Pacific Northwest
This rainy city in Washington is famous for the Space Needle.
Seattle
This famous park in Wyoming is known for Old Faithful geyser.
Yellowstone
In 1803 the United States bought a huge amount of land from France in this deal.
Louisiana Purchase
This famous desert valley in California is one of the hottest places on Earth.
Death Valley
This long-running TV western starred James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon.
Gunsmoke
This state is known for Crater Lake.
Oregon
This California park is known for giant sequoia trees and Yosemite Falls.
Yosemite
This belief said Americans were meant to expand from coast to coast.
Manifest Destiny
This famous western cowboy actor starred in many films and later had an airport named after him.
John Wayne
This 1985 adventure movie about kids searching for pirate treasure was filmed partly in Astoria, Oregon.
The Goonies
This large mountain in Washington is actually an active volcano and part of the Cascade Range.
Mount Rainier
This Utah park is known for dramatic red rock formations and the Delicate Arch.
Arches National Park
This railroad, completed in 1869, connected the eastern U.S. to the Pacific coast.
Transcontinental Railroad
This western state is known as the “Treasure State.”
Montana
This Clint Eastwood western won Best Picture in 1993.
Unforgiven
This Pacific Northwest tree is the tallest tree species in the world.
Redwood
This national park in Montana shares a border with Canada and is called the “Crown of the Continent.”
Glacier National Park
This term described settlers who claimed 160 acres of land under an 1862 law.
Homesteaders
This western city hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Salt Lake City
This 1993 romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan is set largely in Seattle.
Sleepless in Seattle
This major river forms much of the border between Oregon and Washington.
Columbia River
Yellowstone was the first national park in the world.
What three states is Yellowstone apart of?
Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho
Covered wagons used by pioneers were often called these after the curved shape of their covers.
Prairie Schooners
This famous 1980 volcanic eruption dramatically reshaped a mountain in Washington.
What is the eruption of Mount St. Helens?
Mount St. Helens
This horror film based on Stephen King’s novel features the haunted Overlook Hotel and stars Jack Nicholson.
The Shining