Location |
Question |
Answer |
Massachusetts
sheet
single answer |
What was the first permanent English settlement
in the United States? |
Jamestown |
Massachusetts
sheet
single answer |
On what island is it located? |
Jamestown Island |
Maryland
sheet
multiple answer |
The Red River for most of its length separates which
two northern states? |
Minnesota and North Dakota |
Maryland sheet
single answer |
What is unique about this river? |
It flows north. |
South Carolina
sheet
single answer |
Where is the lowest elevation in the United States? |
Badwater, California |
South Carolina
sheet
single answer |
What is the elevation? |
282 feet below sea level |
South Carolina
sheet
single answer |
In which National Park is this lowest place? |
Death Valley National Park |
New Hampshire
sheet
single answer |
What other major divide exists in the United States? |
The north-south divide. |
Location |
Question |
Answer |
New Hampshire
sheet
multiple answer |
What is it's approximate route? |
From west of International Falls, Minnesota southwest
to Brown Valley on the Minnesota/South Dakota border, then northwest across North Dakota
east of Jamestown and south of Minot to the County of Divide. From here the divide goes
north into Canada just south of Medicine Hat, then southwest into Glacier National Park to
Triple Divide Peak. On this peak a drop of water splits three ways, west to the Pacific
Ocean, northeast to Arctic Ocean, and southeast to Missouri River and on to the Atlantic
Ocean. |
Virginia
sheet
single answer |
Vermont leads the United States in the production of
what breakfast staple? |
Maple syrup. Approximately 500,000 gallons per year.
Enough for about 32 million pancakes. The Indians called maple syrup
"SINZIBUKWUD". |
