Physical Map: North America

What type of map shows natural landforms and waterways on Earth's surface?

• Physical

• Political

• Cultural

• Contiguous

Which desert is the largest in the US and is bordered by the Sierra Nevada Range, the Rocky Mountains, the Columbian Plateau, and the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts?

• Great Basin Desert

• Sonoran Desert

• Mojave Desert

• Chihuahuan Desert

What is a large area of ocean that is partly surrounded by land called?

• Plain

• Desert

• Gulf

• Mountain Range

What is a group or chain of mountains called?

• Physical Map

• Desert

• Gulf

• Mountain Range

Which mountain system is the largest in North America and stretches 3,000 miles from the northernmost part of western Canada to New Mexico in the southwestern United States?

• The Sierra Nevadas

• The Rockies

• Appalachian Mountains

• The Great Smoky Mountains

Which huge expanse of flatland in North America is located just to the east of the Rocky Mountains?

• Mount Whitney

• The Gobi Desert

• Gulf of California

• The Great Plains