The West
The Southwest
The Midwest
The Southeast
The Northeast
100
This ocean lies along the coast of the Western region of the United States.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
100
This country borders the Southwest region to the south.
What is Mexico?
100
Prairie grasses cover much of this area and the soil is extremely fertile.
What is the Central Plains?
100
Because it's located along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, the Southeast is often struck by these natural disasters.
What are hurricanes?
100
These mountains are shared between the North and Southeast Regions of the United States.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
200
These famous mountains run through Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.
What is the Rocky Mountains?
200
This dam borders the states of Arizona and Nevada, and at the time it was built, it was the largest dam ever built. It was built to control flooding on the Colorado river.
What is the Hoover Dam?
200
This area is west of the Central Plains and the land is higher, drier, rockier and less fertile.
What is Great Plains?
200
These mountains run through both the Southeast and the Northeast region of the United States.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
200
This is the longest hiking trail in the world.
What is the Appalachian Trail?
300
This river forms the boundaries between the states of Oregon and Washington.
What is the Columbia River?
300
VIDEO QUESTION: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvzlZuWrJNw#t=0m31s What is this ?
What is the Grand Canyon?
300
These 5 large bodies that border Canada and the United States.
What are the Great Lakes?
300
This is a long subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife.
What are the Everglades?
300
Our nation's capital is located in the Northeastern region of the United States, and it's called _______.
What is Washington D.C.?
400
This place is the hottest, driest and lowest part of the United States. The highest recorded temperature was 134 degrees.
What is Death Valley?
400
This river runs through the Hoover Dam, provides drinking water for 25 million people, and supplies water for more than 3 million acres of farm land.
What is the Colorado River?
400
VIDEO QUESTION: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCI1u05KD_s What is this ?
What is a tornado?
400
This type of climate is defined as having a great deal of water vapor in the air. The climate is very damp or moist.
What is humid?
400
A winter storm that can bring up to a foot of snow at one time.
What is a Northeaster (Nor'easter)?
500
A low, bowl-shaped land form that is lower than the land around it.
Who is a basin?
500
A very dry and hot climate with very little rain.
What is a desert?
500
This is a prairie animal that once was abundant on the plains. Now there are only about 150,000 in the United States.
What is a bison?
500
This body of water is borders the Southeastern states of: Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
500
This canal links the Northeast and the Midwest with a 363-mile-long ditch that connects the Hudson River with the Great Lakes.
What is the Erie Canal?
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