Geography Quiz

What is the name of the major mountain range that runs through the eastern side of the US?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Sierra Nevada

• Cascade Range

What is the name of the state that you live in?

What type of map shows colors to represent the border between states, countries or continents?

• Political map

• Climate map

• Topographic map

• Road map

What is the imaginary line that goes around the Earth from the top to bottom, vertically?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

What is the imaginary line that goes around the center of the Earth, horizontally?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

How many states are in the United States?

• 48

• 49

• 50

• 51

What is the part of a map that shows the Cardinal and Intermediate directions?

• Legend

• Scale

• Compass Rose

• Grid

How many Great Lakes are there?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

What is a drainage basin?

• A large body of water surrounded by land

• An area of land where rain collects and drains from small water sources and then into the oceans.

• A man-made reservoir

• A natural underground water storage

Where does the water from ALL of the rivers in the middle of US drain into?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Great Lakes