Ch 8 US Geography & People

Los Angeles is the second largest city after New York and the world famous Hollywood is located here.

• True

• False

The U.S. lies in ____ North America, with Canada to the north, Mexico to the south, the Pacific to its _____ and the Atlantic to its ____.

• north, east, west

• central, east, west

• southern, west, east

• central, west, east

The state of ____ is the largest in area of all the states in American mainland.

• Alaska

• Hawaii

• Texas

• California

Some of the world-famous universities like Harvard, Yale and MIT are located in ____.

• the South

• the West

• the Midwest

• New England

The Immigration Act of 1924 restricted further immigration into the United States, particularly from ____.

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• South America

A 50-centimeter rainfall line runs through the middle of the United States.

• True

• False

____ hosts the headquarters of all the branches of the American federal system.

• Washington D.C.

• New York City

• San Francisco

• Los Angeles

The majority of American people are descendants of the ____ immigrants.

• African

• Asian

• European

• None of the above

The United States is the ____ most populous nation in the world.

• third

• fourth

• fifth

• sixth