West Region Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A visitor crosses state lines while exploring different sections of Yellowstone National Park. Which three states can the visitor enter within the park?
Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming
Montana, Idaho, and Washington
Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana
Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho
2. Which Western state is separated from the contiguous United States by Canada?
Washington
Alaska
Montana
Hawaii
3. Hoover Dam impounds the Colorado River at the boundary between which two states?
California and Arizona
Arizona and Nevada
Utah and Colorado
Nevada and Utah
4. Death Valley lies mainly in one state near its boundary with another. Which state pair is correct?
Arizona and New Mexico
Oregon and Idaho
Nevada and Utah
California and Nevada
5. A boat follows the section of the Columbia River that forms much of a state boundary. Which two states are on opposite sides?
California and Arizona
Idaho and Montana
Washington and Oregon
Oregon and California
6. Moist Pacific air drops much of its precipitation while crossing the Sierra Nevada. Which state immediately east of the range experiences a pronounced rain-shadow effect?
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
7. A traveler stands at the Four Corners monument. Which four states meet there?
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah
Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah
8. A geologist travels south along the Cascade Range. Which sequence of states follows that mountain system?
Idaho, Nevada, and Arizona
Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado
Washington, Oregon, and California
Oregon, Nevada, and California
9. Which state is crossed by the Rocky Mountains rather than the Cascade Range or Sierra Nevada?
Colorado
Oregon
California
Nevada
10. Which three contiguous U.S. states have coastlines on the Pacific Ocean?
California, Arizona, and Oregon
Oregon, California, and Nevada
Washington, Idaho, and Oregon
Washington, Oregon, and California
11. You drive south from Oregon while staying near the Pacific coastline. Which state do you enter next?
California
Nevada
Idaho
Arizona
12. In which state would you find the Great Salt Lake?
Utah
New Mexico
Idaho
Nevada
13. Rain falling within much of the Great Basin does not drain to an ocean. Where does the water generally go instead?
Into the Columbia River system
Across the Continental Divide into the Atlantic
Directly west through the Sierra Nevada
Into inland lakes, salt flats, or the ground
14. Someone standing on Seattle's waterfront is beside which body of water?
San Francisco Bay
Great Salt Lake
Puget Sound
Cook Inlet
15. What process formed the Hawaiian island chain?
A continent splitting along a rift valley
Sediment accumulating at a river delta
The Pacific Plate moving over a volcanic hotspot
Two continental plates colliding
16. A hiker follows the Continental Divide through much of the western United States. Which mountain system does the route primarily follow?
Coast Ranges
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Cascade Range