Unit One Test 2024

What is the large body of water west of Florida that is an extension of the Atlantic Ocean and part of Hurricane Alley?

What is the tallest mountain range in Oregon and Washington?

The theme examines how humans impact, adapt to, and change their natural surroundings in order to survive and succeed

Common weather patterns in a general region repeated over a long period of time

A general reference map only focuses on physical features of the earth

What ocean contains the only island state?

The Great Salt Lake is located in Nevada and the area was settled by the religious group called the Quakers.

The type of map that focuses on specific idea or event

In 1776, all citizens were given the right to vote

The 15th amendment was added to the Constitution in 1870, giving who the right to vote?

What type of map is this?

Which region of the U.S. is known as the Grain/Corn Belt due to its farming of corn, wheat and other grains?

Name this mountain range that is located on the Eastern side of the U.S.:

To acquit is to find someone guilty in a court of law.

What type of geography studies the natural characteristics of the Earth, such as mountains and bodies of water?

What is the largest river by volume in the U.S.?

An area that shares common features: physical, political, or cultural traits/features is called what?

Name this geographic feature?

President McKinley passed the law making Labor Day a national holiday?

Labor Day always falls on what day?

In 1920, the 19th amendment was added to the Constitution, now giving who the right to vote?

How many physical regions are there in the U.S.?

Someone without a home country is called what?

Jill Stein is the Democratic nominee for the presidency.

The terrorist attacks of 9/11 happened on September 11th of 2020.

What is the name of this U.S. river? (hint: Lewis & Clark travelled it)

Imaginary lines that run North to South separating the Western and Eastern hemispheres

What group was ironically not granted U.S. citizenship and the right to vote until 1924?

It is beneficial to have a diverse geography because?

Place is the theme that studies the unique features that make a place special and stand out.

Lynching is a when a person takes the law into their own hands and violently kills (hangs) someone

What is the most commonly used map projection in schools?

Asian Americans were not given the right to vote until after World War II in 1952.

What was the name of the segregationist era in which racist laws were put into place, primarily in the South?

The acronym H.O.M.E.S. helps us remember what?

This part of a map lists and explains the symbols, lines, and colors in the map.

What geographical imaginary line runs through Greenwich, England, runs north to south, and measures 0º longitude?

California is located in the Northeast region.

Climate refers to a weather pattern that is predictable seasonally in an area or region. long-term

Zero degrees latitude is known as what?

The two most populated states are:

The U.S. is located in which two hemispheres?

A civilization can be defined by how many important characteristics?

What area of California has provided to the overall economy with its fertile farmlands?

How many Themes of Geography are there?

The three definitions of history are:

The two types of location are:

A swing/undecided state shows up as purple on an electoral map

Four planes hijacked by Al Qaeda flew into:

Maps that focus on man-made features such as borders and capitals are called what?

Once named after President McKinley, what is the tallest mountain in the U.S. and located in Alaska?

The Rio Grande creates a natural border between the U.S. and Mexico

The term for half the earth

Suffrage is the right to...

Which is NOT a reason for studying history?

Imaginary Lines that run East to West and separate the Northern & Southern hemispheres

Who is the Republican Nominee for the presidency?

U.S. states that typically vote for Democrats are associated with the color red.

The impact of 9/11 was what?

What is the river west of the Appalachians that forms a border between Kentucky and Indiana?

What are the two factors of immigration?

What is this U.S. physical region called?

The theme that studies how humans, animals, products, ideas, and diseases are exchanged and transferred is called:

What is the danger of a single story?

What bay is located just east of our nation's capital?

Who was the young African American man who was lynched (killed) in 1955?