Free Printable The West

1.

What is the Continental Divide

a)

A line that divides the continent in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

b)

A new way to solve a math problem

c)

The place from which rivers either go west into the Pacific ocean or east ending in the Mississippi or Gulf of Mexico

d)

The line that divides the weather

2.

What is the name of the volcano in Washington that erupted after being dormant for 120 years?

a)

Mt Vesuvius

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Mt. McKinley

d)

Mt. St. Helens

3.

What is the name of the hottest place in the western region?

a)

San Diego

b)

Death Valley

c)

Juneau

d)

Salt Lake City

4.

Is there a rain forest in the West region?

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.

Which product is Hawaii famous for?

a)

fish

b)

apples

c)

pineapples

d)

coconuts

6.

The climate of the West Region is

a)

hot and dry throughout the whole region

b)

cold and snowy throughout the whole region

c)

cool and foggy throughout the whole region

d)

very different in different places

7.

a)

Washington

b)

Montana

c)

California

d)

Nevada

8.

a)

Oregon

b)

Texas

c)

Wyoming

d)

Alaska

9.

a)

Wyoming

b)

Oregon

c)

Washington

d)

Idaho

10.

a)

Washington

b)

Oregon

c)

Utah

d)

Montana

11.

a)

Arizona

b)

Alaska

c)

Wyoming

d)

Colorado

12.

a)

Hawaii

b)

Alaska

c)

California

d)

Florida

13.

a)

Mississippi

b)

Montana

c)

North Dakota

d)

Maine

14.

a)

Colorado

b)

Idaho

c)

California

d)

Utah

15.

a)

Hawaii

b)

Colorado

c)

Nevada

d)

Washington

16.

a)

Colorado

b)

Montana

c)

Iowa

d)

Wyoming

17.

What is the capital^_?

a)

San Francisco

b)

Sacramento

c)

Seattle

d)

Springfield

18.

What is the capital?

a)

Jackson

b)

Nome

c)

Juneau

d)

Fairbanks

19.

What is the capital?

a)

Denali

b)

Denver

c)

Salem

d)

Sante Fe

20.

What is the capital?

a)

Honolulu

b)

Harrisburg

c)

Austin

d)

Hartford

21.

What's the capital?

a)

Benton

b)

Potato

c)

Columbus

d)

Boise

22.

What's the capital?

a)

Harrisburg

b)

Sacramento

c)

Helena

d)

Bismark

23.

What's the capital?

a)

Carson City

b)

Topeka

c)

Salt Lake City

d)

Austin

24.

What's the capital?

a)

Olympia

b)

Boston

c)

Phoenix

d)

Carson City

25.

What's the capital?

a)

Olympia

b)

Salem

c)

Salt Lake City

d)

Juneau

26.

What's the capital?

a)

Madison

b)

Zeus

c)

Olympus

d)

Olympia

27.

What is the capital?

a)

Cheyenne

b)

Boise

c)

Sacramento

d)

Denver

28.

What is the capital?

a)

Park City

b)

Salt Lake City

c)

Carson City

d)

Birmingham

29.

_____ were created when miners flocked to areas where gold was discovered

a)

continental divide

b)

boomtown

c)

public land

d)

ecosystem

30.

what did 49ers go to California in search of _____

a)

silver

b)

gold

31.

Capital of: Alaska

a)

Helena

b)

Carson City

c)

Honolulu

d)

Juneau

32.

capital of Washington

a)

Olympia

b)

Denver

c)

Cheyenne

d)

Sacramento

33.

Oregon

a)

Carson City

b)

Salem

c)

Salt Lake City

d)

Boise

34.

Capital of California

a)

Helena

b)

Juneau

c)

los Angeles

d)

Sacramento

35.

capital of Montana

a)

Carson City

b)

Helena

c)

Denver

d)

Cheyenne

36.

capital of Nevada

a)

Carson City

b)

Boise

c)

Sacramento

d)

Denver

37.

Capital of Utah

a)

Juneau

b)

Olympia

c)

Salt Lake City

d)

Boise

38.

Capital of Colorado

a)

Cheyenne

b)

Boise

c)

Denver

d)

Carson City

39.

capital of Wyoming

a)

Helena

b)

Salem

c)

Salt Lake City

d)

Cheyenne

40.

capital of Idaho

a)

Honolulu

b)

Boise

c)

Olympia

d)

Salem

41.

capital of Hawaii

a)

Honolulu

b)

SAlem

c)

Cheyenne

d)

Helena

42.

Which is this region's largest state?

a)

California

b)

Alaska

c)

Wyoming

d)

Colorado

43.

A cold, flat, treeless land. What word does this define?

a)

tundra

b)

temperate rainforest

c)

valley

d)

Hawaiian islands

44.

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

45.

This forms the eastern edge of the Western region.

a)

a volcano

b)

The Rocky Mountains

c)

Canada

d)

Saguaro cactus

46.

These mountains are the remains of ancient magma chambers that fed volcanoes.

a)

Sierra Nevada

b)

Denali

c)

Cascades

d)

Rockies

47.

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.

48.

This mountain range begins in Canada, and stretches clear into Mexico.

a)

Cascades

b)

Rockies

c)

Sierra Nevada

d)

Appalachians

49.

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

50.

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

51.

What is Old Faithful?

a)

a geyser

b)

an old friend

c)

a mud pot

d)

a hot tub

52.

What is the abbreviation for Montana?

a)

MO

b)

MT

c)

MN

d)

MA

53.

What is the abbreviation for Wyoming?

a)

WY

b)

WG

c)

WM

d)

WO

54.

What is the abbreviation for Colorado?

a)

CO

b)

CL

c)

CR

d)

CA

55.

What is the abbreviation for Idaho?

a)

ID

b)

IO

c)

IH

d)

IA

56.

What is the abbreviation for Nevada?

a)

NE

b)

NV

c)

NA

d)

Ne

57.

What is the abbreviation for Utah?

a)

UH

b)

UT

c)

UA

d)

Ute

58.

What is the abbreviation for Washington?

a)

WA

b)

WS

c)

WN

d)

WH`1q

59.

What is the abbreviation for Oregon?

a)

OR

b)

ON

c)

OG

d)

Ore

60.

What is the abbreviation for California?

a)

CA

b)

CL

c)

CF

61.

What is the abbreviation for Alaska?

a)

AL

b)

AS

c)

AK

d)

Alk

62.

What is the abbreviation for Hawaii?

a)

HI

b)

HA

c)

HW

d)

HS

63.

Central Valley is most known for which type of technology?

a)

sawmill

b)

mining

c)

fishing

d)

farming

64.

Which product would not come from the West region?

a)

bananas

b)

salt

c)

maple syrup

d)

airplanes

65.

The West is the largest region in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

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