8Th Grade Geography Questions

Front 1

Pacific Ocean

Back 1

Largest and Deepest Ocean. Named by Ferdinand Magellan. Means “peaceful” in Spanish.

Hint 1

East Coast of USA. Starts with a P.

Front 2

Atlantic Ocean

Back 2

Second Largest Ocean. Temperature varies based on distance from the equator.

Hint 2

Starts with A.

Front 3

Gulf of Mexico

Back 3

Extension of the Atlantic ocean. Oil deposits found in its continental shelf. Offshore oil rigs. Lots of hurricanes along the coast. Largest gulf in the world.

Hint 3

Gulf of ———

Front 4

The Great Lakes

Back 4

HOMES- heron, Ontario, Michigan Erie, Superior. Formed by melting glaciers. Largest body of freshwater in the world. Holds 20% of the earths surface freshwater.

Hint 4

HOMES

Front 5

Great Salt Lake

Back 5

Largest body of salt water in North America. Salt in mineral is mined honest chores. Salt Lake City founded by Bringham Young (a Mormon, trying to escape persecution). The salt flats are used for land speeding. Really windy. Five times saltier than the oceans.

Front 6

Chesapeake Bay

Back 6

200 miles long. Inlet from the Atlantic ocean. Popular for settlement. Home of Jamestown. John Smith explored.

Hint 6

East Coast. Starts with CHES

Front 7

San Francisco Bay

Back 7

Open’s to the Pacific Ocean. Largest bay in California. Discovered by Sir Francis Drake. Golden Gate named for gold prospectors journeying in by boat.

Hint 7

Golden Gate Bridge

Front 8

The Hudson River

Back 8

Erie canal links it to the great lakes. New York lies at its mouth. On the Atlantic ocean. Benedict Arnold, betrays Americans – tries to give West Point to British.

Front 9

The Mississippi River

Back 9

Largest by volume in the US. Principal water route in the US. Water Highway.

Hint 9

What has four eyes but no limbs what keeps going it never stops

Front 10

The Ohio River

Back 10

Boundary for slavery. Settlement after revolution. Natural boundary with little state boundary dispute. Ohio river.

Front 11

The Missouri River

Back 11

2265 miles long. Big muddy. Lewis and Clark follow the River on their journey across North America.

Front 12

The Colorado River

Back 12

Fights over water rights. 1000 miles of Canyon. Home to the Hoover dam – hydroelectric power. Empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Flows through seven states. Supplies water to 40 million people.

Front 13

The Rio Grande

Back 13

Forms the border between the US and Mexico. Concrete sides prevent floods. Many small border towns. Cleaned by US causing a war from 1846 to 1848 giving the US southern United States and California.

Front 14

St. Lawrence River

Back 14

Hydroelectric power. Canals made for navigation. Once controlled by France– Canadian still retain French customs. Important river in North America.

Front 15

The Columbia River

Back 15

1210 miles long. Flows from Canada to Oregon. Explode by Louis and Clark. One of the largest drainage basins. Feature on the Oregon Trail (end of the line).

Front 16

The Great Plains

Back 16

Extensive grassland. Once a bEsT England Ocean. Expansion of wheat lead to dust bowl. Rich soil. Stretches from Canada to Texas. Rocky Mountains to Mississippi river. America’s bread basket.

Front 17

The Great Basin

Back 17

Lowland desert region. Flash floods. Dominated by short state mountains amidst the basins.

Front 18

Cape Cod

Back 18

Fish hook or else she shape. Between Boston and New York. Created by glaciers 17000 years ago.

Front 19

Gulf Coastal Plain

Back 19

Runs along the gulf coast. Low, Sandy and muddy shorelines. Prone to flooding. Battle of New Orleans. Extends from Yucatán Peninsula to Western Florida.

Front 20

Atlantic Coastal Plains

Back 20

Runs along the Atlantic coast. Nova Scotia to Florida. Flatlands prone to flooding. Good farming. Barrier islands provide smooth water for ships.

Front 21

Central Valley

Back 21

Extend 450 miles through California. Rich soil. Hot warm climate. Great for agriculture. Fruit and vine yards. Uninhabited until gold rush. 80% of fruit in the US. America’s fruit basket. Raisin capital of the world.

Front 22

Appalachian Mountains

Back 22

Not very top. Really old. Rounded and smooth peaks. Worn down overtime. 1600 miles long. Below timberline. Soil at face is good for farming. Very few passes- Natural barrier.

Front 23

Rocky Mountains

Back 23

Above timberline. 3000 miles. Central New, Mexico to Northwest Alaska. Settlement and transportation very difficult. Forms. The continental divide. Separates rivers, flowing to Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.

Front 24

Sierra Nevada

Back 24

400 miles long. Mount Whitney. Snow provides water. Source of recreation.

Hint 24

Lake Tahoe

Front 25

Mauna Loa

Back 25

Hawaiian volcano. Grows every year from lava flow.