Unit 2 Geography Test

What is the area that stretches west of the Mississippi River?

• Great Plains
• Midwest
• Southeastern
• Pacific

This is the lawmaking body of Canada

• United Nations
• Parliament
• House of Representatives
• Senate

Cleveland and Detroit are located in this region

• Midwest
• Great Plains
• Pacific
• Northeast

This supports the idea of checks and balances

• separation of powers
• tariffs
• United Nations
• Bill of Rights

Area where most earthquakes take place

• Midwest
• Southeast
• Pacific
• Northeast

Climate of the inland west

• humid subtropical
• humid continental
• tropical
• desert

Area where Christopher Columbus was hoping to reach

• Southeast
• Asia
• Great Plains
• California

Taxes on imports are called

• tariffs
• exports
• quotas
• GDP

World organization that supports world peace

• League of Nations
• United Nations
• NAFTA
• NATO

Climate of the southeastern United States

• humid subtropical
• desert
• tundra
• tropical