country of Mexico . That's right
01:33	Mexico . Then there are two states that border New
01:39	Mexico to the west , directly to the west is
01:43	the state of Arizona and then to the northwest is
01:47	the state of Utah . Right here is a really
01:53	cool place called the four corners . It's where Utah
01:57	colorado New Mexico and Arizona meet . At one point
02:02	it's a place you can actually visit and step there
02:04	and be like , I'm almost in four states at
02:07	the same time . To review New Mexico is down
02:14	here in a region of the United States called the
02:17	Southwest . Very cool . Now we are going to
02:23	look at two nicknames of the State of New Mexico
02:26	to learn even more . The two nicknames of New
02:32	Mexico are the Land of Enchantment and the cactus state
02:37	interesting names . First , why is New Mexico called
02:44	the Land of Enchantment ? The word enchantment means delight
02:50	or wonder and it can often carry the idea of
02:53	being magical . It's almost so wonderful . It's magical
02:57	. Look at the rich beauty . This Land of
03:00	Enchantment , New Mexico here is a hot air balloon
03:05	ride over New Mexico . The Land of Enchantment .
03:09	Look at these captivating views , so much wonder .
03:12	It's almost magical . The Land of Enchantment , I
03:16	hope they remembered their cameras . So New Mexico is
03:21	called the Land of Enchantment . But why is New
03:23	Mexico called the cactus state ? New Mexico is called
03:30	the cactus state because there are so many cactus plants
03:34	there . But I would run if you saw a
03:36	cactus plant like this . They're not supposed to have
03:38	eyes , not supposed to have mouths . Okay .
03:41	Not that's not normal , not normal . Here's a
03:45	cactus plant , a real cactus plant , cactus plants
03:49	come in many shapes and sizes . Most cactus plants
03:55	are covered in these spikes called spines . The spines
04:01	are meant to protect the plant and to protect the
04:04	water supply in the cactus plant . Because cactus plants
04:08	are in dry environments where water is very precious .
04:15	Here is something interesting . If there is more than
04:18	one cactus plant , they are called cacti . Yeah
04:23	, so if you look at this picture , you
04:24	can say , oh my goodness , look at all
04:26	those cat die in New Mexico . Okay , that's
04:30	awesome . New Mexico has a lot of cacti .
04:34	I awesome . Now we are going to look at
04:40	the flag of New Mexico , the Land of Enchantment
04:44	, The cactus state . Here it is the flag
04:51	of the state of New Mexico . The flag is
04:55	a yellow flag with a red symbol in the middle
05:00	. This red symbol in the center of the flag
05:03	is the zia sun symbol of the Zia . People
05:08	zia people lived in New Mexico long before the spanish
05:13	explorers founded in the 15 hundreds . The cool thing
05:19	is the zia still live in New Mexico today .
05:23	The colors of the flag , yellow and red are
05:28	a tribute to Spain , the country that used to
05:32	own the land of New Mexico . Cool , now
05:37	we are going to locate two major cities in the
05:40	state of New Mexico . First is the city of
05:44	santa . Fe santa , fe is the capital of
05:48	New Mexico , then a little further south into the
05:54	west is the city of Albuquerque . Albuquerque is the
05:59	largest city in New Mexico . All right , here
06:04	is our final question . What is the state bird
06:07	of New Mexico ? Mhm . The , the ,
06:12	the state bird of New Mexico is the greater roadrunner
06:16	, uh , the greater roadrunner . And in case
06:19	you're curious , there is a lesser roadrunner , but
06:22	the state bird of New Mexico is the greater roadrunner
06:25	. They are birds with long legs that go really
06:29	fast . That's what they're known for because they are
06:35	so fast . Greater roadrunners love to chase down their
06:39	prey . Thanks for watching this video on New Mexico
06:44	, The Land of Enchantment , The cactus state .
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06:52	us know in the comments section below and we hope
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