Social Studies Chapter 1: Lesson 1 and 2

A ___________ is an area in which many features are the same.

• continent

• region

• place

_____________________ includes the United States, Mexico and Canada.

• United States

• North America

• Alaska

• South America

The peaks of the __________________________ has been worn down by erosion.

• Rocky Mountains

• Great Plains

• Appalachian Mountains

• None

_____________ cover most of the central United States.

• Valleys

• Mountains

• Plains

• Rivers

In general, the climate in the western United States is _________ than that in the eastern part of the country.

• hotter

• drier

• colder

• wetter

Many scientists think there was once a ___________________ that linked Asia to North America.

• land bridge

• desert

• mountain range

• train

What part of the United States is made up of the Interior Plains?

• the central part

• the eastern part

• the western part

• the northwestern part

What landform in the United States covers most of the area along the Atlantic Ocean?

• the Appalachian Mountains

• the Coastal Plains

• the Interior Plains

• the Intermountain Region

A __________ is a low, bowl-shaped land with higher land all around it.

• mountain

• climate

• mountain range

• basin

The kind of weather a place has over a long time its ___________.

• climate

• Interior

• weather

• none