Physical Landforms
Which state is not part of the "lower forty-eight"? What is the southern most state?
Alaska; Hawaii
Who played a big role in establishing national parks in America?
Teddy Roosevelt
What is the longest river in the United States?
Missouri
What is the governing document that is the "law of the land" in the United States?
the U.S. Constitution
Salt Lake City, Utah is the headquarters of which religious group?
Mormons
The _____ Mountains form the Eastern Continental Divide and the _____ Mountains form the Western Continental Divide.
Appalachian; Rocky
Where is America's first national park located?
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
What term refers to an underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment?
aquifer
What monument features four U.S. presidents, and which ones?
Mount Rushmore; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln
What is one of the easiest resources to conserve?
water
What determines the direction of a river's flow in the United States?
its relation to one of the continental divides
When was America's first national park was established?
March 1, 1872
What is the prevailing wind that brings plentiful rains to the northwestern corner of the United States?
Japanese Current
What kind of government does America have?
federal republic
buildings and plants
What forces formed the Pacific, Rocky, and Appalachian Mountain ranges?
plate tectonics and faults
During whose presidency was the first national park established?
Ulysses S. Grant
What refers to the low amount of rainfall that occurs east of a mountain range?
rain shadow
Who declared in the Gettysburg Address that the United States was "conceived in Liberty"?
Abraham Lincoln
The United States economy is a system of ___.
free enterprise, capitalism
Located west of Piedmont, the ___ Mountains extend from eastern Canada southward into northern Alabama, and serve as the Eastern Continental Divide.
Appalachian
What is the name of the newest national park? And when was it established?
Indiana Dunes National Park. February 2018
To what kind of natural disaster are the Atlantic and Gulf coasts particularly susceptible?
hurricanes
What values forge a common culture and bind people together?
core values
What method is used to extract oil or natural gas that was previously considered to be too expensive to extract?
fracking