Cultural Geography Chapter 8

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

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

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

Which colony was founded by Roger Williams

The "Bluegrass State"

More than twice the size of Texas

the only state whose top crop is potatoes

Name the three states that compose Delmarva Pensinsula

what is the name of rich, productive valley running through Virginia between the Piedmont and the Appalachian Mtns

Home of the Ozark Mountains

what is the most famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park

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

The line of barrier islands along the coast of North Carolina

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

what agreement was the foundation of the first New England colony

A sprawling urban area made up of many different cities

The largest percentage of black people lives in the deep south

Home of Yale University

Which southern river flows from Knoxville into northern Alabama and then north through Kentucky to empty in the Ohio

Which two cities are called the "Twin Cities"

the only state with a unicameral legislature

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

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

Which city is nicknamed the Motor City

Twenty-four hundred miles from the mainland

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

the "gateway to the west"

what monument features the likenesses of four US presidents

the home of Puget Sound and Mount Rainier

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

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

the federal government owns more than 90 percent of Nevada

Nine of the original thirteen colonies were in the Northeast

Home of Independence Hall

the state with shorelines on four of the five Great Lakes

What is the smallest state in the United States

The home of Hoover Dam and Lake Meade on the Colorado River

Vermont was once divided between New York and Maine

which of the following mountain ranges lies in the New England uplands

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

Land of Cajuns and Creoles

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

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

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

West Virginia was created from federal territory unclaimed by Revolutionary War veterans before the outbreak of Civil Wa

South Carolina actually produces more peaches than Georgia, which is nicknamed the "peach state"

Tennessee was once three separate states, as its three stared flag indicates