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US Geography Flashcards

1
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What is the longest river in N America?

A

Missouri River

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2
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Near what city does the Missouri and Mississippi rivers join?

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St Louis, Missouri

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What is the 2nd longest river in N America?

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Mississippi River

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4
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What river starts in BC and ends in the Pacific, flowing through Portland?

A

Columbia River

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5
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What river forms the border between Washington and Oregon?

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Columbia River

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6
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What river starts in Wyoming and flows into the Columbia River?

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Snake River

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7
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What river forms part of the border between Idaho and Oregon?

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Snake river

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8
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What river starts in BC and flows through Alaska?

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Yukon River

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9
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What river was the main method of transportation during the Klondike Gold Rush?

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Yukon River

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10
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What river flows through Whitehorse and Dawson City?

A

Yukon River

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11
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What river forms the border between Kentucky and Ohio?

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Ohio River

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What river starts in Colorado, through New Mexico and then forms the border between Texas and Mexico?

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Rio Grande

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13
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What river is known in Mexico as the Rio Bravo?

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Rio Grande

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14
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What river forms the border between Texas and Mexico and then flows into the Gulf of Mexico?

A

Rio Grande

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15
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What river flows in Gulf of California after going a few miles through Mexico?

A

Colorado River

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16
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What river flows through the Grand Canyon?

A

Colorado River

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17
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What is the smallest US state?

A

Rhode Island

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18
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Where is Lake Winnebago?

A

Wisconsin

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19
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What is the largest Great Lake?

A

Lake Superior

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20
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What is the second largest Great Lake?

A

Lake Huron

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21
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What lake is between Michigan and Ontario?

A

Lake Huron

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22
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What lake borders Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, and is completely in the US?

A

Lake Michigan

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23
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Green Bay is on which Great Lake?

A

Lake Michigan

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24
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Which is the smallest of the Great Lakes?

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Lake Ontario

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25
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Which is the furthest east of the Great Lakes?

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Lake Ontario

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26
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Niagara Falls sits between which two Great Lakes?

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Lake Erie & Lake Ontario

27
Q

What’s the largest lake in Utah?

A

Great Salt Lake

28
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What state contains the Great Salt Lake?

A

Utah

29
Q

What lake is found where Manitoba, Ontario and Minnesota meet?

A

Lake of the Woods

30
Q

What is the largest US state by landmass?

A

Alaska

31
Q

Where would you find Mount Rushmore?

A

South Dakota

32
Q

What state is nicknamed ‘The Land of 1,000 Lakes’?

A

Minnesota

33
Q

Mauna Kea is on which island?

A

Hawai’i (Big Island)

34
Q

What island of Hawaii has the most population?

A

Oahu

35
Q

Which is the 2nd largest Hawaiian island?

A

Maui

36
Q

What is the 3rd largest Hawaiian island?

A

Oahu

37
Q

What is the 4th largest Hawaiian island?

A

Kauaii

38
Q

Where would you find Crater Lake?

A

Oregon

39
Q

What mountain was known as Mount McKinley?

A

Denali

40
Q

What is the highest mountain peak in N America?

A

Denali

41
Q

What state contains the Grand Canyon Park?

A

Arizona

42
Q

What was the first US National park? (1872)

A

Yellowstone

43
Q

What are the 2nd and 3rd oldest US National parks, both in California?

A

Sequoia & Yosemite

44
Q

Mount Whitney is the highest peak in what US mountain range?

A

Sierra Nevada

45
Q

What is the highest peak of the Sierra Nevada?

A

Mount Whitney

46
Q

What mountain is found about 60 miles south of Seattle?

A

Mount Rainier

47
Q

What mountain is the highest in the Cascade Range?

A

Mount Rainier

48
Q

What is the highest peak in the contiguous US?

A

Mount Whitney (Sierra Nevada)

49
Q

What is the highest mount in BC, which borders Alaska?

A

Mount Fairweather

50
Q

What is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains?

A

Mount Elbert

51
Q

In what state is Mount Elbert?

A

Colorado

52
Q

What US state is known as ‘The Garden State’?

A

New Jersey

53
Q

What is the lowest point in US?

A

Death Valley

54
Q

What state contains Death Valley?

A

California

55
Q

What desert is Las Vegas located in?

A

Mojave Desert

56
Q

What are the two largest volcanos on Hawaii?

A

Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea

57
Q

What is the largest lake in Florida?

A

Lake Okeechobee

58
Q

What mountain is higher than Mount Everest, if you include the underwater base?

A

Mauna Kea

59
Q

What state is least populated?

A

Wyoming

60
Q

What state is Mount Rushmore in?

A

South Dakota

61
Q

Natchez was an early capital of what state?

A

Mississippi

62
Q

What city does the Crimson Tide play in Alabama?

A

Tuscaloosa

63
Q

Shoshone Falls is on which river in Idaho?

A

Snake River

64
Q

What four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?

A

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt

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