Physical Landscape
What is the biggest body of water the western U.S has access to?
Pacific Ocean.
What climate does Alaska have?
Tundra.
When did the first Natives get to the U.S?
The last Ice Age.
What two figures were major early pioneers in the west?
Lewis and Clark.
Which state has the most people total?
California.
How many states are there in the western U.S?
24 States.
What climate does Hawaii have?
Tropical.
How did the first Native Americans get there?
Crossed the land bridge.
What Native American woman helped aid and translate for Lewis and Clark?
Sacagawea.
Which state gets the least average annual rainfall?
Nevada.
What is the biggest body of water IN the U.S?
Great Salt Lake.
What is the hottest state west of the Mississippi River?
Arizona.
Where were the first Native Americans from?
Siberia and Russia.
What belief drove Americans to settle in the west?
Manifest Destiny.
What state has the most farming? (Total area dedicated to farming.)
Texas.
What is the longest river west of the Mississippi River?
The Missouri River.
What climate does Nevada have?
Desert.
Why did the first Natives move here?
The Nomads followed their herds across the land bridge.
What purchase bought most of the western U.S?
The Luisiana Purchase.
Which state produces the most coal?
Wyoming.
What is the tallest mountain west of the Mississippi in the U.S?
Mount Denali.
What is the wettest state west of the Mississippi?
Hawaii.
Why did Native Americans have a less sophisticated and more primitive technology then the Europeans at the time?
Relatively isolated and often had tribal wars.
What city did Lewis and Clark set out from on their journey?
St. Louis, Missouri.
What state mines the most diamonds in the western U.S?
Arkansas