1. What states make up the West? Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming & Colorado

2. 1. What is the main grain grown throughout Montana? Wheat

3. 2. What animal is most raised in this region? Beef cattle

4. 3. In which state is rice grown? California Why?

5. In which two states is citrus grown? Arizona & California What are some examples of citrus fruits?

6. 3a. What is North America’s longest mountain range? Rockies

7. 3b. How were these mountains formed? Colliding tectonic plates.

8. 3c. What does the Continental Divide do? It separates rivers flowing to the Atlantic from those flowing to the Pacific.

9. 3d. Name the three plateaus west of the Rockies. Columbia, Colorado, Great Basin Why is a plateau also called “table land”?

10. 3e. What two mountain ranges extend down the western edge of the U.S.? Cascade Range, Sierra Nevada, Coast Range 3f. What is the highest peak in North America? Mt. McKinley in Alaska

11. 3g. What formed the Hawaiian islands?

12. 4a. What are the characteristics of a Marine West Coast Climate? Mild and rainy year-round.

13. 4a. What is a summer and winter like in Southern California? Warm, dry summers; mild, rainy winters

14. 4c. What climate is most common in this region? steppe 4d. In which five states will you find desert? CA, NV, NM, UT, AZ

15. 4e. What kind of climate is found in Hawaii? Tropical Rain Forest 4f. What kind of climate makes up most of Alaska? Subarctic

16. 4g. What is it like? Cool summers, freezing winters 4h. What climate exists along the mountains of the U.S? highland What happens to temperature as elevation increases? Why does this happen?

17. 1. Some Western states have large populations of Native Americans. What five states of the West have the largest percentage of Native Americans?

18. 2. Some Western states have the highest percentage of Hispanics in the U.S. Why? What five states have the highest percentage of Hispanics?

19. 3. Some Western states have the highest percentage of Asians in the United States. What five Western states have the highest? What countries are these people from? (Please do not write “Asia.”) Which of these states do you think is most diverse?

20. What are the biggest cities? 1.____________, California 2.____________, Arizona

21. 3. _______________, California 4. _______________, Washington

22. 5. _____________, California 6. _____________, Colorado