United States Trivia
How many states make up the United States?
50
What enormous mountain range can be found in the west of the United States?
The Rocky Mountains.
What is a colony?
A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land.
This state is located the furthest west (and north!) of all 50 states?
What is Alaska?
Alaska also has the most northern point (Point Barrow) and the most western point (Cape Wrangell)
What is the United States largest and most important river?
Mississippi River.
What is a plantation?
a large farm growing mainly one crop.
When did the United States officially declare its independence?
July 4th, 1776
What is a megalopolis?
A string of cities that grow together.
The United States is bordered at the south by ________ and at the north by _____________________.
What is Mexico and Canada
Where can you find the Appalachian Mountains?
Main mountain range to the East.
What is the most densely populated region in the United States.
The North East.
This 60 ft sculpture depicts the faces of 4 U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln
What is Mount Rushmore?
What is the continental divide and where can it be found in the United States?
It is an are of high ground that divides the flow of rivers towards opposite ends of a continent. It is along the Rocky Mountains.
Who were the pioneers? Where did they travel? Explain why they traveled in that direction.
The first settlers that traveled west in order to find land and gold.