US Geography Flashcards
Great Lakes from west to east
SMH EO!
Which Great Lake is the only one entirely within the US?
Lake Michigan
The Great Lakes connect to which river to form a shipping route to the Atlantic Ocean?
St Lawrence River
Which Great Lake is the smallest and at the lowest elevation?
Lake Ontario
Which Great Lake is the largest fresh water lake by surface area in the world? Also the highest in elevation and deepest of the five
Lake Superior
A resort area located in northeast New York
Adirondack Mountains
Near Cleveland, the heart of the US rubber industry
Akron
Bordered by Yukon, Canada to the east. The 49th state admitted in 1959
Alaska
Volcanic islands located off of western Alaska
Aleutian Islands
The western part of the Appalachian Mountains. Runs from northern Pennsylvania to southwest Virginia
Allegheny Mountains
Location of US naval academy
Annapolis, Maryland
The major coal mining region of the US and very impoverished
Appalachia
Runs from the valley of the St Lawrence River to the Gulf of Mexico
Appalachian Mountains
Which city was the inspiration for the street names in monopoly?
Atlantic City
Who founded a colony in Maryland that became the largest city in the state?
Lord Baltimore
The location of the Massachusetts capitol building
Beacon Hill
A mountain chain in western Massachusetts
The Berkshires
Which city is called the Pittsburgh of the south due to its production of steel and iron?
Birmingham
Located in southwest South Dakota and northeast Wyoming. A sacred place for the Sioux. White settlement led to the battle of Little Bighorn in 1874
Black Hills
Part of the Appalachian Mountains from southern Pennsylvania to northern Georgia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Located on Lake Erie and the Niagara River
Buffalo
Formerly Cape Kennedy, home of the JFK Space Center
Cape Canaveral
A promontory island off the coast of North Carolina between the Atlantic Ocean and Pamlico Sound. Nicknamed the “Graveyard of the Atlantic”
Cape Hatteras
A volcanic chain from British Colombia to northern California
The Cascades
The designer of Central Park, ground of the US Capitol, Biltmore, and the 1983 Columbian Exposition in Chicago
Olmsted
City named for the wife of King George III
Charlotte
Located on the Atlantic Ocean in Maryland and Virginia
Chesapeake Bay
Called the “Windy City” because of the 1893 expo. Also known as “Second City” and “Hog butcher of the world.” Downtown area is called the Loop because of the El train running around it
Chicago
