Landforms and Bodies of Water (Applying geographical skills)

Which body of water can be found between Australia and New Zealand?

• Coral Sea

• West Australian Basin

• The Tasman Sea

• South Australian Basin

Which landform can be found in the central part of Northern Russia?

• Ural Mountains

• Kolyma Range

• Lake Baikal

• The Siberian Plateau

In which direction do the Rocky Mountains run?

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Southwest

• East

Which piece of land is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean?

• Sahara Desert

• Atlas Mountains

• The Alps

• Iberian Peninsula

The Sahara in Northern Africa is the largest desert in the world. Mention at least two other world’s largest deserts from the map. Where are they located?

• Gobi in the north of China and south of Mongolia

• Namib in western Namibia

• Atacama in northern Chile

• Great Sandy Desert in the northwest of Australia

What body of water is bordered by the Mexican states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, and Sinaloa?

• Yaqui River

• Gulf of Mexico

• Gulf of California

• Rio Grande/Rio Bravo

What states of Mexico does the Gulf of Mexico border?

• Campeche, Yucatán, northernmost part of Quintana Roo

• Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco

• Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero

• Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, Sinaloa

Which body of water borders Mexico to the north? What other body of water does it flow to?

• Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) into the Gulf of California

• Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean

• Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) into the Gulf of Mexico

• Usumacinta River

What mountain range runs along the Gulf of California and northwest and southeast Mexico?

• The Sierra Made Oriental

• The Sierra Madre del Sur

• Citláltepetl

• The Sierra Madre Occidental