Landforms and Climate
US States
Name that Region - N,E,S,W
Oceans and Continents
Cities and Landmarks
Bodies of Water
Countries and Capitals
100

This mountain range is the largest and highest in the United States. 

What is the Rocky mountains?

100

Martha's Vineyard is in this state, whose capital is Boston.

 

What is Massachusetts?

100

This region of extremes is the by far the largest region in the United States.

 

What is the West?

100

This is the Northernmost Ocean in the world.


Random challenge: In order to receive these points you/the team must do 2 push-ups. 

What is the Arctic Ocean?

100

This VERY large canyon lies in the southwestern United States.


What is the Grand Canyon?

100

These large bodies of fresh water have a big impact on the climate of the upper Midwest.


What are the Great Lakes?

100

This city is New York's capital.


What is Albany?

200

The "longest hiking only trail" in the world passes through these mountains in the Southeastern and Northeastern US.

Random Challenge: In order to get these points you must act out climbing a mt 

What are the Appalachian Mountains?

200

This state has the largest land area in the US.


What is Alaska?

200

This region, which shares the longest border with Mexico, has more desert than any other.

x5 points

What is the Southwest?

200

This largest continent borders Europe and Africa.


What is Asia?

200

This state is home to Kennedy Space Center, Everglades National Park, and the city of Orlando. It was once a Spanish territory, and home to the Seminole nation.  

Random Challenge: In order to get these points you must act out being an alligator 

What is Florida?

200

This longest river in North America feeds into the Mississippi.


What is the Missouri River?

200

This city, which is in NOT technically in a state, is the capital of the United States


What is Washington, DC?

300

This wide, flat area lies within parts of the Midwest, West and Southwest. It covers 10 states and has long been considered ideal for large scale farming.

x3 points

What are the Great Plains?

300

The Appalachian trail's northern end (terminus) is in this largest New England state.  


What is Maine?

300

Many tourists visit this region just to see the brightly colored Fall leaves.

What is the Northeast

300

This continent is also its own country, and was once a British colony.


What is Australia?

300

This largest Canadian city is home to the CN Tower, the tallest building in North America


What is Toronto?

300

This largest Great Lake is is also the largest fresh water lake in the world.


What is Lake Superior?  

300

This city, the capital of Mexico, is the second largest in the Western Hemisphere.

x2 points

What is Mexico City?

400

This desert valley, found in the Mojave Desert of California, is the site of the hottest recorded temperature on earth.


What is Death Valley?

400

This mitten-shaped state borders four out of five Great Lakes!

What is Michigan?

400

This generally warm, humid region is more often hit by hurricanes and tropical storms than are other region.

What is the Southeast?

400

This coldest continent is independent of any one country.


What is Antarctica?  

400

This is the largest city in the United States


What is New York City?

400

This river -- whose name literally means "large river" -- comprises the border of Texas and Mexico.


What is the Rio Grande?

400

This sea is home to more than half of all North American countries


Random Challenge: In order to receive these points, someone in the team must sing Happy Birthday 

What is the Caribbean Sea?

500

This Washington Volcano erupted in 1980.

x3 points

What is Mt. St. Helens?

500

More people live in this Western State than any other in the US.  Los Angeles county alone has over 10 million.

x2 points!

What is California?

500

The Mississippi River runs through these two regions.

x2 points

What are the Southeast and Midwest?

500

This continent -- which borders both the Atlantic and Indian oceans -- has more countries in it than any other.

What is Africa?

500

The Northeast has in it one huge urban area called a megalopolis, comprised primarily of four cities. Name two of them.


What are New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.

500

This Bay -- famous for its crabs -- lies in what is now Maryland and Virginia.  The Jamestown settlers entered it to settle upriver.  

x3 points

What is Chesapeake Bay?

500

This city is the capital of NJ.


x0 points, lol

What is Trenton?