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VocabularyPhysical
Features of the U.S.
Variety!Man-Made
Features of the U.S.
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What route was used to move cattle from Texas to Kansas?
a) Great Western Cattle Trailb) Goodnight Loving Trail
c) Chisolm Traild) Midnight Trail
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Answer:
c) Chisolm Trail
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Which city is most famous for a Civil War battle?
a) Montgomery, Alabamab) Charleston, South Carolinac) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
d) Nashville, Tennessee
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Answer:
c) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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Where did the Wright brothers pilot the first successful flight?
a) Montgomery, Alabamab) Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
c) Kitty Hawk, North Carolinad) Austin, Texas
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Answer:
c) Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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What happened as a result of the attack of Pearl Harbor?
a) United States went to war with Germany
b) British fought the Civil Warc) United States entered WWII
d) Native Americans and the British went to war with the United States
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Answer:c) United States entered
WWII
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What are two nicknames for Pittsburg, Pennsylvania?
a) “Steel City” & “Bridge Capital of the U.S.”
b) “War City” & “Glass Capital”c) “Steel Capital” & “Lake City”
d) “Oil Capital of the U.S.” & “Steel City”
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Answer:
a)“Steel City” & “Bridge Capital
of the U.S.”
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What is a “deep hole” in the ground called?
a) Desertb) Canyonc) Laked) Ditch
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Answer:
b) Canyon
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What is the study of land, physical features, and bodies of water?
a) Physiologyb) Archeologyc) Meteorologyd) Geography
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Answer:
d) Geography
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What is an area that receives less than 10 inches of rain in a year?
a)Ditchb)Lake
c) Desertd)Canyon
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Answer:
c) Desert
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What are deserts, mountains, and rivers examples of?
a) Regional featuresb) Bodies of water
c) Physical featuresd) Continents
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Answer:
c) Physical features
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What are examples of man-made features?
a) Cities, roads, farms, and railroadsb) Deserts, mountains, and riversc) Mountains, cities, and oceans
d) Railroads, beaches, and deserts
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Answer:
a) Cities, roads, farms, and railroads
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Where is the Grand Canyon Located?
a)Alaskab)California
c)Utahd)Arizona
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Answer:c) Arizona
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Where is the Salton Sea?
a)New Yorkb)California
c)Mained)Montano
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Answer:b) California
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Which lake contains magnesium and is saltier than the sea?
a)Salton Seab)Lake Erie
c)Lake Michigand)Great Salt Lake
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Answer:
d) Great Salt Lake
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The Mojave Desert is located mainly in which 4 states?
a) California, Alabama, Utah, Maineb) Montano, North Dakota, Washington,
Nevadac) California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona
d) Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota
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Answer:
c) California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona
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What year was the Salton Sea created?
a)1977b)1961c)1982d)1905
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Answer:
d) 1905
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What is a lake that has salt water rather than fresh water?
a) Fresh lakeb) Salt lake
c) Garden laked) Sweet lake
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Answer:
b) Salt lake
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What city is famous for the bus boycott?
a) Atlanta, Georgiab) Montgomery, Alabama
c) Austin, Texasd) Nashville, Tennessee
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Answer:
b) Montgomery, Alabama
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What is the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere?
a) Salton Seab) Lake Erie
c) Lake Michigand) Great Salt Lake
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Answer:
d) Great Salt Lake
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How specific characteristics define a region, such as mountains and
beaches, is called what?
a) Physical geographyb) Human geography
c) Environmental geographyd) Aquatic geography
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Answer:
a) Physical geography
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What location was attacked because of Japan?
a) Kitty Hawk, North Carolinab) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
c) Pearl Harbor, Hawaiid) Charleston, South Carolina
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Answer:
c) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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