C15: The Pacific States

Front 1

Farming that takes place on large scale farms with modern technology and owned by big companies.

Back 1

What is Agribusiness?

Hint 1

Commercial Farming is a synonym for this.

Front 2

An area in which people of many cultures have settled.

Back 2

What is a Multicultural Region?

Hint 2

The U.S.A. as a Melting Pot of Cultures

Front 3

A large depression formed after a major eruption and collapse of a volcanic mountain.

Back 3

What is a Caldera?

Hint 3

Crater Lake in Oregon is one.

Front 4

A narrow arm of land attached to a larger region.

Back 4

What is a Panhandle?

Hint 4

Something you hold a hot pot with.

Front 5

An area near a tectonic plate boundary where molten magma from Earth's mantle rises under pressure through the crust

Back 5

What is a hot spot?

Hint 5

extreme heat in a specific area

Front 6

The Pacific States of the U.S.A.

Back 6

What are Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, & Washington?
p.160.

Hint 6

Include 3 contiguous states, 1 peninsula, and a group of volcanic islands.

Front 7

The Pacific and North American tectonic plates meet and slip past each other causing a fault line.

Back 7

What is the San Andreas Fault?

p. 159.

Hint 7

Pacific earthquake zone.

Front 8

This California city was founded in 1781 as a Spanish mission. It has problems with its infrastructure, smog, & frequent earthquakes.

Back 8

Where is Los Angeles?
p. 162.

Hint 8

Santa Anna winds & dry climate cause frequent brush fires = forest fires.

Front 9

The tallest mountain in Alaskan Range and in North America.

Back 9

What is Mount McKinley or Mount Denali?

p. 165

Front 10

This state was purchased from Russia in 1867 by U.S. Secretary of State, William H. Seward for $7.2 Million.

Back 10

What is Alaska?
p. 168.

Hint 10

Known as "Seward's Folly" but became Seward's Fortune.

Front 11

This state's volcanic soils and tropical climate produce sugarcane and pineapples.

Back 11

Where is Hawaii?
p.170.

Hint 11

Settled by Polynesians from S. Pacific in 4th C. Later taken over by plantation owners, missionaries and political exploitation as a U.S. naval base. Gained statehood in 1959.

Front 12

This state has a high cost of living due to its Trade Deficit ( imports 80% of all materials, energy, & food)

Back 12

What is Hawaii?
p. 170.

Hint 12

Has high population density, 70% of population lives in and around capital of Honolulu, Oahu.

Front 13

A depression formed after a major eruption and collapse of a volcanic mountain. It filled with water forming a lake.

Back 13

What is Crater Lake?
p.170.

Hint 13

An Oregon Caldera and Lake which formed around 6,000 yrs. ago.

Front 14

The economies of these two states depend on open trade agreements and friendly relations with Pacific Rim of Nations.

Back 14

Where is Oregon and Washington?
p. 164

Hint 14

Seattle's exports grew by 200% and 120% from 1990 to 1996.

Front 15

This river drains a major basin, is the nation's largest producer of hydroelectric power and irrigates eastern Washington.

Back 15

What is the Columbia River?

p. 164.

Hint 15

Largest river that flows into the Pacific Ocean.