Puget Sound Lowlands
Coast
Cascade Mountains
Okanogan Highlands
Columbia Plateau
100
the capital of Washington
What is Olympia?
100
Two explorers who made their last stop on the Coast Range
Who are Lewis and Clark?
100
The biggest winter tourist attraction that supports Washington's economy (not so much this year :( )
What is skiing?
100
The part of Washington where the Okanogan Highlands is located (compass direction)
What is the northeast?
100
Name given to a high, flat piece of land
What is a plateau?
200
Large pieces of ice that formed and carved this area
What are glaciers?
200
Two "W" words that describe the temperate climate of this region.
What is wet and windy?
200
Mountain that erupted in 1980
What is Mt. St. Helens?
200
The result of the Cascade Mountains preventing precipitation and wind from traveling east
What is the rain shadow?
200
hot, dry climate
What is arid?
300
Largest and most populated city in this region known for tourism and trade
What is Seattle?
300
Due to this type of farming, the coast is called the ____ capital of the world.
What is oyster?
300
This is Washington's tallest mountain standing at 14, 409 feet.
What is Mt. Rainier?
300
Name given to the animals that roam the rolling hills of the Okanogan Highlands
What is livestock?
300
Two ways that crops are transported from this area
What are trucks and trains?
400
the first settlers in Washington State
What is the Denny Party?
400
This is the largest tree in the U.S. and is found on the Olympic Peninsula in the Coast Range.
What is Big Spruce?
400
A name given to a series of volcanoes in which the mountains of the Cascades are a part of
What is the Pacific Rim of Fire?
400
The initial reason people came to the Okanogan Highland area in 1852
What is the gold rush?
400
The relocation of water to reach dry farmlands
What is irrigation?
500
The crew member for whom George Vancouver named the Puget Sound Lowlands after
Who is Peter Puget?
500
Name of the fort that Lewis and Clark built to survive their winter on the coast of Washington
What is Fort Clatsop?
500
The names of the five Washington volcanoes that the acronym, BRAGS, stands for
What is Baker, Rainier, Adams, Glacier Peak, St. Helens?
500
The major reason why the Grand Coulee Dam was built in 1940
What is electric energy?
500
The group of people who are more abundant in the Columbia Plateau than anywhere else in Washington
Who are Native Americans?
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