Geography Flashcards
1
Q
Longest river
A
Mississippi-Misouri
2
Q
Deepest lake
A
Crater Lake in Oregon
3
Q
Highest point
A
Mount McKinley in Alaska
4
Q
Lowest Point
A
Death Valley in California
5
Q
Largest state
A
Alaska
6
Q
Smallest state
A
Rhode Island
7
Q
South Dakota
A
- the faces of 4 presidents carved on Mount Rushmore (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt)
- crazy horse sculpted on nearby peak
- Badlands
8
Q
Colorado
A
- Mesa Verde national park (green table) - 1400, 700 - lived, 1200 - lefts, Anasazi
- rocky mountain national park,Colorado, longs peak - highest mountain
9
Q
WYOMING
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• Yellowstone national park, world’s 1st NP, 1872, Montana, Idaho, geysers, grizzly bears, black bears, elk, deer, antelope, moose, bison
10
Q
Arizona
A
- Grand Canyon, continuous erosion, 1979 - a World Heritage site
- the Colorado River,
11
Q
Atlanta, Georgia
A
- coca-cola company
- Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport - the world’s largest terminal complex, 2nd busiest
- Georgia state university, Atlanta university, Georgia institute of technology, Emory university
11
Q
Atlanta, Georgia
A
- coca-cola company
- Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport - the world’s largest terminal complex, 2nd busiest
- Georgia state university, Atlanta university, Georgia institute of technology, Emory university
12
Q
Florida
A
- the Palm beaches
- the Florida keys
- Naples
- Florida’s gold coast
- Miami, coral gables, key Biscayne, Miami beach, Palm beach
- st Augustine (oldest city in US)
- Walt Disney World (Orlando)
13
Q
New Orleans, Louisiana
A
- main cotton market
- French and Creole cuisine
- original Dixie-land jazz
- the old French quarter (buildings that have more than 200 years)
- Jackson Square (surrounded by st.louis basilica, cabildo, pontalba buildings)
- crescent city
14
Q
San Francisco, California
A
- 1906 - heavy earthquake, April 18
- October 17, 1989 - earthquake
- first cable car
- the Golden Gate Bridge
