people
physical geography
stuff
more stuff
even more stuff
100
Which famous Shoshone guide helped Lewis and Clark on their expedition?
Who is Sacagawea?
100
What mountain blew its top and side on May 18, 1980?
What is Mt. St. Helens?
100
What is the name of the continental divide found in the United States?
What is the Great Divide?
100
What animal has the nickname "the fat little farmer of the mountain slopes"?
What is the pika?
100
Mt. Rushmore is found in which mountain range?
What are the Black Hills?
200
Who is the most famous leader of the Nez Percé?
Who is Chief Joseph?
200
What is the highest peak in the United States south of Alaska?
What is Mt. Whitney?
200
Name two former American presidents found on Mount Rushmore.
Who are Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, and/or Thomas Jefferson?
200
Name two states found on the Gulf Coast?
What are Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and/or Florida?
200
What plant dries up and break off from their roots, only to be caught up in the wind over the prairies?
What is tumbleweed?
300
Which Plains Indians were named for the black moccasins they wore?
What is the Blackfoot?
300
What is the largest canyon in the world?
What is the Grand Canyon?
300
What kind of bird makes its nest behind waterfalls?
What is the water ouzel?
300
Name a peninsula that sticks out into the Gulf of Mexico?
What is Florida or Yucatan?
300
In which desert is found the saguaro cactus?
What is the Sonoran Desert?
400
Which Sioux medicine man and chief fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Who is Sitting Bull?
400
How do the prairie dogs shape the landscape of the prairies?
What is digging tunnels--whole "cities"--under the ground?
400
What is the largest land animal of the Western Hemisphere?
What is the American Bison (buffalo)?
400
Which river flows out of Lake Itasca in Minnesota?
What is the Mississippi River?
400
The North American Desert is divided into how many regions?
What is five--Great Basin Desert, the Colorado Plateau, the Mojave Desert, the Sonoran Desert and the Chihuahuan Desert?
500
Which Indian tribe was known for their breeding appalousa horses?
What is the Nez Percé?
500
Mt. Whitney is found in which mountain range?
What is the Sierra Nevada Range?
500
Which type of tree is found in the Sierra Nevada Range?
What is the giant sequoia?
500
In which desert are the Carlsbad Caverns found?
What is the Chihuahuan Desert?
500
What is the name of the largest desert in the United States?
What is the Great Basin Desert?
M
e
n
u