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Oklahoma Geo exam 1
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Undergraduate 2
09/25/2012

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what 6 states border oklahoma?
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texas, arkansas, missouri, kansas, colorado, new mexico
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what year did oklahoma become the 46th state?
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1907
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oklahoma is how many degrees north of the equator?
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between 33-37
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how many degrees is oklahoma west of the prime meridian?
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betweeen 94 and 103
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oklahoma is bigger in size than every state east of it besides _____________
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minnesota
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oklahoma is smaller than every state west of it except which two?
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hawaii and washington
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how was oklahomas eastern border formed?
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by a surveing error giving more land to arkansas
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how was the southern border created and what year
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1819 by a spanish treaty
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what was significant about the northern border between oklahoma and kansas
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division of slave states to the south and free states to the north
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where is the lowest point in oklahoma?
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along little river on OK/AR border
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what is oklahomas state motto?
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labor conquers all things
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what are the state colors?
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green and white
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what is the state meal?
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chicken fried steak, fried okra, barbeque pork, pecan pie, biscuits and gravy, cornbread, corn, strawberries, black eyed peas
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how many people live in the state
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3.7 million people
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oklahoma is _______ out of 50 in state population
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27th
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americans who did know of oklahoma refered to what?
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"olahoma" the musical
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east of I-35 tends to be well _________ and ___________
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watered and forested
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west of I-35 tends to be _________ and more ____________
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drier and grass
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what are the only two regions entirely in oklahoma
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the wichita mountains and the arbuckles
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relatively flat as well as the driest region in oklahoma
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the great plains
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what is underneath the great plains
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an aquafier
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largest physical region in the state
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the osage plains
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the osage plains take up how much land area in oklahoma
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about half
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what mountain ranges are the remains of old mountains but have been eroded over time
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the wichita and arbuckles
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ozark plateau
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big dome pushed upward
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ouachhita mountains are the _____________ mountains in oklahoma
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biggest
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nearly flat, sub-tropical and heavily forested
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coastal plain
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