Vocabulary
Activity
Short Answers
ID that state!
Up for grabs
100
The invisible line that divides the western and eastern hemispheres
What is the prime meridian?
100
Name at least three resources of California
What are fish/shellfish, sheep, strawberries, potatoes, oranges, apples, and wheat?
100
Describe the climate of California.
What is temperate and warm?
100
Producer of sugar canes and pineapples
Where is Hawaii?
100
The Western economy has become dependent on this industry in the last 50 years
What is technology?
200
Waterways used to help farmers irrigate
What are canals?
200
Describe some solutions the West have adapted to address their challenges.
What is enforcing rules for conserving water, recycling, keeping the resources clean and green, and encouraging farmers markets?
200
Where grapes grow
What are vineyards?
200
The economy of this western city grew quickly during World War II because of the demand for planes.
Where is Seattle, Washington?
200
A nickname for the people coming for the gold rush
Who are the 49ers?
300
A region having little rainfall because it is sheltered from prevailing rain-bearing winds by a range of hills.
What is a rain shadow?
300
What longitude is closest to Florida?
80 degrees West
300
Resources of the west
What are timber, coal, lead, copper, fruits, vegetables, and fish?
300
Longest mountain range that stretches across Montana, Wyoming and Colorado.
What are the Rockies?
300
Leading producer of agricultural products in the nation
What is California?
400
A geographic area made up of countries that border the Pacific Ocean
What is the Pacific Rim?
400
Name the Native American tribe that still resides in Alaska today.
Who are the Tlingit?
400
Name the mineral used in photography, electronics and materials for dentist
What is silver?
400
A location that gets less than 2 inches of rain each year
Where is Death Valley?
400
Challenges of the West
What is water scarcity?
500
The sudden increase in people and business activity which lead to towns
What are boomtowns?
500
Name this animal and how it stays cool in the desert heat
What is a jack rabbit who has long ears that move heat away?
500
Huge blocks of earth shift along fault lines
What are the cause of earthquakes?
500
This state became annexed because gold and oil were discovered there
Where is Alaska?
500
An explorer in search of riches on the Pacific coast and a possible connection between Pacific and Atlantic Ocean
Who is Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo?