West
Name at least one mountain range in this region.
Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mts., Cascade Range, Coastal Range
Name the 4 states in this region.
Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona
What are the 5 lakes in this region known as?
Fun Fact:These lakes are so large that they hold 1/4 of all the fresh water in the world---enough to cover all of the United States with 12 feet of water.
Great Lakes
Name 4 states in this region that are located by the ocean.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
Name one of the two largest cities in the Northeast.
New York City -- over 7 million people
Washington D.C. -- capital of our country
Describe the working conditions Chinese immigrants experienced while building the Transcontinental Railroad.
Low wages, long hours, dangerous working conditions (frost bite, dynamite blasts, avalanches), disrespect from railroad bosses
Name a landform that is common in the Southwest.
Canyons, plateaus (answers may vary)
Name 4 states in this region.
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
What kinds of crops are grown in the Southeast. Name at least 3
cotton, tobacco, rice, oranges, sugarcane, peaches, vegetables
Why is so much manufacturing, making of things by machines, done in the northeast?
More people live here than in any other region in the country. Over 1/5 of all Americans live in this region.
In the 1800s energy from Northeast waterfalls powered water wheels and factory machines.
Name 4 states that are in this region.
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Why did the U.S. government remove the Navajo from their homeland in the 1860s?
Share two facts we learned about the Lakota people during our virtual visit to Harvard's Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Answers will vary
Which state is it most common in?
coal mining (particularly in West Virginia)
Name two types of energy in the water of the Northeast.
Kinetic and gravitational potential
The Central Pacific Railroad company employed many immigrants from China. The Union Pacific Railroad company employed many immigrants from which country?
Ireland
What was an effect of the Mexican-American War?
Mexico lost a lot of their territory to the United States.
What landform/landscape is MOST common in the Midwest region?
Plains (grasslands, prairies)
What historic document ended enslavement in the United States?
Who signed this document?
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
Juneteenth (short for “June Nineteenth”) marks the day in 1865 when U.S. troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the true end of enslavement in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday.
What did it mean if a Lowell Mill girl "turned out"?
The mill girls "turned out"—in other words, went on strike—to protest.
They marched to several mills to encourage others to join them, gathered at an outdoor rally and signed a petition saying, "We will not go back into the mills to work unless our wages are continued."
What 1800s invention replaced the Pony Express by sending electrical pulses across wires?
The telegraph (sent Morse Code messages made up of dots and dashes, short and long electrical pulses)
What mammal is very important to the Navajo people? Why?
What creature is found in many Navajo folktales?
Sheep are very important to the Navajo people. They provide them with food (sheep meat= mutton) and wool for their weaving.
Grandmother Spider is a powerful character in many Navajo myths and legends.
Coyote is also a well respected and common character.
Name two ways that the American Bison kept the grasslands healthy.
As bison forage, they aerate the soil with their hooves, which aids in plant growth, and disperse native seeds in their scat, helping to maintain a healthy and balanced ecosystem.
Name three secret codes that were used by those in the Underground Railroad network to communicate.
Answers will vary
Name at least 8 of the 11 Northeast states.
Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.