West Region Flashcards
A flat valley in California between the Sierra Nevada and the Coast Ranges
Central Valley
A mountain range in eastern California
Sierra Nevada
Mountain range in western California, Oregon, and Washington, on the Pacific Coast
Coast Ranges
A river that flows 382 miles from the Sierra Nevada through northern California into San Francisco Bay
Sacramento River
A river that flows 350 miles from the Sierra Nevada mountains through central California into San Francisco Bay
San Joaquin River
The system of dams and canals that irrigates fields in the Central Valley of California
Central Valley Project
Chemicals added to soil to make it more fertile
Fertilizers
A map that shows roads
Road map
A road that connects cities in two or more states with at least two lanes of traffic in each direction
Interstate highway
A mountain in Hawaii that receives nearly 500 inches of rain in most years
Mount Waialeale
A desert in California - the driest place in the United States
Death Valley
The side of a mountain that is usually dry because precipitation falls on the other side
Rain shadow
A national park in northwestern Washington that includes rain forest areas
Olympic National Park
A warm, wet forest where many trees and other plants grow close together
Rain forest
A peninsula in northwestern Washington between Puget Sound and the Pacific Ocean
Olympic Peninsula
Process by which trees are cut down and transported out of the forest
Logging
The loss of a forest by cutting down all of its trees
deforestation
Huge group of islands in the central and southern part of the Pacific Ocean
Polynesia
A tropical plant eaten as food
Taro
Founder of the kingdom of Hawaii
Kamehameha
British sea captain and explorer who was the first European to reach Hawaii and to see Australia
James Cook
Queen of Hawaii who was overthrown when a group of planters established the Republic of Hawaii
Lydia Liliuokalani
Capital of Hawaii, on the southeastern coast of the island of Oahu
Honolulu
Capital of California, in the central part of the state
Sacramento
A sudden movement of people to a place where gold has been found; especially to California
Gold Rush
A port city in central California, on the Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
A person who went to California in 1849, usually to seek gold
Forty-Niner
A mountain of the Rocky Mountains, in central Colorado
Pike’s Peak
Capital of Colorado and a former mining settlement
Denver
A town without people; used for deserted mining settlements in the West
Ghost town
Crossing an entire continent
Transcontinental
The right to vote
Suffrage
Early leader of the fight for women’s suffrage
Susan B. Anthony
Suffragist leader in Wyoming Territory
Esther Morris
City in Wyoming, former capital of Wyoming Territory
South Pass City
Montana suffragist who became the first woman member of the House of Representatives
Jeannette Rankin
First woman to serve as a governor of a state (Wyoming)
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Inventor who developed the phonograph, the telegraph, and the light bulb, and improved the movie camera
Thomas Edison
Movie director and producer who started a film company in Hollywood
Cecil B. DeMille
An area within the city of Los Angeles, California that is a major center of the file industry
Hollywood
The exchange of sights, sounds, ideas and other information, often using high technology
Communications
