The document provides a review of key facts about the United States. It covers topics like the nation's diversity as a land of immigrants, the dominance of the service industry, the Columbian Exchange following Columbus's voyages, agricultural production in the Midwest, the Appalachian Mountains, transcontinental railroad expansion, suburban growth, the Louisiana Purchase, issues of urban sprawl, European heritage of most Americans, and the free market economic system. It concludes by listing superlatives about the US having the largest navy, economy, food production, industrial output, energy consumption, and natural features like Mt. McKinley and Death Valley.

1. United States Review

2. Round 1

3. Question 1 (1 point)
The United States is known as a “nation of
_____________” because it is populated
by people from around the world.

4. Question 1 Answer
Immigrants

5. Question 2 (3 points)
Nearly 75% of American’s work in the
__________.
(type, not a place)

6. Question 2 Answer
Service Industries

7. Question 3 (5 points)
The term that describes the exchange of
plants, animals and diseases between
the “New World” and the “Old World”
following the voyages of Christopher
Columbus.

8. Question 3 Answer
Columbian Exchange

9. Round 2

10. Question 1 (1 point)
Because of its fertile soil, adequate
rainfall and favorable climate, the
American Midwest produces more food
and feeds more people than anywhere
else in the world. Because of this, it is
nicknamed, “_______________.”

11. Question 1 Answer
The “breadbasket”

12. Question 2 (3 points)
These mountains are more than 400
million years old. Erosion has created
gentle slopes, peaks from 1,200–2,400
feet.

13. Question 2 Answer
The Appalachian Mountains

14. Question 3 (5 points)
The United States geography does not
include many islands. In fact, our
largest island chain, the Hawaiian
Islands are linked ___ rather than
geographically.

15. Question 3 Answer
Politically

16. Round 3

17. Question 1 (1 point)
Pioneers moved westward into the
frontier in search of gold, land and
opportunity. In the 1869, the ________
was completed and allowed for easier,
safer travel out west.

18. Question 1 Answer
Trans-Continental Railroad

19. Question 2 (3 points)
___________ are the areas where most
Americans live.

20. Question 2 Answer
The Suburbs

21. Question 3 (5 points)
In 1803, the United States nearly doubled
in size when the government acquired a
vast region between then Mississippi
River and the Rocky Mountains. This is
known as the ____________________.

22. Question 3 Answer
Louisiana Purchase

23. Round 4

24. Question 1 (1 point)
One issue the United States is facing today
is that of overpopulation in poorly
planned cities. The result is that cities are
now growing larger and spreading out
further and further.
This is better known as _______.

25. Question 1 Answer
Urban Sprawl

26. Question 2 (3 points)
70% of Americans can trace there heritage
back to ______________.

27. Question 2 Answer
Europe

28. Question 3 (5 points)
The American economy is run largely on
_______________. In this economic
system, private individuals own most of
the resources, technology and
businesses and can operate on their
own with little control from the
government.

29. Question 3 Answer
Free Market System

30. Final Question

31. Final Question
(2 points each)
The United States is or has the biggest
and largest in many aspects.
For example: The U.S. has the largest Navy in the world.
There were several examples mentioned
in class and in lessons.
Name as many you can…

32. Final Question
- Largest Economy
- Largest Producer of Food
- Largest Food Exporter
- Largest Industrial Output
- Largest Consumer of Energy
- Highest Peak in North America (Mt. McKinley)
- Largest Inland Sea (Great Salt Lake)
- Hottest place in North America (Death Valley)