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Name the climate that is typically warm year round
What is tropical
100
Name the most valuable resource in the Northeast region
What is coal
100
This man tried to find a shorter route to Asia by sea. He instead ran into North America
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
Name the two countries that share Niagara Falls
What are Canada and the United States
100
Give the name of the Cherokee's long, forced journey to Oklahoma
What is the Trail of Tears
200
Name the branch of government that makes our nation's laws
What is the legislative branch
200
Name the discovery in 1848 that made people rush to move to California
What is gold
200
Name the important leader in the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
Name the state that contains Badlands National Park
What is South Dakota
200
Name the large farms that settlers in the Southeast had
What are plantations
300
These were built to warn sailors about rocky shores, and to help them determine their location
What are lighthouses
300
Name the city in Pennsylvania famous for its steel mills
What is Pittsburgh
300
This man invented the steel plow in the 1850's. He is still famous today, as there is a company named after him.
Who is John Deere
300
Name the state where one could find the Grand Canyon
What is Arizona
300
Name the scientific process that formed the Badlands
What is erosion
400
Give the word that describes an item brought in from another country to be sold
What is an import
400
Electricity produced by water is called
What is hydroelectricity
400
Name the president that made the Grand Canyon a national park
Who is Theodore Roosevelt
400
Name the desert that runs through Arizona, Mexico, and southern California
What is the Sonoran Desert
400
Name the part of the Midwest where the soil dried and turned to dust in the 1930's
What is the Dust Bowl
500
Name the Amendment that gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment
500
Oil is an example of what type of resource
What is a nonrenewable resource
500
John Wesley Powell is famous for naming this
What is the Grand Canyon
500
This type of boundary is determined by major landforms
What are regional boundaries
500
Name BOTH groups that fought in the Civil War
What are the Union and the Confederacy