Geography: Chapter 4: Lesson 1

Many of the first English colonists who came to America during the 1600s settled in the subregion called

• New York

• New Hampshire

• New England

• New Jersey

The largest body of water east of the Mississippi River is the_____.

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• St. Lawrence River

• Atlantic Ocean

The term Great Lakes refers to a cluster of ___ huge lakes located in the Midwest.

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

The Missouri and Ohio Rivers are ______ that feed into the Mississippi River, adding to its strength and volume.

• locks

• tributaries

• canals

• seaways

Why did the U.S. government build levees along the Mississippi River?

• To control flooding and reduce damage to homes and crops

• to block sediment from reaching farm fields

• to stop erosion of rich sediment from the river

• to change the course of the river

What is the name of the river system that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic ocean?

• The Hudson River

• The St. Lawrence Seaway

• The Ohio and the Mississippi River

• The Monongahela River

What is a fall line?

• a strong ocean storm

• a mountain system that stretches from Alabama to Canada

• a river that feeds into a larger river

• a long low cliff running parallel the the Atlantic coast

What is a tributary?

• Small rivers that feed into a larger river

• An sacrifice to the gods

• controls the flow of water in a river

• a lowland area

These lines can be created by humans or by bodies of water.

• political map

• waterways

• borders

• United States

What is the largest mountain chain east of the Mississippi?

• Rocky mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Sierra Madre Mountains

• Laurentian Mountains