Rivers
Hydroelectric power is made by _____.
What is Water
Born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania this man left many apple trees
Who is Johnny Appleseed
The capital city of a state is _____.
A. the city largest in the state
B. the oldest city in the state
C. where the state offices are located
D. the most populated city in the state
What is C, where the state offices are located
The longest mountain range in the United States - stretching over the entire length of the continent from Mexico to Canada.
What is the Rocky Mountains.
Which of these states in the West has the largest population: Alaska, California, Colorado or Washington?
What is California
The Ohio River dumps more water by volume into the _____ than any other tributary.
What is the Mississippi river
The name of a Shoshoni woman that helped Lewis and Clark with their overland expedition to the West.
Who is Sacajawea
Its name was derived from the Sioux word minne, meaning “water,” and the Greek polis, for “city.”
What is Minneapolis
A system of mountain in Eastern North America which are old, round, and worn down.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This is an active volcano located in the Pacific Northwest.
What is Mt. Saint Helens
This River flows through the following states Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, Canada.
What is the Columbia River ?
Because the Ohio River forms the southern border of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, it created a division during this War.
What is the American civil War.
Where Elvis used to hang out there a lot, you know.
What is Nashville, Tennessee?
This mountain range is located in the Pacific Northwest running North to South.
What is the Cascade Mountain Range or the Cascades
With one foot it is possible to stand in these four states.
What are Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado
The Missouri River starts near this city____, Montana and ends near _____.
What is Three Forks and St. Louis Missouri
The Mississippi River was the setting for which famous book and movie character's adventures?
Who is Mark Twain
Where did the two ends of the first transcontinental railroad meet upon its completion?
What us Promontory, Utah?
Grassland, that lies west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains
What are the GREAT PLAINS.
The Ohio River starts in this state.
What is Pennsylvania
This is the main product that the barges on the Mississippi River transport?
What is Grain
He was a steel-driving man - helping to build tunnels for the railroad. He died after winning a race against a steam-powered
Who was John Henry?
People who built the railroads along the east coast were known as _______ and from the west coast are known as _________.
Tarriers and Chinese (AKA crockers pets)
The St. Lawrence River flows from _______out to the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Lake Ontario ?
Systems that enable large ships to move from a body of water at one level to another body of water at another level
What are locks and dams