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WorksheetsThe region of the American West
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name this state
a)
California
b)
Hawaii
c)
Alaska
d)
Colorado
2.
What is this state?
a)
Wyoming
b)
Montana
c)
Utah
d)
Hawaii
3.
Miners were called forty-niners because they arrived in 1849.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Settlers first came to the West because of the region's
a)
natural resources
b)
sources of energy
c)
manufactured goods
d)
cities
5.
The California Gold Rush took place in
a)
the Rockies
b)
the Sierra Nevadas
c)
Sacramento
d)
Yosemite National Park
6.
Which is this region's largest state?
a)
California
b)
Alaska
c)
Wyoming
d)
Colorado
7.
A cold, flat, treeless land. What word does this define?
a)
tundra
b)
temperate rainforest
c)
valley
d)
Hawaiian islands
8.
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
9.
These mountain ranges are in the West:
a)
Rockies, Apalachian, Cascade
b)
Sierra Nevada, Rockies, Smoky
c)
Cascade, Denali, Sierra Nevada
d)
Cascade, Sierra Nevada, Rockies
10.
This forms the eastern edge of the Western region.
a)
a volcano
b)
The Rocky Mountains
c)
Canada
d)
Saguaro cactus
11.
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.
12.
This mountain range begins in Canada, and stretches clear into Mexico.
a)
Cascades
b)
Rockies
c)
Sierra Nevada
d)
Appalachians
13.
What does Alaska send through the Trans-Alaskan pipeline to the Pacific Coast?
a)
fish
b)
wheat
c)
water
d)
oil
14.
The West's deserts are full of these minerals:
a)
gold, silver, iron, and copper.
b)
parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme
c)
carbon, nickel, magnesium, and sodium
15.
Before the Silver Boom, there was the
a)
Silver Slush
b)
Gold Rush
c)
Leadville Squash
d)
Gold Blush
16.
If you wanted to be a farmer, where would you most likely want to start your farm?
a)
California Coast
b)
Great Salt Lake
c)
Mojave Desert
d)
Central Valley
17.
What does the west region NOT produce?
a)
lumber for wood
b)
potatoes for fries
c)
sugar cane for sugar
d)
cherries for pies
18.
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
19.
This is a hot spring that shoots boiling hot water and steam into the air.
a)
Oil well
b)
geyser
c)
salt lake
d)
volcano
20.
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
21.
What color is the Golden Gate Bridge?
a)
red
b)
orange
c)
yellow
d)
gold
22.
Where do people go to rock climb?
a)
Yellowstone National Park
b)
Devil's Tower
c)
The Golden Gate Bridge
d)
The Central Valley
23.
An opening in Earth's surface from which hot liquid rock and ash may pour out.
a)
volcano
b)
earthquake
c)
ghost town
d)
expedition
24.
Whale fat; a material used for oil.
a)
blubber
b)
port
c)
lava
d)
geyser
25.
A town without people.
a)
expedition
b)
gold rush
c)
ghost town
d)
volcano
26.
A sudden shaking of the ground caused when rock layers beneath Earth's surface suddenly shift or crack.
a)
volcano
b)
earthquake
c)
port
d)
lava
27.
A place for receiving ships and transferring cargo.
a)
port
b)
refinery
c)
lava
d)
ghost town
28.
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.
29.
What are some important natural resources of this region?
a)
cotton and diamonds
b)
water, trees, and soil
c)
corn, wheat, and beans
d)
metals and berries
30.
Which of the following is NOT a mountain range that forms a "Giant H"?
a)
Coast Range
b)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
c)
Cascade Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountains
31.
Which state in this region was formed by volcanoes?
a)
Alaska
b)
California
c)
Hawaii
d)
Washington
32.
Central Valley is most known for which type of technology?
a)
sawmill
b)
mining
c)
fishing
d)
farming
33.
A substance used to make a computer chip is called:
a)
plastic
b)
rubber
c)
silicon
d)
gold
34.
A row or a series of mountains is called a:
a)
peak
b)
mountain range
c)
sea level
d)
geyser
35.
The surface of the ocean, used as a standard of measuring the height of the land is called the:
a)
liter
b)
yard
c)
meter
d)
sea level
36.
Next to each other.
a)
Contiguous
b)
Region
c)
Relative Location
d)
Land Use
37.
The lines that run north and south from the poles are called
a)
lines of longitude
b)
lines of latitude
c)
lines of location
d)
parallel lines
38.
The lines that run east and west on a map are called
a)
lines of latitude
b)
lines of longitude
c)
parallel lines
d)
absolute lines
39.
What are the three largest countries in North America?
a)
USA, Canada, & Mexico
b)
Texas, California, & Alaska
c)
USA, Brazil, & Russia
d)
Africa, Australia, & Asia
40.
The largest & tallest mountain range in North America is the _____.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Cascades
d)
Alps
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