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Geography
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Time Zones
100
The hottest, lowest and driest place in the U.S.
What is Death Valley?
100
This Native American woman guided a group of explorers on their expedition through the west.
Who is Sacagawea?
100
This electronic tool replaced the Pony Express as a new form of communication.
What is the telegraph?
100
This service delivered mail and messages to the west by riders on horseback.
What is the Pony Express?
100
There are 6 of these in the United States.
What are Time Zones?
200
This state has the highest land in the United States.
What is Alaska?
200
Yellowstone is this type of public land.
What is a National Park?
200
This was the name for a town that grew quickly, sometimes because of the discovery of gold.
What is boom town?
200
People developed ships with 2 walls to prevent this from happening.
What is an oil spill?
200
We live in which time zone?
What is the central time zone?
300
These created a barrier for explorers and settlers trying to travel west.
What is the Rocky Mountains?
300
These two explorers led an expedition westward from St. Louis with the help of a Shoshone guide.
Who are Louis and Clark?
300
This type of land is owned by the government.
What is a public land?
300
Mount Waialeale in Hawaii is also the ______ place in the United States?
What is the wettest?
300
If it is 6 pm in New York, what time is it in California?
What is 3 pm?
400
These natural features were used for travel, food, and trading networks by Native Americans.
What is a river?
400
These reasons are why the west may be described as having extreme geography?
What are the hottest, driest, lowest, wettest, coldest and highest places?
400
These structures of low water filled steps were built so fish could travel (migrate) past barriers.
What is a fish ladder?
400
Inventing new ways to prevent this from spreading helped to protect the environment.
What is oil?
400
True or false: Idaho has more than one time zone. You may use your study guide.
What is True
500
Oregon,Hawaii, and Washington are 3 states that have this "explosive" land form.
What is a volcano?
500
This discovery of this lowland area in the Rockies made it possible for covered wagons to travel through.
What is the South Pass.
500
Movements along these lines cause earthquakes.
What are fault lines?
500
People set limits on how this could be used which helped to protect the environment.
What is land?
500
When students in Oregon are eating dinner, students in Florida are most likely: A.waking up B getting ready for bed C. having lunch
What is: B. Getting ready for bed?