OKLAHOMA now 1
OKLAHOMA now 2
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Oil resource
Miscellaneous
100
These are the three interstate highways that cross through Oklahoma.
What are I-35, I-40, and I-44
100
The highest elevation point in Oklahoma
What is Black Mesa
100
This is a wide, flat area that is lower than the surrounding area.
What is basin
100
These living spaces quickly improved economically, as oil was discovered
What are Boomtowns
100
We have tornadoes, droughts, and floods, but there is one type of weather we do not have because there is no ocean close by
What are hurricanes
200
This is the lowest elevation point in Oklahoma
What is Little River
200
This area is home to Glass Mountain, Alabaster Caverns and covers the Kansas border to the far southwest
What is Gypsum Hills
200
Oil, coal, soil, water, natural gas are examples of this
What are natural resources
200
DAILY DOUBLE
These wealthy people give economic resources to others with less money and more need
200
This is the rounded up number of square miles of Oklahoma land and water
What is 70,000 square miles
300
This regional area borders Texas and Oklahoma and gives its name to the Texas and OU football game
What is the Red River Plains
300
This regional area includes the Panhandle, Black Mesa, among other areas.
What is the High Plains
300
This is what happens to soil over time, when it's exposed to water.
What is erosion
300
This was Oklahoma's presumed wealth, when explorers visited Oklahoma but found no gold
What is blackgold or oil
300
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What are the 6 states that border Oklahoma
400
This regional area is home to the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Turner Falls Park and Camp Classen.
What is the Arbuckle Mountains
400
This area is infamous for red orange clay soil and is home to Oklahoma's capital.
What is the Red Bed Plains
400
This is the landscape and physical features of the earth's surface including mountains, rocks, rivers, etc.
What is Topography
400
This person with economic means takes a chance on drilling a specific site for oil in the hopes of striking it rich
What is a wildcatter
400
This regional rocky, mountainous area borders Missouri and Arkansas and is located northeast of Oklahoma
What is the Ozark Plateau
500
This regional area is in southeast Oklahoma and includes places such as, Robber's Cave and Broken Bow
What is the Ouachita Mountains
500
Grassland area that covers from south Canada to the central part of the United States
What is the Great Plains
500
This is the statement that as the student, you will be able to describe the state's geography and help identify the historical foundations laid by American Indians, Europeans, and American cultures.
What is the objective
500
An unskilled worker in the oil rigs
What is a roughneck
500
This word means the study of the physical features in a given area
What is Geography