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Jeopardy

Jeopardy. U. S. Geography. Q 6. Q 11. Q 16. Q 21. Q 1. Q 2. Q 7. Q 12. Q 17. Q 22. Q 8. Q 13. Q 18. Q 3. Q 23. Q 9. Q 4. Q 14. Q 19. Q 24. Q 5. Q 10. Q 15. Q 20. Q 25. Final Jeopardy. Question 1. Name the seven continents. Answer 1. What are 1. North America

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Jeopardy

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  1. Jeopardy U. S. Geography Q 6 Q 11 Q 16 Q 21 Q 1 Q 2 Q 7 Q 12 Q 17 Q 22 Q 8 Q 13 Q 18 Q 3 Q 23 Q 9 Q 4 Q 14 Q 19 Q 24 Q 5 Q 10 Q 15 Q 20 Q 25 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.

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