World Studies: North America

This region is wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape.

• Coastal Range
• Mexico
• Canadian Shield
• Interior Lowlands

This is the longest region in the US and has peaks as high as 14,000 ft.

• Rocky Mountains
• Plateaus
• Appalachian Mountains
• Great Plains

There is very little rainfall in this region

• Appalachian Mountains
• Basin and Range
• Rocky Mountains
• Great Plains

Elevated flat lands are called....

• shields
• rivers
• mountains
• plateaus

This coastal region provides many great harbors

• Coastal Plain
• Appalachian Mountains
• Rocky Mountains
• Great Plains

These are rugged mountains that border the Pacific Ocean from California to Canada

• Coastal Range
• Interior Lowlands
• Basin and Range
• Coastal Plain

How many states are in the US?

• 50
  50
• 49
• 51
• 52

This line is at 0 degrees longitude

• equator 
• prime meridian
• latitude
• line

North America is located in these two hemispheres

• Northern and Southern
• Southern and Western
• Northern and Western
• Eastern and Southern

What ocean do we swim in if we are in Virginia?

• Pacific
• Atlantic
• Indian
• Arctic