Chapter 5 Pre-Assessment

The point in the eastern or western United States that determines which direction local rivers will flow is called the (National Divide/Continental Divide).

• National Divide

• Continental Divide

The point of origin for a river is called the (aquifers/headwaters).

• aquifers

• headwaters

Stress on water supplies due to insufficient rainfall results from (groundwater depletion/drought).

• groundwater depletion

• drought

Match the description with the correct term: Forms the Western Continental Divide.

• Great Basin

• Sunbelt

• evangelicalism

• aquifer

• Pacific Mountain Ranges

Match the description with the correct term: Underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment.

• D. Great Basin

• A. aquifer

• E. Great Plains

• C. Sunbelt

• B. evangelicalism

Match the description with the correct term: Region that includes the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains.

• aquifer

• Great Basin

• Pacific Mountain Ranges

• Sunbelt

• evangelicalism

Match the description with the correct term: Forms the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

• Sunbelt

• evangelicalism

• aquifer

• Great Basin

• Piedmont

Match the description with the correct term: Region marked on its western boundary by the Rocky Mountains.

• Sunbelt

• evangelicalism

• aquifer

• Great Basin

• Rocky Mountains

Match the description with the correct term: Orthodox Protestants.

• aquifer

• Great Basin

• Great Plains

• Sunbelt

• evangelicalism

What governmental principle divides the national government into the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• federalism

• democracy