Bodies of Water

Which body of water was used by French and Spanish explorers as a route to Mexico and other parts of America?

• Mississippi River
• Ohio River
• Pacific Ocean
• Gulf of Mexico

Which body of water served as a highway for explorers, settlers, and immigrants?

• Atlantic Ocean
• Missouri River
• Columbia River
• Pacific Ocean

The longest river in North America.  It is used to transport farm and industrial products

• Great Lakes
• Missouri River
• Colorado River
• Rio Grande

The gateway to the west. It forms borders of six states.

• Pacific Ocean
• Rio Grande
• Ohio River
• Columbia River

Explored by Lewis and Clark.

• Mississippi River
• Gulf of Mexico
• Ohio River
• Columbia River

It is the largest ocean.  It was an early exploration route to Asia.

• Pacific
• Atlantic
• Arctic
• Indian

Used to transport farm and industrial products; a link to ports in the US and around the world.

• Colorado River
• Great Lakes
• Ohio River
• Mississippi River

Inland port cities grew in the Midwest next to these bodies of water.

• Great Lakes
• Atlantic
• Pacific
• Gulf of Mexico

This forms a border between part of the US and Mexico.  It was explored and mapped by the Spanish.

• Great Lakes
• Rio Grande
• Missouri River
• Mississippi River

This was mapped and explored by the Spanish.  It carved the Grand Canyon.

• Mississippi River
• Ohio River
• Pacific
• Colorado River