United States West of the Mississippi River

What area of the United States is larger in terms of land?

• Eastern United States

• Western United States

• Northern United States

• Southern United States

What area of the United States is larger in terms of population?

• Eastern United States

• Western United States

• Northern United States

• Southern United States

What state is known for producing potatoes?

• California

• Texas

• Wyoming

• Idaho

Which climate type is NOT found in the western United States?

• humid continental

• tropical rainforest

• semiarid

• tundra

How were Native Americans treated as white settlements spread across the western part of the United States?

• peacefully lived alongside settlers

• forced to leave homes and settle on reservations

• paid to live on western lands to start new farms

• forced to leave the United States to live in Mexico

What is the most important body of water in the western part of the United States?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Great Lakes

• Gulf of Mexico

• Pacific Ocean

What has replaced small family farms across the region?

• plantations

• agribusiness

• collective

• homestead

 What describes the Rocky Mountains in the western region as a parallel mountain range?

• cordillera

• chinook

• plateau

• archipelago

What word means connected to?

• archipelago

• cordillera

• chinook

• contiguous

What 2 states are not contiguous to the United States?

• Hawaii and Alaska

• Wyoming and Montana

• Texas and California

• California and Arizona