This is a mountain range that runs from New York to Alabama, and is famous for coal mining (and poverty).
What are the Appalachian Mountains
100
This river is likely the reason why both New Orleans and St. Louis exist
What is the Mississippi River
100
This lake is to Chicago as the Atlantic Ocean is to New York City. It is named for a U.S. State.
What is Lake Michigan
100
This is the greatest basketball team, ever.
What are the Chicago Bulls
100
I was President during the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
These are the highest mountains in the continental united states. Settlers had trouble crossing them, until the lure of California gold proved too tempting in the 1800s.... (They're in the West)
What are the Rocky Mountains
200
This is the longest river in North America, and settlers had to find a way across it on their way west
What is the Missouri River
200
This Northeastern American city is home to a football team, and neighbors Lake Eerie.
What is Buffalo
200
This area began as the Lexington colonies, and is blocked off by the Appalachian Mountains
What is the South Eastern U.S.
200
I am a little, angry French general that sold 13 states to the U.S. for dirt cheap
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte
300
These mountains are in California (hint- it tastes like Sprite)
What are Sierra Nevada
300
This river might be the reason New York City developed where it is today.
What is the Hudson River
300
This is the smallest and most Northern of the Great Lakes.
What is Lake Ontario
300
This area was famously explored by Lewis and Clark, and still is regarded as one of the wildest in the U.S.
What is the Pacific Northwest
300
This legal word was the reason why US citizens opposed Jefferson's purchase of the land.
What is "unconstitutional."
400
This is an ACTIVE VOLCANO in Washington State!
What is Mount St. Helen's
400
George Washington famously crossed this river, that also forms the border between several states.
What is the Delaware River.
400
This is the biggest lake of the 5, it is furthest west, and its name literally means "better than."
What is Lake Superior
400
This colonial area, along with the middle colonies, would go on to form the American Northeast.
What is New England
400
This is the year in which the Louisiana purchase was made
When is 1804.
500
The highest peak in North America, and it has the same name as a former President?
What is Mt. McKinley
500
This river has a famous viewing area in Washington D.C.
What is the Potomac River
500
Geologists think the Great Lakes were originally formed by this natural phenomena.
What are glaciers?
500
This area is in the center of the nation, and is mostly characterized by crops and a flat, unchanging nature.
What is the Middle West.
500
A slave revolt in this Caribbean country led France to want to sell the Louisiana territory.