U.S. Physical Features and Map Skills

Which of the great lakes is the furthest East?

• Superior

• Erie

• Ontario

• Great Salt Lake

Name the rivers that run through the Rocky Mountain Range.

• Rio Grande River and Colorado River

• Mississippi River and Ohio River

• Rio Grande River and Ohio River

• Colorado River and Mississippi River

Which feature is on the west most side of the United States?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Great Plains

• Pacific Ocean

• Great Salt Lake

Which river runs through the Mojave Desert?

• Ohio River

• Colorado River

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande River

What landform covers the majority of the central part of the U.S.?

• Great Plains

• Mississippi River

• Rocky Mountains

• Atlantic Ocean

Which river ends in the Gulf of Mexico?

• Colorado River

• Rio Grande

• Mississippi River

• Ohio River

tells what each symbol on the map stands for

• longitude

• latitude

• map key

• equator

One set of lines running from the north pole to the south pole

• prime meridian

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

Lines that measure the distance north and south of the equator

• equator

• prime meridian

• longitude

• latitude

An imaginary line that runs around the center of the earth, halfway between the north and south poles

• equator

• prime meridian

• longitude

• latitude