Geography - Unit 2 Test

The hottest and the lowest place in the United States

• A. Boswash

• B. Grand Banks

• C. Great Plains

• D. Death Valley

• E. Great Lakes

Area carved by glaciers during the Ice Age?

• A. Boswash

• B. Grand Banks

• C. Great Plains

• D. Death Valley

• E. Great Lakes

Canada's once-rich fishing territory?

• A. Boswash

• B. Grand Banks

• C. Great Plains

• D. Death Valley

• E. Great Lakes

Megalopolis on the East Coast of the United States?

• A. Boswash

• B. Grand Banks

• C. Great Plains

• D. Death Valley

• E. Great Lakes

Area that stretches across central North America.

• A. Boswash

• B. Grand Banks

• C. Great Plains

• D. Death Valley

• E. Great Lakes

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The Appalachian Mountains are the _______ range in the United States.

• A. oldest

• b. youngest

• c. tallest

• d. shortest

The great wealth of Canada and the United States is based on

• A. their abundant natural resources.

• B. industrialization in the 1700s.

• C. trade agreements like NAFTA.

• D. service industries in Sunbelt.

Mild, wet winters and hot, dry summer characterized a

• A. marine west coast climate

• B. humid subtropical climate

• C. steppe climate

• D. Mediterranean climate

Which of the following are part of the native vegetation of the Great Plains?

• A. tall grasses

• B. cacti and hardy shrubs

• C. mostly evergreen forests

• D. swamp mangroves

Immigrants came to Canada to seek

• A. political and religious freedom.

• B. new consumers for their products.

• C. land not yet claimed in unsettles territories.

• D. people to hire to work back in their home countries.