Chapter 5 Physical Geography Vocabulary Quiz

Define Appalachian Mountains

• First part of the North American landmass to emerge above sea level

• mountain ridge that separates river systems flowing toward opposite sides of a continent

• A mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama.

• First part of the North American landmass to emerge above sea level

Define Mackenzie River

• Canada's longest river, which is part of a river system that flows across the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean.

• separate compartment in which water levels rise and fall in order to raise or lower boats on a canal

• North America's most important deep water ship route, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the St. Lawrence River

• land bridge that connected Asia and North America

Define lock

• A mostly flat and grassy region of western North America

• separate compartment in which water levels rise and fall in order to raise or lower boats on a canal

• a group of five freshwater lakes of the central North America between the United States and Canada; the lakes are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior

• A major mountain system of the United states and Canada, extending 3,000 miles from Alaska south to New Mexico

Define Great Plains

• a person who moves from place to place

• a large subtropical swampland in Florida of about 4,000 square miles

• A mostly flat and grassy region of western North America

• Canada's longest river, which is part of a river system that flows across the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean.

Define Canadian Shield

• a large subtropical swampland in Florida of about 4,000 square miles

• Winds that blow from west to east

• Ground that is permanently frozen

• First part of the North American landmass to emerge above sea level

Define Rocky Mountains

• A major mountain system of the United states and Canada, extending 3,000 miles from Alaska south to New Mexico

• land bridge that connected Asia and North America

• First part of the North American landmass to emerge above sea level

• separate compartment in which water levels rise and fall in order to raise or lower boats on a canal

Define Continental Divide

• mountain ridge that separates river systems flowing toward opposite sides of a continent

• A mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama.

• separate compartment in which water levels rise and fall in order to raise or lower boats on a canal

• a large subtropical swampland in Florida of about 4,000 square miles

Define Great Lakes

• North America's most important deep water ship route, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by way of the St. Lawrence River

• Winds that blow from west to east

• a group of five freshwater lakes of the central North America between the United States and Canada; the lakes are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior

• a large subtropical swampland in Florida of about 4,000 square miles

Define Permafrost

• land bridge that connected Asia and North America

• Ground that is permanently frozen

• A mostly flat and grassy region of western North America

• A mountain range that stretches from eastern Canada south to Alabama.

Define Prevailing westerlies

• a group of five freshwater lakes of the central North America between the United States and Canada; the lakes are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior

• separate compartment in which water levels rise and fall in order to raise or lower boats on a canal

• Winds that blow from west to east

• a large subtropical swampland in Florida of about 4,000 square miles