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100
What are the five regions in Washington?
What is the Coastal Range, Puget Sound Lowlands, Cascade Mountains, Columbia Plateau, and Rocky Mountains. Did you know that there is more snow on Mt Rainier than on all the other Cascade Mountains in Washington put together. Also, in the 10-year period 1989 to 1999, 95 feet of snow fell on Mt Baker.
100
Who is one of the world's richest men who founded Microsoft?
Who is Bill Gates. William (Bill) Gates grew up in Seattle and had an interest in computers as a teenager. In 1973, Bill Gates started college at Harvard but dropped out and in two years he started Microsoft. Most people around here use Microsoft products.
100
What is a tall, skinny, metal structure with a needle on top?
What is the Seattle Space Needle. The Space Needle looks like a flying saucer on top of a tower with a pointed shape above so it was given the name 'Space Needle'. It was built for the World's Fair in 1962 which showed off technology of the day. There is a rotating restaurant inside which makes a 360 degree turn within an hour.
100
What museum is all about airplanes?
What is the Museum of Flight. The museum shows early airplanes and mooncraft. You can climb into a fighter jet or a Boeing 737. You can fly a hand glider. You can watch real planes land at next door Boeing Air Field. Check out the wind tunnel. You can do all this at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.
100
What important and nearby lake is our school district named after?
What is Lake Washington. Lake Washington is a lake that was lowered in 1916 when the ship canal in Seattle was built. The ship canal allows boats to travel between the Lake and Puget Sound which then reaches the Pacific Ocean. There is an island in the lake named Mercer Island.
200
In what region of Washington State do we live?
What is the Puget Sound lowlands. The major cities are located here, including Seattle (609,000), Tacoma (198,000), and Bellevue (122,000) being the three main cities. Most people are within a few miles of water in this region.
200
What are two crops grown in the Columbia Plateau?
What is wheat, corn, alfalfa, apples, cherries, and grapes. The Columbia Plateau has very rich soil that is perfect for farming. The soil is watered by the Columbia River. On the Plateau, farming is a big business. Also, raising cattle for meat is another big business in this region.
200
What is the state fruit?
What is an apple. Dried apples were shipped to soldiers during WWII. When the war ended, farmers had an abundance of apples so they made apple juice and some apple candy!!YUM!
200
Who is Seattle named for?
What is Chief Sealth. Chief Sealth was born in around 1780 and died around 1866. Chielf Sealth made friendly and peaceful relationships with settlers even though other tribes fought against them. He is depicted in a statue near the Seattle Center.
200
What is the name of the volcano that erupted in 1980?
What is Mount Saint Helens. When the eruption occurred, huge changes happened. A cloud of ash formed over the volcano that went 9 miles up. Rivers of mud from the snowmelt washed out and destroyed houses. School, businesses and highways were closed. Day turned to night because of all the ash.
300
What are the five famous mountains in Cascade Mountains?
What are Mt Baker, Mt Rainier, Mt Adams, Mt St Helens, and Glacier Peak. These mountains are always snowy (called snowfields) and they draw people world wide for hiking, climbing and skiing.
300
True or false: is there a town named George, Washington?
What is true. The town of George is a tiny town that celebrates the cherry since George Washington is so closely associated with this fruit. Each 4th of July the people create a huge cherry pie in honor of George. Also in the town, the streets are named for cherries such as 'Bing Avenue' and 'Maraschino Avenue'.
300
What is the State Folk Song. Be sure to sing the first line for me!
What is 'Roll On, Columbia, Roll On'? The song was voted as the state folk song in 1987. Woody Guthrie wrote the song during the Great Depression in the 1930s.
300
What town dresses up as a Bavarian Village?
What is Leavenworth. Leavenworth is in the Central Cascades. In the 1950s, the economy was dying because the logging industry had shrunk. The town's leaders decided to make all the buildings resemble a Bavarian Village to match the location's look as if in the Bavarian Alps.
300
What borders us on all four sides?
What is Canada, the Pacific Ocean, and the states of Idaho and Oregon. To north is Canada which is another country. The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest ocean. Oregon is separated from us by the Columbia River. Some of the Snake River connects us to Idaho.
400
What major river runs through the Columbia Plateau?
What is the Columbia River. The Columbia River cuts through the Rocky Mountains from Canada and flows through Washington, along the border with Oregon and out into the Pacific Ocean. The river has been damned in many locations to produce electricity which therefore turns 'darkness to dawn'.
400
Was it a earthquake, flood, tornado, or fire that destroyed some of Seattle on June 6, 1889?
What is fire. The fire burned out of control mostly because the city's fire chief was out of town! He was attending a fire prevention conference in a nearby city. The fire burned up 30 blocks of Seattle's business district. Luckily, no one was killed.
400
What is the State Fossil?
What is the Columbian Mammoth. In 1998, some students lead the effort to make the Columbian Mammoth the state fossil. Nearly all mammoths died out nearly 10,000 years ago but you can see one at the Burke Museum at UW. Luckily it is not alive!
400
What is the name of the skeleton found along the Columbia River that is named for a nearby town?
What is the Kennewick Man. This skeleton is unusual for it is over 9,000 years old. The skeleton is almost perfectly complete and is considered the oldest found in North America. The skull looks like a person of South Asian or from islands off the coast of Asia.
400
What is the highest mountain peak in the Olympic Mountain Range?
What is Mount Olympus. Standing at 7,965 feet, Mount Olympus would be called a large mountain in most states, but not in Washington! Mount Olympus is considered puny here. Did you know that Mount Rainier is almost twice as high?
500
What region is the wettest part of the state?
What is the Coastal Region. Hikers from all over the world visit the Pacific Coast rain forest. But bring your raincoat because rain can fall nearly every day. Visitors can see about 210 species of fish and 100 species of seabirds.
500
What is the population of Washington?
What is 7.29 million. The population has increased greatly! In 1930, the population was a little under 1 million (in the 1940's it lauched up because of the war effort). Now, in 2017, the population is over 7,290,000!!
500
What was the most common way to tell your story if you were a Native American?
What is the Totem Pole. Totem Poles are carved wooden poles that tell the story of the family's histories. No other family could use another family's poles. The family treasured each story. Wealthy families might even have their own dances or fine baskets.
500
What did the Native Peoples call the pictures carved into cave walls or large rocks?
What is tsagaglalal. The word tsagaglalal is a Wishram word meaning 'she who watches'. The Native Americans told a legend about coyote, a trickster god who changed a powerful woman chief into stone. From the carved stone, she has kept an eye over her area through her stony eyes.
500
What large mountain range covers northeast Washington?
What is the Rocky Mountains. The Rocky Mountains are the largest mountain range in North America. The snows of November do not melt until April. The mountains are covered in trees and many people run ranches near here.