USA Geo Lesson 1 Review

This map can be used to show:

• Important political features of the US

• The interstate system in the United States

• Important physical features of the United States

• Population density of the United States

What physical feature is represented by the letter E on the map?

• Appalachian Mountains

• The Great Lakes

• Canada

• Rocky Mountains

48 of the 50 states in the US are contiguous. What does the word contiguous mean?

• The states touch each other

• The state do not touch each other

• States that share a border with a water feature

• States covered by a mountain range

The 2 non-contiguous states are Hawaii and (a)  

The physical feature represented by the letter E is also considered a continental divide. What is a continental divide?

• A feature that splits a continent in half perfectly

• An area of high land that divides the flow of rivers on a continent

• Special type of continental plate that does both convergent and divergent movement

• An area of low land that divides the flow of rivers on a continent

Which of the following statements is most true about the physical feature represented by letter C?

• It is the 4th longest river in the world

• It begins in Louisiana and ends in Minnesota

• It flows from South to North

• It empties into the Pacific Ocean

All five lakes represented by letter "D" on the map are collectively known as

(a)  

This ocean represented by the letter "A" on the map, serves as the Eastern border of the United States

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

Rivers that lie on the Western side of feature "E" flow into this ocean, represented by the letter "B" on the map.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• The Great Lakes

• Pacific Ocean

In terms of area covered, the United States is the 3rd largest country in the world behind (a)   and Canada