Alaska
True/False – About 90% of the world’s earthquakes happen around the Pacific Rim of Fire
True
How many rivers go in and how many rivers go out of Crater Lake?
none (of either)
Which state produces more apples than all other US states combined?
Washington
What did the Apple Company sell first in 1976?
personal computers
What year did the Alaska and Hawaii territories become states?
1959
What is another name for aurora borealis?
northern lights
What is the deepest lake in the United States, and where is it?
Crater Lake, Oregon
Where was the hottest US temperature (place and state)?
Death Valley, California (134° F in 1913)
What is the name of Walt Disney’s first animated full-length movie?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937)
Which Hawaiian ruler united all the islands of Hawaii in 1810?
King Kamehameha
True/False - Mt McKinley (Denali) in Alaska is most famous for being an active volcano
False (It is North America’s highest mountain)
What started the California Gold Rush of 1849?
gold found near Sutter’s Mill
What is the difference between a fault and an earthquake?
A fault is a large crack across which the rocks have been moved; an earthquake is a quick shaking of earth
What is the nickname of the area in northern California with so many computer companies?
Silicon Valley
What happened in 1893 to Hawaii’s Queen Liliuokalani?
Americans took away her kingdom
What happened in the 1890s in northwestern Canada and eastern Alaska?
the Klondike gold rush
What was the world’s longest suspension bridge in 1937?
Golden Gate Bridge, California
Which state produces more strawberries than all other US states combined?
California
Which state has the Microsoft computer company (started by Bill Gates)?
Washington
Father Damien helped Hawaiians with what disease in the 1870s and 1880s?
leprosy (Hansen’s disease)
What is the name of the annual dog sled race between Anchorage and Nome, Alaska?
Iditarod
The Columbia River forms the border between which 2 states?
Oregon and Washington
Which state has Yosemite National Park?
California
How many passengers fit in a Boeing 747 airplane?
500 people
What British explorer was killed in Hawaii in 1779 (after calling there The Sandwich Islands)?
James Cook