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West and Northwest Flashcards

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Assembly Hall (religious gathering place), Beehive House (Young’s residence), and Temple Square are all located in this city

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Salt Lake City

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Ghirardelli Square (shopping complex), Lombard Street (“world’s crooked-est street”), and Alcatraz Island (former prison) are located in this city

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San Francisco

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In this city, you will find Native American museums, Desert Botanical Garden, Camelback and Superstition Mountains, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West

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Phoenix

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This city is close to Death Valley National Monument, air tours of Grand Canyon, and is home of The Strip

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Las Vegas

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Balboa Park (museums, zoos, and park), Naval ship tours, and Cabrillo National Monument are located in this city

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San Diego

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Olvera Street (Mexican area), Knott’s Berry Farm (theme park), and Forest Lawn Memorial Park (cemetery) can be found in this city

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Los Angeles

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One of the country’s greatest art colonies, famous opera festival, top Native American arts and crafts, and a great climate exist in this rela- tively small city that doesn’t even have a major airport or railway line

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Santa Fe

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Gateway to the Rockies, this city is home to the Museum of Western Art—and to Coors, too

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Denver

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Largest city in its state, it’s known for Frontier Days in July

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Cheyenne

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The largest city in New Mexico, it holds the country’s largest hot air balloon festival

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Albuquerque

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This city is at the southern end of San Francisco Bay, part of Silicon Valley, and in Santa Clara county

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San Jose

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Part of the San Francisco metro area, this large city is across the bay from SFO

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Oakland

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This jewel suburb of San Diego is a resort reminiscent of French Riviera

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La Jolla

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This beach art colony is part of the seventeen-mile drive along the Monterey peninsula, past Pebble Beach golf course

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Carmel

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This Los Angeles suburb features Disneyland

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Anaheim

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The University of California is located in this San Francisco suburb

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Berkeley

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This California capital contains relics of the gold rush days

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Sacramento

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This LA suburb is the site of the Parade of Roses and the Rose Bowl

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Pasadena

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This glamour and movie capital of the world is actually part of Los Angeles

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Hollywood

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The Queen Mary ship resides in this large oceanfront city south of Los Angeles

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Long Beach

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This is the second most popular entertainment/gambling city in Nevada and gateway to Lake Tahoe

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Reno

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This north central Arizona resort town is home of Red Rocks and Oak Creek Canyon

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Sedona

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This ski resort and home to the Sundance Film Festival is located outside of Salt Lake City

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Park City

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This city is the gateway to the Grand Canyon

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Flagstaff

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Some of the tallest Redwood trees are in this National Monument just north of San Francisco

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Muir Woods

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Desert wastelands of southeastern California

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Mojave

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Huge dam near Las Vegas

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Hoover

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Wine country and county north of San Francisco

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Napa

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Indian nation in northern Arizona

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Hopi

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These two parks or monuments are located in northern Arizona

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Painted Desert & Petrified Forest

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This park is known for the largest living things on earth, as well as Mt. Whitney (tallest peak in the lower 48 states) nearby

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Sequoia

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One of the West’s most popular parks with waterfalls and granite domes, located in California

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Yosemite

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This world famous natural sight was cut by the Colorado River

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Grand Canyon

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On the Arizona-Utah border, this desert-like area of monoliths and spires is a popular western movie location

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Monument Valley

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Two national parks located in southern Utah

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Bryce and Zion

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This southern Arizona frontier town is known for its OK Corral

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Tombstone

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The lowest point in the United States occurs in this national monument

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Death Valley

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California’s El Camino Real is a popular sight-seeing route to see

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Spanish mission churches

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The first national park was established in this state and is still the largest in the lower 48 states

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Wyoming

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Rocky Mountain National Park is located in this state

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Colorado

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This state is home of the Native American Pueblo, western town, and Spanish village of Taos

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New Mexico

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This state is home to the Mesa Verde Native American city of cliff dwellings

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Colorado

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Saguaro National Park and Organ Pipe National Monument are located in this state

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Arizona

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The Cowboy State, site of Devils Tower National Monument, the Grand Tetons and Jackson Hole

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Wyoming

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This state is called Big Sky Country and is where Custer made his last stand

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Montana

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Timber country and goal of famous pioneer trail; this state contains Columbia River Gorge and Crater Lake National Park

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Oregon

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The Olympic Peninsula, San Juan Islands and Mt. St. Helen’s are just a part of this state’s natural beauty

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Washington

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From Hell’s Canyon in the south to Coeur d’Alene in the north, this state has great wilderness areas, not just potatoes

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Idaho

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This state contains Billings, Helena, and Missoula

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Montana

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This state contains Grand Coulee Dam and departure points for ferries to Victoria, BC and ferries and cruises to Alaska

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Washington

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Young for a world-class city, The Emerald City has water, mountains, and forests everywhere around it

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Seattle

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Home to the Space Needle built for the 1962 World’s Fair, this city’s major industrial giant is Microsoft

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Seattle

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This is Washington’s second largest city, site of 1974 World’s Fair

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Spokane

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This green urban center is Idaho’s capital and largest city

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Boise

55
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“City of Roses” on the Willamette and Columbia rivers is the heart of the Great Northwest and its state’s largest city

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Portland

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