Journey across the USA

Question 1

How many US states are there?

Answer 1

50

Question 2

Which two states are separated from mainland USA?

Answer 2

Alaska and Hawaii

Question 3

What is the capital of the USA?

Answer 3

Washington D.C

Question 4

True or False? Each state has its own capital e.g. the capital of Texas is Austin.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Why does the USA have such a varied climate?

Answer 5

Because its so big

Question 6

Describe the climate of Arizona?

Answer 6

Rly hot and dry

Question 7

Which type of rock is the Grand Canyon?

Answer 7

Sedimentry rocks

Question 8

Which river flows through the Grand Canyon

Answer 8

the Colorado river

Question 9

Explain the formation of the Grand Canyon

Answer 9

A product of tectonic uplift.

Question 10

True or False? The Grand Canyon continues to get wider and deeper every year

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What are the two positives of the Grand Canyon skywalk?

Answer 11

1. good view point
2. exiting

Question 12

what are the two negatives of the Grand canyon skywalk?

Answer 12

1.damages the natural environment
2.used to much money

Question 13

which state is Las Vegas Located in?

Answer 13

Navarda

Question 14

Where does Las Vegas get its water from

Answer 14

the Colorado river

Question 15

What is meant by the term ‘water scarcity?

Answer 15

Water scarcity occurs when there is not enough water to meet the needs of the population.

Question 16

why did Detroit experience deindustrialistation?

Answer 16

Too much competition from countries overseas e.g china and japan

Question 17

Which state is Detroit located in?

Answer 17

Michigan

Question 18

Give two reasons why Detroit was such an ideal location for the heart of the motor industry.

Answer 18

Located in the heart of the Great Lakes region, Detroit had all of the ingredients for industrial growth: it was close to the nation’s major centers of coal, iron, and copper mining; it was easily accessible by water and by land; and it was near the nation’s leading, well-established production centers.

Question 19

What are two socio-economic impacts of the decline of Detroit’s motor industry?

Answer 19

In cities like Detroit, entire neighbourhoods have been abandoned as high paying manufacturing jobs notably in the car industry vanished and the workers along with them. Rust belt to sun-belt migration has also occurred, with people moving to warmer climates in the South of the USA.

Question 20

What is meant by the term ‘regeneration’?

Answer 20

an act or the process of regenerating

Question 21

Give three examples of regeneration projects in Detroit

Answer 21

1.Detroit Future City Strategic Framework
2.Downtown Restoration
3.Neighborhood Density Building

Question 21

Which mountain range is mount St. Helens located in

Answer 21

The Cascade Range

Question 22

How did an earthquake trigger the eruption of mount ST. Helens

Answer 22

A massive debris avalanche, triggered by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, caused a lateral eruption that reduced the elevation of the mountain’s summit from 9,677 ft (2,950 m) to 8,363 ft (2,549 m), leaving a 1 mile (1.6 km) wide horseshoe-shaped crater.

Question 23

What are two impacts of Mount St. Helens eruption

Question 24

What are two respones to the Mount St. Helens eruption

Question 25

What are the three names given to tropical storms , depending on what ocen they form over

Question 27

What happens to tropical cyclones as they travel over land

Question 28

What is meant by the term ‘storms surges’

Question 29

Which state is New Orleans located in

Question 30

What are two ways in which the USA prepared for Hurricane Katrina

Question 31

What are two ways in which the US government responded to hurricane Katrina