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WorksheetsWest Region
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
a)
Washington
b)
Montana
c)
California
d)
Nevada
2.
a)
Oregon
b)
Texas
c)
Wyoming
d)
Alaska
3.
a)
Wyoming
b)
Oregon
c)
Washington
d)
Idaho
4.
a)
Idaho
b)
Indiana
c)
Wisconsin
d)
Nevada
5.
a)
Washington
b)
Oregon
c)
Utah
d)
Montana
6.
a)
Arizona
b)
Alaska
c)
Wyoming
d)
Colorado
7.
a)
Hawaii
b)
Alaska
c)
California
d)
Florida
8.
a)
Colorado
b)
Idaho
c)
California
d)
Utah
9.
a)
Hawaii
b)
Colorado
c)
Nevada
d)
Washington
10.
a)
Colorado
b)
Montana
c)
Iowa
d)
Wyoming
11.
What is the capital of California?
a)
Lansing
b)
Sacramento
c)
Denver
d)
Juneau
12.
What is the capital of Arizona?
a)
Sacramento
b)
Boise
c)
Phoenix
d)
Helena
13.
What is the capital of Montana?
a)
Helena
b)
Denver
c)
Cheyenne
d)
Phonenix
14.
What is the capital of Alaska?
a)
Helena
b)
Olympia
c)
Salem
d)
Juneau
15.
What is the capital of Idaho?
a)
Boise
b)
Billings
c)
Denver
d)
Santa Fe
16.
What is the capital of Oregon?
a)
Sacramento
b)
Santa Fe
c)
Olympia
d)
Salem
17.
What is the capital of Washington?
a)
Cheyenne
b)
Boise
c)
Honolulu
d)
Olympia
18.
What is the capital of Nevada?
a)
Salt Lake City
b)
Carson City
c)
Santa Fe
d)
Honolulu
19.
What is the capital of Wyoming?
a)
Helena
b)
Cheyenne
c)
Denver
d)
Santa Fe
20.
What is the capital of Colorado?
a)
Denver
b)
Santa Fe
c)
Phoenix
d)
Carson City
21.
What is the capital of New Mexico?
a)
Honolulu
b)
Juneau
c)
Santa Fe
d)
Salt Lake City
22.
What is the capital of Utah?
a)
Honolulu
b)
Sacramento
c)
Santa Fe
d)
Salt Lake City
23.
What is the capital of Hawaii?
a)
Juneau
b)
Sacramento
c)
Honolulu
d)
Salem
24.
A sudden movement of people to a place where gold has been found, especially to California in 1849.
a)
ghost town
b)
gold rush
c)
timberline
d)
slag
25.
A sudden shaking of the ground caused when rock layers beneath Earth's surface suddenly shift or crack.
a)
volcano
b)
earthquake
c)
timberline
d)
lava
26.
Moisture that falls to the ground as rain, snow, and sleet.
a)
precipitation
b)
expedition
c)
lava
d)
slag
27.
Why does the West have an extreme climate?
a)
It is dry with no rain.
b)
It is rainy and snowy all year round.
c)
It has snowy mountains, rain forests, & deserts.
d)
All states have a warm, tropical rainforest.
28.
What are some important natural resources of this region?
a)
cotton and diamonds
b)
metals, minerals, and trees
c)
corn, wheat, and beans
d)
oil, coal, and water
29.
a)
Mississippi
b)
Montana
c)
North Dakota
d)
Maine
30.
What is the name of the mountain range that is in this region?
a)
Appalachian Mts.
b)
Rocky Mts.
c)
Allegheny Mts.
d)
Blue Ridge Mts.
31.
Which state in this region was formed by volcanoes?
a)
Alaska
b)
California
c)
Hawaii
d)
Washington
32.
Land that is drained by a river and the streams that flow into it is a
a)
basin
b)
glacier
c)
iceberg
d)
island
33.
Which is this region's largest state?
a)
California
b)
Alaska
c)
Wyoming
d)
Colorado
34.
Materials supplied by nature that are useful or necessary for life are:
a)
nature
b)
volcano
c)
candy
d)
natural resources
35.
A giant piece of floating ice that has broken off of a glacier is a:
a)
glacier
b)
iceberg
c)
icecube
36.
Which landmark is NOT in the West?
a)
Mount McKinley
b)
Hawaiian Islands
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Volcanoes
37.
Which is NOT a natural resource of the west?
a)
Wood
b)
Gold
c)
Grapes
d)
Lobster
38.
San Franciso, California, is home to the
a)
Rose Festival
b)
Golden Gate Bridge
c)
Iditarod
d)
Space Needle
39.
A cold, flat, treeless land. What word does this define?
a)
tundra
b)
temperate rainforest
c)
valley
d)
Hawaiian islands
40.
A low, bowl-shaped landform that is lower than the land around it. What word does this define?
a)
desert
b)
valley
c)
basin
d)
plateau
41.
What is Denali?
a)
The lowest but rainiest mountain in the United States.
b)
The dogsled race in Alaska.
c)
The highest mountain in the United States.
d)
The car races on the Great Salt Lake Flats.
42.
Which two mountain ranges are covered with forests?
a)
Sierra Nevada and Cascades
b)
Rockies and Sierra Nevada
c)
Cascades and Rockies
d)
Cascades and Denali
43.
What does Alaska send through the Trans-Alaskan pipeline to the Pacific Coast?
a)
fish
b)
wheat
c)
water
d)
oil
44.
Why do people NOT swim in Great Salt Lake?
a)
too shallow and too salty
b)
too deep and too muddy
c)
too deep and too salty
d)
too cold and to scary
45.
Why did Yellowstone National Park call one of its 300 geysers "Old Faithful"?
a)
It does not erupt in any pattern of time
b)
Old man Faithful discovered it
c)
it's really old
d)
it erupts every 91 minutes
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