Cowboys plus
What river goes through the Grand Canyon in Arizona?
The Colorado River
Who invented the first TV?
Philo T. Farnsworth (from Utah)
What is a Saguaro?
A cactus that can live for 200 years
What was the first US national park in 1872?
Yellowstone (Wyoming)
How many rivers flow out of the Great Salt Lake (in Utah)?
None
What is a stampede?
Many cattle run dangerously when scared
Who was the first female US Supreme Court justice?
Sandra Day O’Connor (from Arizona)
What country did western US railroad workers come from in 1860s?
China
What is the tallest mountain in the Mountain region?
Mt Elbert (Colorado)
What is Old Faithful?
A consistent water geyser in Yellowstone
What happens in a rodeo?
Cowboys compete, race, and show their skills
Who was the first female governor in the US?
Nellie Tayloe Ross (in Wyoming)
How did the transcontinental railroad change western settlement?
More settlers came more quickly
Where did the Ancestral Puebloans live?
In cliff houses (in present-day Colorado)
What is the largest reservoir in the US?
Lake Mead
Why do cowboys wear boots?
They protect from injury and weather
Who was the first female in the US House of Representatives?
Jeannette Rankin (from Montana)
What is the Continental Divide?
The line where US rivers divide to the East and West
Where did the Spanish explorer Francisco Coronado go in the 1500s?
Mexico and the southwestern United States
What is a rain shadow?
When water doesn’t fall on a mountainside opposite the wind
What 2 jobs does a cook have on a cattle drive?
Cook and doctor
Who is the dwarf planet Pluto partially named for?
Percival Lowell (astronomer)
What was the Gadsden Purchase of 1854?
The US bought land from Mexico (in present-day southern Arizona)
What war did the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo end in 1848?
The Mexican-American War
What is a reservoir?
A place where water is collected or stored (usually behind a dam)