U.S. Geography Flashcards
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside county
California
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Leadville in the Rockies in this state is the USA’s highest incorporated city
Colorado
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet
the Salt Lake
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Nome, Alaska lies on this peninsula named for a 19th century Secretary of State
the Seward peninsula
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| (<a>Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.</a>) The northwest angle belongs to the U.S., although it doesn’t look that way; it’s the only part of the lower 48 that extends miles north of this parallel of latitude
the 49th parallel
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Instead of counties, this state has boroughs (or is it brrr-oughs?)
Alaska
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state capital is located on the Merrimack River about 15 miles north of Manchester
Concord
$1200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Tributaries of this Mississippi tributary include the Cheyenne, James & Platte
the Missouri
$1600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Houston ship channel flows into this bay that shares its name with a city
Galveston Bay
$2000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This N.C. peak, the highest east of the Mississippi, was named for the man who surveyed it, died on it & is buried at the top
Mt. Mitchell
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Potomac River feeds into this large bay
the Chesapeake
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| On Aug. 12, 1901 the first auto reached the summit of this “peak” near Colorado Springs, Colorado
Pikes Peak
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This river’s delta covers 13,000 square miles, about 1/4 of Louisiana’s area
the Mississippi
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In 1847 the Michigan legislature chose this city to succeed Detroit as state capital
Lansing
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Vineyard Sound separates Martha’s Vineyard from the southernmost part of this cape
Cape Cod
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s highest point is Puu Wekiu, a cinder cone atop Mauna Kea
Hawaii
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In the 1850s both California & Nevada called it Lake Bigler
Lake Tahoe
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Columbia River Plateau lies to the east of this range, the Puget Sound-Willamette Valley Trough to the west
the Cascades
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Peace Bridge spanning the Niagara River connects this city in New York with Canada
Buffalo
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Founded by Swiss immigrants, Switzerland County, Indiana lies across from Kentucky, along this river
the Ohio River
$None ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Of the non-state U.S. territories, areas & districts, the only one that is larger in area than the smallest state
Puerto Rico
$None ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s 277 miles long, it’s up to 18 miles wide, it’s 6 million years old & at a given time temperatures within it can vary by 25 degrees
the Grand Canyon
$None ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Of the USA’s 50 tallest peaks, all are in Alaska, Colorado & California except this peak
Mt. Rainier (in Washington)
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Kauai Channel separates the island of Kauai from this most populous of the Hawaiian Islands
Oahu
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Located on the Colorado River, it’s the USA’s largest man-made lake
Lake Mead
$1200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Ranchers formed the territory of Cimarron in 1887; it lasted until 1890 when it became this state’s western panhandle
Oklahoma
$1600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Austin is the seat of this county named for the Lt. Colonel who commanded the Texans at the Alamo
Travis
$2000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Connecticut River, like the Quinnipiac & Saugatuck Rivers, flows into this sound
Long Island Sound
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| If they’d decided to call this town Shawmut, the native name for the area, we’d have Shawmut baked beans
Boston
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Salt Lake Valley was once a part of the basin of this ancient lake
Lake Bonneville
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In 1942, people from the Manhattan Project set up shop at a boys’ ranch school in this N.M. community
Los Alamos
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Wisconsin is bordered by these 2 of the 5 Great Lakes
Michigan & Superior
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Though Delaware is the Diamond State, the Crater of Diamonds is in this state
Arkansas
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Of Hawaii’s 8 main islands, this one receives the lion’s share of the tourist dollars
Oahu
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| When the Russians owned Alaska, they referred to this tall peak as Bolshaya Gora
Mt. McKinley
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This river begins in Colorado & empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas
Rio Grande
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Florida’s panhandle borders these 2 states
Alabama and Georgia
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This large lake on the New York-Vermont border is Vermont’s lowest point
Lake Champlain
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Louisiana’s lowest point is 8 feet below sea level in this city
New Orleans
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Wrigley family owns much of this resort island 22 miles off the coast of Los Angeles
Catalina
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This island, a NYC Borough, is separated from New Jersey by 2 narrow channels: the Kill Van Kull and the Arthur Kill
Staten Island
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The western part of this state’s panhandle is the high plains, or llano estacado, “staked plains”
Texas
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This river joins the Columbia near Pasco, Washington, a little more than 1,000 miles from its source in Wyoming
the Snake River
$None ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| With a common nickname that refers to its size, this is the largest island in the United States
Hawaii
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The West Point Military Reservation includes Constitution Island, which lies in this river
the Hudson River
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The dome of the capitol building in this city 100 miles west of Philadelphia is a copy of St. Peter’s in Rome
Harrisburg
$1200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Virginia’s longest river, it provides abundant waterpower for the state’s industries
the James River
$1600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s highest point is Mount Frissell; its lowest point is at sea level on Long Island Sound
Connecticut
$2000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| A statue of Hiawatha & this wife stands atop the waterfall named for her
Minnehaha
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The borders of 5 Utah counties lie within this lake
The Great Salt Lake
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Mapmakers named this Colorado mountain after its 1806 discoverer, who had called it Grand Peak
Pikes Peak
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This Northwestern capital’s name is derived from the Hebrew shalom, meaning “peace”
Salem, Oregon
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This river flows through 3 state capitals: Bismarck, Pierre & Jefferson City
Missouri River
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s the only U.S. state lying on the Tropic of Cancer
Hawaii
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The summit of this famous Colorado peak can be reached by horseback, auto, or a 9-mile cog railway
Pikes Peak
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Due to evaporation, the area of this largest Utah lake varies from year to year
the Great Salt Lake
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| A point 5 miles northeast of Murfreesboro is smack dab in the middle of this “Volunteer State”
Tennessee
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This city of over a million people lies 30 miles from Fort Worth
Dallas
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This “lengthy” island forms the easternmost part of New York state
Long Island
$None ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s the westernmost state to border any of the Great Lakes
Minnesota
$None ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s the only U.S. state that touches 2 oceans
Alaska
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Chicago River flows out of this great lake; the Kalamazoo River flows in
Lake Michigan
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Okefenokee Swamp covers nearly 700 square miles in these 2 states
Florida & Georgia
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Apprpriately, you’ll find the Black & Funeral Mountains in this “mournful” region of California
Death Valley
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It makes sense that this is “The Mountain State” since it lies entirely within the Appalachians
West Virginia
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| 1 of 2 capes in North Carolina that have been designated national seashores
Hatteras & Lookout
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Principal port cities on this gulf include Mobile & Tampa
Gulf of Mexico
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Large ships can sail over 100 miles inland to Washington, D.C. on this river
Potomac
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Streams in the eastern part of this state flow into Lake Michigan & Green Bay
Wisconsin
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In 1833 this “holy” northwestern Ohio port arose from the consolidation of Port Lawrence & Vistula villages
Toledo
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The easternmost part of Rhode Island can’t be reached by land without going through this state
Massachusetts
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Idaho’s capital; it’s the state’s largest city as well
Boise
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The name of this U.S.-Mexico river is Spanish for “large river”
the Rio Grande
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s both the farthest north & the farthest west of the Great Lakes
Lake Superior
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Sometimes called the “Tip of the Continent”, it’s the only U.S. mountain whose peak exceeds 20,000 feet
Mount McKinley
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This vast southern California desert is a chief source of boron, which is used in nuclear reactors
the Mojave Desert
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In 1874, a major rail crossing, the Eads Bridge, was completed across this river at St. Louis
Mississippi River
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| California’s highest peak, it was named for the geologist who was chief of the expedition that found it in 1864
Mount Whitney
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Col. Thomas Baker founded this city, a produce center & California’s country music capital
Bakersfield
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Virginia’s Rappahannock River flows into this bay
Chesapeake Bay
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state capital was founded in 1819 from 2 towns: East Alabama & New Philadelphia
Montgomery
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The city of El Paso in this state is a major gateway between the U.S. & Mexico
Texas
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This “stately” river carved the Black Canyon as well as the Grand Canyon
Colorado River
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| If you want to sneak a peek at the landmark seen here, head to this Midwest state: (Mount Rushmore)
South Dakota
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Sounds morbid, but it’s the lowest point in California & in all of the U.S.
Death Valley
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In Hawaii, Mauna Kea means “white mountain” & this volcano’s name means “long mountain”
Mauna Loa
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This river’s drainage area covers about 1.25 million square miles in 31 states
Mississippi
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The highest peaks in this colorful mountain range of the Appalachian system lie in North Carolina
Blue Ridge Mountains
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County is the westernmost point of this state
California
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The 2 main branches of this inlet in Washington state are Hood Canal & Admiralty Inlet
Puget Sound
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Haleakala on this “Valley Island” of Hawaii has the world’s largest dormant volcanic crater
Maui
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| About 75% of all Hawaiians live on this island
Oahu
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The New York state barge canal system connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic via this river
Hudson River
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This mountain system stretches about 1,500 miles from Alabama to Canada’s Gaspe Peninsula
Appalachians
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Made famous in song, this river begins in Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp & empties into the Gulf of Mexico via Florida
Suwannee River
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This Texas city is the largest in the U.S. to have an African-American mayor
Houston (Lee Brown)
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Of 8, 12 or 18, the number of U.S. states that touch the Atlantic Ocean
18
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| 2 of the 4 U.S. states that have capitals with “City” in their names
Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma & Utah
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| (<a>Hi, I’m Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos.</a>) In 1998 I earned a trip to the NFL’s Pro Bowl, held each year in this city where I played college ball
Honolulu
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Vancouver is the northernmost city represented in the NBA; this is the southernmost
Miami
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In 1957 Lake Seminole was created on the Apalachicola River in this state but most of it lies in Georgia
Florida
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The U.S. Bureau of the Census says its metropolitan area covers parts of 3 states: Wisconsin, Illinois & Indiana
Chicago
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Humboldt River, this state’s longest, flows through the cities of Winnemucca & Elko
Nevada
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The name of this iron ore-producing range in Minnesota comes from an Indian word for “giant”
Mesabi Range
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This presidential mountain in New Hampshire is the tallest peak in the northeastern United States
Mount Washington
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| At 33 miles in length, the Kaukonahua Stream is this state’s longest river
Hawaii
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Communities on this cape include Pilgrim Heights & Mayflower Heights
Cape Cod
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The name of this Iowa capital may come from an Indian word for “River of the Mounds”
Des Moines
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| These beautiful New York mountains are associated with the area once known as the “Borscht Belt”
Catskills
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s “Northwest Angle” lies in Lake of the Woods County north of the 49th parallel
Minnesota
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This river’s delta covers more than 12,000 square miles in Louisiana
Mississippi River
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This mountain system stretches from New Mexico to the Brooks Range north of the Arctic Circle
Rocky Mountains
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Wichita Mountains are not in Kansas but in this state on its southern border
Oklahoma
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Although a mile wide in some places, this principal river of Nebraska is too shallow to be navigable
Platte River
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state capital is known for a variety of oysters found primarily in Puget Sound
Olympia
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| A small part of this California mountain range extends into the Lake Tahoe area of Nevada
Sierra Nevadas
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This Utah river named for a river in the Holy Land flows from freshwater Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake
Jordan River
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In 1644 Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay was officially renamed this
Rhode Island
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Of the states that have counties, it has the fewest: Kent, New Castle & Sussex
Delaware
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Valley of the Sun is the locale of this state capital
Phoenix
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Over its 2,340-mile course, this river forms the boundary or part of the boundary of 9 states
Mississippi
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s the largest body of fresh water lying entirely within the USA
Lake Michigan
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Colorado’s Mount Elbert in the Sawatch range is this mountain system’s tallest peak
Rockies
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Francisco de Ortega is credited with discovering this strait leading into San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This 113-mile sand bar along Texas’ Gulf Coast is the state’s largest island
Padre Island
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| At 14,433 feet, Mt. Elbert in this state is a real Rocky Mountain high; it’s the highest peak in the range
Colorado
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In 1937 the government set aside this Georgia swamp as a national wildlife refuge
Okefenokee Swamp
$1500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This large Connecticut city was named after a structure spanning the Pequonnock
Bridgeport
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This Great Lake’s deepest point, 1330 feet, lies about 50 miles north of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Lake Superior
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This 6,684-foot peak in western North Carolina is the highest U.S. point east of the Mississippi River
Mount Mitchell
$None ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Phoenix lies on a river named for this substance found in the name of another state capital
Salt
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Part of this 3,000-mile long mountain system covers the middle third of Colorado
the Rocky Mountains
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Texas County in this state’s panhandle borders the state of Texas
Oklahoma
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This Washington volcano erupted on November 22, 1842; it blew its top again in 1980
Mount St. Helens
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This Midwestern state’s “Northwest Angle” is the northernmost point in the continental U.S.
Minnesota
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Calendar Islands of this “Pine Tree State” are so named because there are 365 of them
Maine
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Whidbey Island in Washington state is the largest island in this inlet
Puget Sound
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This Texas island was named for a priest, Father Nicholas Balli
Padre Island
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| With an average elevation of 6,800 feet, it’s the highest of all the states
Colorado
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Look out for Capes Lookout, Hatteras & Fear when sailing along this state’s coast
North Carolina
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Coeur d’Alene Lake in this state is at the heart of a popular resort area
Idaho
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Peach County is the center of this state’s peach-growing belt
Georgia
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Theodore Roosevelt Island in the District of Columbia lies in this river
Potomac
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This site of the U.S. Immigration Depot was called Oyster Island by the Dutch
Ellis Island
$2000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| At one point this state is less than 2 miles wide between its borders with Pennsylvania & West Virginia
Maryland
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The U.S.A.’s strongest surface wind, 231 MPH, was recorded on this New Hampshire mountain
Mount Washington
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Once the site of a famous prison, this California island was named for its large pelican population
Alcatraz
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| All 5 Rhode Island counties have shorelines on this bay
Narragansett Bay
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This river that winds through Wyoming, Idaho & Oregon is the main tributary of the Columbia River
Snake River
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Connecticut River forms Vermont’s entire border with this state
New Hampshire
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Waimea is a famous canyon on this “Garden Isle” of Hawaii
Kauai
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Carson City, the capital of this western state, is named for Kit Carson
Nevada
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s Alabama’s first permanent European settlement as well as its only seaport
Mobile
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Utah’s Uinta Range is the only major range of these mountains in the contiguous 48 states that runs east & west
Rocky Mountains
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s least populous county, Grand Isle, lies mostly within Lake Champlain
Vermont
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Chief cities on the banks of this Hudson River tributary include Rome, Utica & Schenectady
Mohawk River
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s largest cities lie within its Bluegrass Region
Kentucky
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s Upper Peninsula has 2 land regions: the Superior Upland & the Central Lowland
Michigan
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Some ocean-going vessels can sail up the Connecticut River as far north as this capital
Hartford
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The parishes in this state’s East Gulf Coastal Plain are called the “Florida Parishes”
Louisiana
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Cadillac Mountain, the highest peak on the Eastern Seaboard, lies in this Maine national park
Acadia National Park
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Galveston, Texas & Sarasota, Florida lie on this famous gulf
Gulf of Mexico
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| NYC’s Brooklyn Bridge spans the East River between Brooklyn & this island borough
Manhattan
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Name shared by Chicago’s Great Lake & one of Chicago’s major avenues
Michigan
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In area, this New England state roughly equals Vermont, N.H., Connecticut & Massachusetts combined
Maine
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Jefferson City is Missouri’s capital & this “City” where the Royals play is Missouri’s largest
Kansas City
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Idaho’s largest city, it’s almost 3 times as populous as Pocatello, the second largest
Boise
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Pacific Ocean once covered this desert between the Sierra Nevada & the Colorado River
Mojave Desert
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| 2 of this state’s largest lakes are Quabbin Reservoir & Wachusett Reservoir near Worcester
Massachusetts
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Algonquin Peak in this state is also known as Mount MacIntyre
New York
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s the oldest city in Kansas; a federal penitentiary lies within the city limits
Leavenworth
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| America’s chief mountain system, it forms the Continental Divide
Rocky Mountains
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Laughing Whitefish is a well-known waterfall in this state’s Upper Peninsula
Michigan
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This second-largest Hawaiian island is located about 70 miles southeast of Oahu
Maui
$4000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Boston Mountains of Arkansas contain the highest peaks of these mountains
Ozark Mountains
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This ‘bleak” swamp covers about 750 square miles in Virginia & North Carolina
The Great Dismal Swamp
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| About a third of this state lies north of the Arctic Circle
Alaska
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Indiana’s 2nd-largest city is on the site of this stockade built in 1794 & named for a “mad” general
Fort Wayne
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This region of South Dakota & Wyoming has the largest gold mine in the U.S.
Black Hills
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This mountain range extends about 400 miles from near the Mojave Desert to the Feather River
Sierra Nevadas
$1500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Cape Fear River, one of this state’s longest, is formed by the Deep & Haw Rivers
North Carolina
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Much of this Georgia capital is in Fulton County, but part of it lies in DeKalb County
Atlanta
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, there’s no place like dome
Clingman’s Dome
$1500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Mount Hood, a volcanic peak, rises 11,239 feet in this mountain range
The Cascades
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In 1905 a large searchlight was installed at the top of this Colorado peak
Pikes Peak
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Belleville, Illinois is part of this Missouri city’s metropolitan area
St. Louis
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The largest lake in the western U.S., it’s fed by freshwater streams but has a heavy saline content
the Great Salt Lake
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Wind Cave National Park is located in these eroded mountains in western South Dakota
the Black Hills
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Northern California’s Mount Shasta & Lassen Peak are at the southern end of this mountain range
the Cascades
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Bays in this state include Hingham, Dorchester & Quincy
Massachusetts
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This tiny state’s southernmost point lies on Block Island in the Atlantic, about 10 miles from the mainland
Rhode Island
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Emmons & Nisqually are 2 of about 25 glaciers on this Washington state peak
Mt. Rainier
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The site of a leper colony, this Hawaiian island is nicknamed the “Friendly Island”
Molokai
$2400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This city is Pennsylvania’s only port on the Great Lakes
Erie
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Missouri & Ohio are the chief tributaries of this river
the Mississippi
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s “The Natural State” as well as “The Land of Opportunity”
Arkansas
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Four Corners in the Western U.S. is where these 4 states meet at a single point
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, & Utah
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Covering 625 square miles, it’s Louisiana’s largest lake
Lake Pontchartrain
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s the southernmost of the New England states
Connecticut
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This city is the seat of Washington’s King County
Seattle
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The name of this state’s Kennebec River is Algonquian for “long reach”
Maine
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The geographic center of this state lies in Wexford County, 5 miles north-northwest of Cadillac
Michigan
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The largest area of sand dunes in North America lies north of the Platte River in this state
Nebraska
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Over 3 dozen mountains in this northern New York range exceed 4,000 feet
the Adirondacks
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This Arizona capital lies in the Salt River Valley & is bordered by mountains & the Sonoran desert
Phoenix
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s largest desert basins are Jornada del Muerto & Tularosa, where White Sands is
New Mexico
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Chappaquiddick Island & this larger island are separated by Katama Bay
Martha’s Vineyard
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The easternmost point of this state’s Outer Banks is on Cape Hatteras National Seashore
North Carolina
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Rising 33,480 feet from its underwater base makes this Hawaiian volcano the world’s tallest peak
Mauna Kea
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state has a Custer County as well as one named Big Horn
Montana
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s parishes began as administrative units of the Catholic Church under Spanish rule
Louisiana
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| New Jersey’s eastern border is formed by the Atlantic Ocean & this river
Hudson River
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Detroit, Huron & Sandusky Rivers are among those that flow into this great lake
Lake Erie
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This home of the U.S. Air Force Academy was founded in 1871 as Fountain Colony
Colorado Springs
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Galesburg, seat of this state’s Knox County, was the site of a Lincoln-Douglas debate
Illinois
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| A railroad president named Aberdeen, South Dakota for his birthplace in this country
Scotland
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This largest Oregon city is home to the International Rose Test Gardens
Portland
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Johns Hopkins University in this city is the home of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame
Baltimore
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s Acadia National Park includes parts of Isle Au Haut & the Schoodic Peninsula
Maine
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Antelope Island in this Utah lake is used as a refuge for bison
the Great Salt Lake
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Albuquerque, New Mexico lies on this 1885-mile long river
the Rio Grande
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| From its incorporation in 1813 until 1901, this New York village was known as Sing-Sing
Ossining
$2600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| South Carolina’s highest point, Sassafras Mountain, rises 3,560 feet in this range of the Appalachians
the Blue Ridge Mountains
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This Lake Erie port in Northwest Ohio was once called “the Glass Capital of the World”
Toledo
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Alabama’s general coastline, only 53 miles, is along this gulf
the Gulf of Mexico
$1300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Cities on this river include Aliquippa, Pennsylvania & Louisville, Kentucky
the Ohio River
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Los Angeles aqueduct crosses the western part of this desert
the Mojave
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Georgia’s highest point is Brasstown Bald Mountain in this range of the Appalachians
the Blue Ridge Mountains
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This twin city of Urbana, Illinois was once called West Urbana
Champaign
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The largest number of active volcanoes in the U.S. lie in this Alaskan island group
Aleutian Islands
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| While Upper Klamath Lake is in Oregon, Lower Klamath Lake lies in this state
California
$1100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state separates most of Alabama from the Gulf of Mexico
Florida
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This Great Lake is connected to Lake Superior by the St. Mary’s River
Huron
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Winding through Idaho, the Salmon River is the largest tributary of this river
Snake
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s Seward peninsula includes the westernmost point on the North American mainland
Alaska
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In Virginia Cape Charles & Cape Henry mark the northern & southern sides of the entrances to this bay
Chesapeake Bay
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Lake Placid is located 1,860 feet above sea level in these mountains
the Adirondacks
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Port Townsend, one of Washington’s oldest cities, is at the entrance to this inlet
Puget Sound
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Referring to its Spanish name, this chief Texas Panhandle city is nicknamed the “Yellow Rose of Texas”
Amarillo
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Vineyard Sound separates Martha’s Vineyard from the southernmost part of this cape
Cape Cod
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Rivers flowing into this bay include the Susquehanna, James, & Rappahannock
Chesapeake Bay
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s the state in which you’d find Suwannee Sound
Florida
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| George Vancouver named this Washington state mountain for a friend in the British navy
Mt. Rainier
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s the only Great Lake not bordering the state of Michigan
Lake Ontario
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Ten Thousand islands lie near the city of Everglades in this state
Florida
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| At about 440 square miles, Red Lake is the largest of this state’s “10,000 Lakes”
Minnesota
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Yuma, Arizona is the largest city lying on this 1450-mile-long river
the Colorado
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This bay nearly cuts Rhode Island in two
the Narragansett
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This twin-peaked volcano in northern California has 5 small glaciers on its slopes
Mt. Shasta
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Known as the “Father of Waters”, this river drains an area of approx. 1,247,000 square miles
the Mississippi
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The westernmost and northernmost points in the U.S. are both located in this state
Alaska
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Bluegrass region, an area of gently rolling pastures, covers the north central part of this state
Kentucky
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Lake Pontchartrain & St. Bernard Parish form part of this city’s northern & southern boundaries
New Orleans
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Important dams on this river include Rock Island, Rocky Reach & Grand Coulee
the Columbia River
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This city was founded near rapids on the Ohio River & named for Louis XVI of France
Louisville (Kentucky)
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In 1989 voters in this town where Wild Bill Hickok died legalized gambling
Deadwood (South Dakota)
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This city some 30 miles west of Dallas began as an army post on the Trinity River
Fort Worth
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| A cog railroad, the first built in the U.S., runs up this New Hampshire mountain
Mount Washington
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state borders two Canadian provinces: Manitoba & Saskatchewan
North Dakota
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This river that rises at Lake Itasca drains about 1/8 of the North American continent
Mississippi River
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Of New York City’s 5 boroughs, the one that is New York County
Manhattan
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This lake was created when Hoover Dam was built on the Colorado River
Lake Mead
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In Kansas more people live in this city than in Topeka & Kansas City combined
Wichita
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty fixed this state’s border with New Brunswick
Maine
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Longer than the Mississippi, this river wasn’t made navigable until the 20th century
Missouri River
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This 10-state region isn’t flat; it rises from 2,000 ft. near Omaha to 6,000 ft. at Cheyenne
Great Plains
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The only state with areas that have a Mediterranean climate
California
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The lower valley of the Susquehanna & its tributaries have created this large Atlantic bay
Chesapeake Bay
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This western branch of the Appalachians runs from north central Penn. through MD., VA. & W. VA.
Alleghenies
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The U.S. borders these 3 oceans
Arctic, Atlantic & Pacific
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| There’s a national park on the island of St. John in this U.S. possession
U.S. Virgin Islands
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| North Dakota has its Devils Lake & Wyoming its Devils one of these
Devils Tower
$1200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The Raritan is the longest river wholly within this state
New Jersey
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| One of the largest of these shallow channels in the U.S. is the Bartholomew in N. Louisiana
Bayou
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill are the 3 apexes of this state’s famed Research Triangle
North Carolina
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| State where you can visit Hot Springs National Park & Crater of Diamonds State Park
Arkansas
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| All of Connecticut’s port cities are on this arm of the Atlantic
Long Island Sound
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Glacier National Park & the Custer Battlefield are among this “Treasure State”’s treasures
Montana
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The most densely populated state; every one of this middle Atlantic state’s 21 counties has over 50,000 people
New Jersey
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| To make way for a railroad, Missouri’s Cape Girardeau on this river was blasted out of existence
Mississippi River
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| East Chicago is located in this state, not Illinois
Indiana
$600 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This state’s Panhandle limits Alabama’s Gulf of Mexico coastline to the area around Mobile Bay
Florida
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Mt. Hood, the highest Oregon mountain, is in this range
The Cascades
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| About 70,000 now live in this planned “new town” founded in 1967 between Baltimore & D.C.
Columbia
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The lower part of this New York river is an arm of the Atlantic ocean
the Hudson River
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Of desert, swamp or forest, the type of land composing almost one third of the U.S.
forest land
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| They are South Dakota’s example of dome mountains, which are raised up by pressure in the earth’s crust
the Black Hills
$100 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| In 1980, this Cascade mountain peak was reduced from 9677’ to about 8300’
Mt. St. Helens
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Complete with big toe projection into the Gulf of Mexico, this state resembles a boot
Louisiana
$300 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Of about 8, 11, or 16%, the % of U.S. land area that Alaska represents
16%
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| This island is the only U.S. commonwealth outside the continental U.S.
Puerto Rico
$500 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Though most of Yellowstone National Park lies in Wyoming, it spreads out into these other 2 states
Montana & Idaho
$None ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| The 2 states on both sides of the Mississippi
Louisiana and Minnesota
$200 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| It’s “where the wind comes sweeping down the plain”
Oklahoma
$400 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| State whose counties include Crockett, Zapata & Pecos
Texas
$700 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| One of two states ending in “T”
(1 of) Connecticut and Vermont
$800 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Historic pass at junction of TN., KY., & VA., associated with Daniel Boone
the Cumberland Gap
$1000 ||| Category: U.S. GEOGRAPHY ||| Mountain range that surrounds city of Atlanta
the Blue Ridge Mountains
