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?

A

St Louis, Missouri

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What is the 2nd longest river in N America?

A

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?

A

Columbia River

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

A

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?

A

Yukon River

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

A

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?

A

Ohio River

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

A

Rio Grande

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

A

Rio Grande

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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
Q

What is the smallest US state?

A

Rhode Island

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18
Q

Where is Lake Winnebago?

A

Wisconsin

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19
Q

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
Q

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
Q

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?

A

Lake Ontario

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Which is the furthest east of the Great Lakes?
Lake Ontario
26
Niagara Falls sits between which two Great Lakes?
Lake Erie & Lake Ontario
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What's the largest lake in Utah?
Great Salt Lake
28
What state contains the Great Salt Lake?
Utah
29
What lake is found where Manitoba, Ontario and Minnesota meet?
Lake of the Woods
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What is the largest US state by landmass?
Alaska
31
Where would you find Mount Rushmore?
South Dakota
32
What state is nicknamed 'The Land of 1,000 Lakes'?
Minnesota
33
Mauna Kea is on which island?
Hawai'i (Big Island)
34
What island of Hawaii has the most population?
Oahu
35
Which is the 2nd largest Hawaiian island?
Maui
36
What is the 3rd largest Hawaiian island?
Oahu
37
What is the 4th largest Hawaiian island?
Kauaii
38
Where would you find Crater Lake?
Oregon
39
What mountain was known as Mount McKinley?
Denali
40
What is the highest mountain peak in N America?
Denali
41
What state contains the Grand Canyon Park?
Arizona
42
What was the first US National park? (1872)
Yellowstone
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What are the 2nd and 3rd oldest US National parks, both in California?
Sequoia & Yosemite
44
Mount Whitney is the highest peak in what US mountain range?
Sierra Nevada
45
What is the highest peak of the Sierra Nevada?
Mount Whitney
46
What mountain is found about 60 miles south of Seattle?
Mount Rainier
47
What mountain is the highest in the Cascade Range?
Mount Rainier
48
What is the highest peak in the contiguous US?
Mount Whitney (Sierra Nevada)
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What is the highest mount in BC, which borders Alaska?
Mount Fairweather
50
What is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains?
Mount Elbert
51
In what state is Mount Elbert?
Colorado
52
What US state is known as 'The Garden State'?
New Jersey
53
What is the lowest point in US?
Death Valley
54
What state contains Death Valley?
California
55
What desert is Las Vegas located in?
Mojave Desert
56
What are the two largest volcanos on Hawaii?
Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea
57
What is the largest lake in Florida?
Lake Okeechobee
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What mountain is higher than Mount Everest, if you include the underwater base?
Mauna Kea
59
What state is least populated?
Wyoming
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What state is Mount Rushmore in?
South Dakota
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Natchez was an early capital of what state?
Mississippi
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What city does the Crimson Tide play in Alabama?
Tuscaloosa
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Shoshone Falls is on which river in Idaho?
Snake River
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What four presidents are on Mount Rushmore?
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt