Ch 6: American West

Question 0

What national park is named for the creator of the Cherokee syllabary

Answer 0

Sequoia

Question 1

Identify the term referring to the hardy plants

Answer 1

Barrel cactus

prickly pear

Question 2

The fat little farmer of the hills

Answer 2

Pilas

Question 3

What bird can live underwater

Answer 3

Water ouzel

Question 4

What is the biggest hole in the world

Answer 4

Grand canyon

Question 5

What tree lives longer than any other

Answer 5

Bristle cone pine

Question 6

Who lived in a mountain

Answer 6

Peublo indians

Question 7

Who was related to the navajo

Answer 7

The apache

Question 8

Who’s resisting the spaniards

Answer 8

Geronimo

Question 9

The term referring to the plants of a specific region

Answer 9

Flora

Question 10

A stretch of high land

Answer 10

The great divide

Question 11

The backbone of north america

Answer 11

Rockies

Question 12

The oldest national park

Answer 12

Yellowstone

Question 13

The second largest cat in North America

Answer 13

Mountain lion

Question 14

The most dangerous bear in North America

Answer 14

Grizzly bear

Question 15

The five regions that make the North American desert

Answer 15

Great Basin Colorado plateau Mohave Sonoran chihuahuas

Question 16

The largest desert

Answer 16

Great Basin

Question 17

The largest limestone caverns

Answer 17

Carlsbad caverns

Question 18

Widespread cactus

Answer 18

Prickly pear

Question 19

The time that desert animals are active

Answer 19

Night

Question 20

Largest bird in North America

Answer 20

California condor

Question 21

Fish that is born in fresh water

Answer 21

Salmon

Question 22

What two mountain ranges are found in the pacific

Answer 22

Sierra Nevada

Cascade ranges

Question 23

Cascade mountain volcano

Answer 23

Mt saint Helens

Question 24

The lake that surrounds an extinct volcano

Answer 24

Crater lake

Question 25

Americas highest waterfall

Answer 25

Yosemite

Question 26

The largest tree in volume

Answer 26

General Sherman

Question 27

The famous shonshoe who traveled with Lewis and Clark

Answer 27

Sacagewia

Question 28

The first white women to journey west of the Rockies

Answer 28

Whitman and Spaulding

Question 29

A piece of land that the government has set aside for Indians

Answer 29

Reservation

Question 30

Second largest tribe in the United States today

Answer 30

NezPerce

Question 31

Wild sheep of North America

Answer 31

Bighorn

Question 32

The member of the antelope family who has suction like hooves

Answer 32

Mountain goats

Question 33

Most widely spread carnivore

Answer 33

Cougar

Question 34

Poisonous lizard

Answer 34

Horned lizard

Question 35

Desert rat who needs small amount of water

Answer 35

Kangaroo rat

Question 36

Return to hatching grounds to lay eggs

Answer 36

Salmon

Question 37

What is the longest mountain range

Answer 37

Rockies

Question 38

Backbone of North America

Answer 38

Rockies

Question 39

Highest peak in the Rockies

Answer 39

Mt. Elbert

Question 40

Extinct volcanos

Answer 40

Cascades

Question 41

Lower forty eight

Answer 41

Mt. Saint Helens