TRUE OR
FALSE - The purpose of this quiz is to give
you an idea what we are going to learn in Washington History.
Number from 1 to 20. Guess the answers and then go to the answer key to see
how many you get correct. Put the number you got
correct at the top of your answer sheet. This quiz is worth five points. No
points deducted for incorrect answers.
1. Washington state is smaller in area than New York state.
2. Tacoma has a larger population than Spokane.
3. Mt. Olympus is a volcano but Mt. Rainier is not.
4. Puget Sound is actually an extension of the Pacific Ocean.
5. The canyons and coulees of Eastern Washington were caused by huge floods
of water.
6. King County has more people than Pierce County.
7. The Spanaway area was once covered with ice many hundreds of feet thick.
8. Seattle gets more rainfall per year than Atlanta does.
9. Much of Eastern Washington is desert or near desert.
10. The biggest danger from Mt. Rainier is not volcanic eruption but mud flow.
11. Native Americans long ago in Puget Sound area preferred the horse to the
canoe.
12. Downtown Seattle has nice wide streets today because most of the city
burned down many years ago.
13. Seattle has more people living in it than Portland does.
14. The Columbia River is larger than the Mississippi River.
15. Part of the deepest canyon in North America is in Washington.
16. Washington’s population is more than 8,000,000.
17. Over half of the people in Washington live in the Seattle.
18. The Cascade Mountains are higher than the Olympic Mountains.
19. Christine Gregoire is the governor of Washington.
20. Patty Murray is the senior senator from Washington state.