World Geography #2 Test Review

What is the name of the yellow continent?

• Australia

• North America

• The United States

• Australia

Which geographic feature, shared by U.S. and Canada is shown on the map?

• Franklin Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Plains

• Great Lakes

Name the two physical features that the U.S. and Canada share:

• Great Lakes and Mississippi river

• Rocky Mountains and Great Lakes

• Rio Grande and Rocky Mountains

• Great Plains and Mississippi river

Identify the geographic feature circled in red:

• Great Plains

• Rocky Mountains

• Franklin Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

permanently frozen underlayer of the earth

• permafrost
• savanna
• tundra
• coniferous

region that is always cool or cold

• tundra
• savanna
• permafrost
• environment

A biome is defined as

• a region in which the environment, plants, and animal life are suited to one another
• a forest including both deciduous and coniferous trees
• a huge tropical grassland
• a layer of soil that remains permanently frozen

A thick subsurface layer of soil that remains frozen throughout the year, occurring chiefly in Polar Regions.

• conifer
• decidious
• understory
• permafrost

What lakes are located along the border between Canada and the U.S.? 

• Great Lakes
• Canadian Lakes
• Hudson Bay
• Superior Lakes

What body of water is an important shipping route for Canada? 

• Hudson Bay
• Arctic Ocean
• St. Lawrence Seaway
• Pacific Ocean