1. Landforms
Natural Resources
Vocabulary
Capitals
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2. Category 1 questions follow

3. What is the name of the large mountain range that begins in Alaska and travels through the western states?
The Rocky Mountains
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4. 20 What is the shape of the Rocky Mountains?
They are tall with jagged peaks.
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5. What is the name of the low, bowl-shaped landform that covers most of Nevada?
The Great Basin
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6. What is the name of the small mountain range that is found mostly in eastern California?
The Sierra Nevada
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7. What is the name of the mountain range that contains Mount St. Helens?
The Cascade Range
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8. Category 2 questions follow

9. 10 What is the name of the tallest trees found in the world?
The Redwoods
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10. 20 What is the name of the largest plant of all living things?
The Sequoia
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11. 30 What river is used to create hydroelectric power in the west?
The Columbia River
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12. What mineral is used to make batteries and pencils?
Lead
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13. What mineral is found in Butte, Montana?
Copper
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14. Category 3 questions follow

15. Describe a volcano.
A volcano is an opening in the earth from which hot gas, ash and lava may pour out.
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16. What is a rain shadow?
The rain shadow causes one side of a mountain to receive less rainfall than the other side.
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17. What is the timberline?
An area on a mountain that is too cold for plants to grow.
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18. 40 What is the Continental Divide?
The Continental Divide is the imaginary line that runs north to south along the top of the Rockies. Rivers to the east of the line empty into the Atlantic Ocean, and rivers to the west empty into the Pacific Ocean.
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19. 50 Name the three records held by Death Valley.
It is the lowest, hottest and driest place in the United States.
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20. Category 4 questions follow

21. What is the capital of Montana?
Helena
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22. What is the capital of Wyoming?
Cheyenne
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23. What is the capital of Idaho?
Boise
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24. What is the capital of Alaska?
Juneau
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25. What is the capital of Washington?
Olympia
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26. Category 5 questions follow

27. 10 What does the word “Inuit” mean?
The word “Inuit” means “the people”.
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28. What is another name for Inuit?
Eskimo
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29. Describe an igloo.
An igloo is a shelter that can be made from whale bones and skins, sod or frozen blocks of snow.
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30. 40 Name three uses of the seal for the Inuit.
They used the seal for food, clothing and fuel.
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31. Describe an umiak.
An umiak is a skin covered boat that can hold up to ten people.
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