West Region

Question 1

A flat valley in California between the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Ranges

Answer 1

Central Valley

Question 2

A mountain range in eastern California

Answer 2

Sierra Nevada

Question 3

Mountain range in western California, Oregon, and Washington, on the Pacific Coast

Answer 3

Coast Ranges

Question 4

A river that flows 382 miles from the Sierra Nevada through northern California into San Francisco Bay

Answer 4

Sacramento River

Question 5

A river that flows 350 miles from the Sierra Nevada mountains through central California into San Francisco Bay

Answer 5

San Joaquin River

Question 6

The system of dams and canals that irrigates fields in the Central Valley of California

Answer 6

Central Valley Project

Question 7

Chemicals added to soil to make it more fertile

Answer 7

Fertilizers

Question 8

A map that shows roads

Answer 8

Road map

Question 9

A road that connects cities in two or more states with at least two lanes of traffic in each direction

Answer 9

Interstate highway

Question 10

A mountain in Hawaii that receives nearly 500 inches of rain in most years

Answer 10

Mount Waialeale

Question 11

A desert in California - the driest place in the United States

Answer 11

Death Valley

Question 12

The side of a mountain that is usually dry because precipitation falls on the other side

Answer 12

Rain shadow

Question 13

A national park in northwestern Washington that includes rain forest areas

Answer 13

Olympic National Park

Question 14

A warm, wet forest where many trees and other plants grow close together

Answer 14

Rain forest

Question 15

A peninsula in northwestern Washington between Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean

Answer 15

Olympic Peninsula

Question 16

Process by which trees are cut down and transported out of the forest

Answer 16

Logging

Question 17

The loss of a forest by cutting down all of its trees

Answer 17

deforestation

Question 18

Huge group of islands in the central and southern part of the Pacific Ocean

Answer 18

Polynesia

Question 19

A tropical plant eaten as food

Answer 19

Taro

Question 20

Founder of the kingdom of Hawaii

Answer 20

Kamehameha

Question 21

British sea captain and explorer who was the first European to reach Hawaii and to see Australia

Answer 21

James Cook

Question 22

Queen of Hawaii who was overthrown when a group of planters established the Republic of Hawaii

Answer 22

Lydia Liliuokalani

Question 23

Capital of Hawaii, on the southeastern coast of the island of Oahu

Answer 23

Honolulu

Question 24

Capital of California, in the central part of the state

Answer 24

Sacramento

Question 25

A sudden movement of people to a place where gold has been found; especially to California

Answer 25

Gold Rush

Question 26

A port city in central California, on the Pacific Ocean

Answer 26

San Francisco

Question 27

A person who went to California in 1849, usually to seek gold

Answer 27

Forty-Niner

Question 28

A mountain of the Rocky Mountains, in central Colorado

Answer 28

Pike's Peak

Question 29

Capital of Colorado and a former mining settlement

Answer 29

Denver

Question 30

A town without people; used for deserted mining settlements in the West

Answer 30

Ghost town

Question 31

Crossing an entire continent

Answer 31

Transcontinental

Question 32

The right to vote

Answer 32

Suffrage

Question 33

Early leader of the fight for women's suffrage

Answer 33

Susan B. Anthony

Question 34

Suffragist leader in Wyoming Territory

Answer 34

Esther Morris

Question 35

City in Wyoming, former capital of Wyoming Territory

Answer 35

South Pass City

Question 36

Montana suffragist who became the first woman member of the House of Representatives

Answer 36

Jeannette Rankin

Question 37

First woman to serve as a governor of a state (Wyoming)

Answer 37

Nellie Tayloe Ross

Question 38

Inventor who developed the phonograph, the telegraph, and the light bulb, and improved the movie camera

Answer 38

Thomas Edison

Question 39

Movie director and producer who started a film company in Hollywood

Answer 39

Cecil B. DeMille

Question 40

An area within the city of Los Angeles, California that is a major center of the file industry

Answer 40

Hollywood

Question 41

The exchange of sights, sounds, ideas and other information, often using high technology

Answer 41

Communications