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30 Cards in this Set
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What are the five natural regions of the Northwest?
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Coastal Region, Western Lowlands, Cascade Mountains, Columbia Plateau, Rocky Mountains
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What region are these cities located in: Aberdeen, Port Angeles, Astoria and Coos Bay?
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Coastal Region
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What region are these large cities located in:
Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Olympia, Federal Way, Everett and Portland? |
Western Lowlands Region
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What region are these large cities located in:
Cle Elum, Roslyn and Randle in Washington, Sisters and Oakridge in Oregon |
Cascade Mountains Region
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What region are these cities located in:
Spokane, Yakima, Richland, Pasco, Kennewick, Tri-Cities and Pullman? |
Columbia Plateau Region
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Which region has forestry, tourism, international trade, and fishing?
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The Coastal Region
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Which region has Microsoft, Starbucks, Amazon and Weyerhauser?
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The Western Lowlands
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Which region has Mt. Rainier National Park, the North Cascades National Park, Mt. St. Helens National Volcano Monument and Crater Lake?
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The Cascade Mountains Region
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Which region has Fairchild Air Force Base, Food processing, manufacturing and transportation, and the Hanford Nuclear Reservation?
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The Columbia Plateau Region
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In which region are silver, gold, copper and other ores mined and timber harvested?
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The Rocky Mountains Region
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Which region is heavily forested and has a wet and rainy climate and has the longest natural beach in the U.S.?
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The Coastal Region
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Which region has fertile soil, forests, has a wet and drizzly climate but can also have sun, floods, snow, and long grey winters?
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The Western Lowlands Region
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Which region is forested and wet on the Western side yet has a dry plateau on the Easter side? This region also is home to the Olympic Mountains.
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The Cascade Mountains Region
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Which region is semi-arid with 20 inches of rain per year and has been on record above 115 degrees in the summer and below -50 degrees in the winter?
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The Columbia Plateau Region
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Which region has rugged hills, steep valleys and has 15 - 25 inches of rainfall annually?
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The Rocky Mountains Region
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Which region has horses, clams, roosevelt elk and mountain goats?
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The Coastal Region
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Which region has raccoons, cougars, coyotes, elk, deer, bear, salmon, rabbits, fish, shellfish, jellyfish, oysters, clams, mussels and geoducks?
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The Western Lowlands
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Which region has farmers raising sheep and cattle?
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The Columbia Plateau region
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Which region has fish, game for hunting and cattle farming?
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The Rocky Mountains region
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Which region has fishing and hunting and has Mt. St. Helens?
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The Cascade Mountains region
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Which region of the state of Washington contains more than 80% of the population?
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The Western Lowlands Region
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List the three states in order of which has the higest population.
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Washington, Oregon, Idaho
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What is the West Coast's largest oyster-producing area
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Willapa Bay
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What is the largest sand spit in the world which is located a little East of the Olympic National Park?
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The Dungeness Spit
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What is one of the largest cheese factories in the world, located in the Coastal Region of the Pacific Northwest?
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The Tillamook cheese factory
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What is the highest peak in the Northwest?
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Mt. Rainier
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What is the deepest lake in the United States?
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Crater Lake
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What is the longest natural beach in the U.S.?
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Long Beach, Washington
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What is the area of the continental U.S. with the heaviest annual rainfall?
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Rainfall on the western slopes of the Olympics in the Coastal Region is the heaviest in the U.S. with 100 to 200 inches annually.
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What is the most powerful river in the U.S.?
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The Columbia River
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