WKA Cultural Geo - Chap 8

What is the most famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park?

New Jersey is called the "Garden State" because of its productive truck farms.

Salt Lake City, Utah, is the headquarters of which religious group?

What state is more than twice the size of Texas?

What state is 2400 miles away from the mainland?

What is the chain of islands stretching from the mainland of Alaska into the Pacific Ocean?

What is the rich, productive valley running through the heart of Virginia between the Piedmont and Appalachians?

Nine of the original 13 colonies were in the Northeast.

Which colony was founded by Roger Williams

Which of the following mountain ranges lies in the New England uplands?

Which Pennsylvania city became famous for its steel mills?

Which state is home to Puget Sound and Mt. Ranier?

Which two cities are called the "Twin Cities"?

W. Virginia was created from federal territory unclaimed by Revolutionary War vets before the outbreak of the Civil War.

The largest percentage of black people lives in the Deep South.

The Gateway Arch in Iowa is the largest monument in the nation.

South Carolina actually produces more peaches than Georgia, which is nicknamed the "Peach State."

Which Pennsylvania city is the home of the world's largest chocolate factory?

Which state has shorelines on 4 of the 5 Great Lakes?

The Great Salt Lake is only slightly less salty than the Dead Sea.

Which city is nicknamed the "Motor City"

The areas of swamps and slow-moving, meandering streams and rivers in Louisiana are

What is the rugged area of spires, rock pinnacles, buttes, and ridges that became a hideout for outlaws and Indians?

The eastern part of Texas is arid, whereas the western part is wet and readily cultivated.

Which state is the home of Yale University?

What state is home to Independence Hall?

A sprawling urban area made up of many different cities is a

The federal government owns more than 90 percent of Nevada.

What is the smallest state of the United States?

Maine is the largest of the New England states in area.

Which southern river flows from Knoxville into N. Alabama and then north through Kentucky to empty in the Ohio River?

Vermont was once divided between New York and Maine.

Which state is home to the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead on the Colorado River?

Tennessee was once three separate states, as its three-starred flag indicates.

Which state is nicknamed "Bluegrass State"?

Areas of rolling plains and high grasses that spread across the western half of the Midwest are the

The line of barrier islands along the coast of North Carolina is the

Which state is the land of Cajuns and Creoles?

What is the central portion of New York where thin lakes extend from the north to the south?

What agreement was the foundation of the first New England colony?

Which is the only state with a unicameral legislature?

Name the three states that compose the Delmarva Peninsula.

What does the abbreviation D.C. stand for in Washington, D.C.?

Which state is the home of the Ozark Mountains?

Which state is nicknamed "The Gateway to the West"?

Kentucky's Mammoth Cave is one of the largest caves in the world.

What monument features the likeness of four U.S. Presidents?

Which state has a top crop of potatoes