1. Jeopardy U. S. Geography Q 1 Q 6 Q 11 Q 16 Q 21 Q 2 Q 7 Q 12 Q 17 Q 22
Final Jeopardy

2. Question 1
Name the seven continents.

3. Answer 1 What are 1. North America 2. South America 3. Europe
4. Africa
5. Asia
6. Australia
7. Antarctica ?

4. Question 2
Name the eight regions of
North America.

5. Answer 2 What are 1. Coastal Plains 2. Appalachian Mountains
3. Canadian Shield
4. Interior Lowlands
5. Great Plains
6. Rocky Mountains
7. Basin and Range
8. Coastal Range ?

6. Question 3
Describe the physical characteristics
of the Coastal Plain.

7. Answer 3
What is --broad lowland providing
many excellent harbors?

8. Question 4 This region is located along the
Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

9. Answer 4
Where is --the Coastal Plain ?

10. Question 5 Name the physical characteristics
of the Appalachian Mountains.

11. Answer 5
What are --old, eroded mountains; the oldest mountain range in North America?

12. Question 6
This is the location of the
Appalachian Mountain region.

13. Answer 6
What is --west of the Coastal Plains extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama ?

14. Question 7 Describe the physical characteristics
of the Canadian Shield region.

15. Answer 7 What are --hills worn by erosion &
hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers;
holds some of the oldest rock
formations in North America ?

16. Question 8 This region is wrapped around
Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape.

17. Answer 8
Where is --the Canadian Shield located ?

18. Question 9 Describe the physical characteristics
of the Interior Lowlands.

19. Answer 9 What are --rolling flatlands with
many rivers, broad river valleys
and grassy hills ?

20. Question 10
This is the location of the
Interior Lowlands region.

21. Answer 10 What is --west of the Appalachian
Mountains and east of the Great
Plains ?

22. Question 11
Describe the physical characteristics
of the Great Plains.

23. Answer 11 What is --flat land that gradually
increases in elevation westward;
grasslands ?

24. Question 12
This is the location of the Great
Plains region.

25. Answer 12 What is --west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the
Rocky Mountains ?

26. Question 13 Describe the physical characteristics
of the Rocky Mountain region.

27. Answer 13 What is --rugged mountains stretching
from Alaska to Mexico; high
elevations; contains the Continental
Divide, which determines the
directional flow of rivers?

28. Question 14
This is the location of the Rocky
Mountain region.

29. Answer 14 What is --west of the Great Plains
and east of the Basin and Range ?

30. Question 15 Describe the physical characteristics
of the Basin and Range region.

31. Answer 15 What are --areas of varying elevations
containing isolated mountain ranges
and Death Valley, the lowest point
in North America ?

32. Question 16
This is the location of the
Basin and Range region.

33. Answer 16 What is --west of the Rocky
Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the
Cascades ?

34. Question 17
This is the lowest point
in North America.

35. Answer 17
What is --Death Valley?

36. Question 18 Describe the physical characteristics
of the Coastal Range region.

37. Answer 18
What are --rugged mountains
that contain fertile valleys ?

38. Question 19
This is the location of the
Coastal Range region.

39. Answer 19 What is --along the Pacific Coast,
stretching from California to
Canada?

40. Question 20
Name the two oceans that
border the United States.

41. Answer 20
What are --the Atlantic and
the Pacific Oceans ?

42. Question 21
Name the six main rivers
of the United States.

43. Answer 21 What are the 1. Mississippi 2. Missouri 3. Ohio 4. Columbia
5. Colorado
6. Rio Grande ?

44. Question 22
These lakes provide inland
ports in the Midwest.

45. Answer 22
What are --the Great Lakes ?

46. Question 23
Name the gulf located in the
southern United States.

47. Answer 23
What is --the Gulf of Mexico?

48. Question 24 These reasons explain why the major
bodies of water were important to
the United States.

49. Answer 24 What are --they provided trade,
transportation, and settlement
areas for the people ?

50. Question 25
The Atlantic Ocean served as a
highway for these people.

51. Answer 25 Who were --the explorers, early
settlers, and later the immigrants ?

52. Final Jeopardy
This river is called “the gateway
to the west.”

53. Final Jeopardy Answer
What is --the Ohio River?