America's Land

Which of the following is true?

• Geography helps us understand the past.

• Geography helps us understand the United States

• Geography helps us understand what a place is like.

• All of the above.

A plateau is...

• a high, steep-sided area rising above the land.

• the line between two countries.

• mountains pushed up when continents collided.

• a wide, flat plan that slopes to the center of the continent.

Climate is affected by...

• how people dress for the weather.

• what kind of houses people build.

• landforms and distance from the equator.

• the language and food of people who live in an area.

Use the map to answer the following question: Which of the following landforms is EAST of the Mississippi River?

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Rio Grande

• The Sierra Nevada Mountains

Use the map to answer the following question: To go to the Grand Canyon from the Appalachian Mountains you must travel...

• south.

• west.

• north.

• east.

Which of the following is a natural resource?

• a house built from wood

• a table made of wood

• water

• paper made from ground up wood

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• wind (do not pick this one...it is a flow resource)

• natural gas

• trees

• iron ore

What is needed to turn natural resources into things we use?

• conservation

• capital resources and human resources

• scarcity

• opportunity cost

Conservation means...

• using natural resources until they run out.

• never using any natural resources.

• using only renewable resources.

• using our natural resources wisely.

If many people want a product but there aren't enogh for all of them, it is called...

• scarcity.

• conservation.

• opportunity cost.

• nonrenewable resources.