Geography Test #2 Review

The headwaters of the Colorado River and the Rio Grande are located in the Rocky Mountains where many tributaries merge to form these two major waterways.

• True

• False

Iron ore and coal are two important natural resources found in the Great Lakes region

• True

• False

The United States lacks significant deposits of fossil fuels.

• True

• False

The Sierra Nevada are the oldest mountains in the United States

• True

• False

The Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanic eruptions on the seafloor.

• True

• False

a procedure in which a borrower gives up rights to a property due to the inability to repay the loan

• e. Fall Line

• f. Dry Farming

• g. Foreclosure

• h. Headwaters

a mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portions of the United States

• g. Foreclosure

• h. Headwaters

• i. Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway

• j. Sunbelt

the removal of whole forests when harvesting timber

• a. Ashcan School

• b. Clear-cutting

• c. Great Plains

• d. Eutrophication

the source of a stream or a river

• g. Foreclosure

• h. Headwaters

• i. Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway

• j. Sunbelt

the flat landscape that stretches hundreds of miles east of the Rocky Mountains

• a. Ashcan School

• b. Clear-cutting

• c. Great Plains

• d. Eutrophication