Copy of Quiz 4-1

The horseshoe shaped area that surrounds the Hudson Bay and has minerals like iron ore and nickel is the

• Appalachian Region
• Interior West
• Great Plains
• Canadian Shield

The oldest mountains in North America are the

• Rocky Mountains
• Coast Mountains
• Alaska Range
• Appalachian Mountains

The highest point in North America, located in Alaska is

• Denali
• Mt Helena
• Mt. Shasta
• Mt Hood

This determines which way rivers flow from the Rocky Mountains

• wind currents
• Great Lakes
• Continental Divide
• Denali

A major source of Hydroelectric power for both the U.S. and Canada is

• Great Lakes
• St. Lawrence River
• Mississippi River
• Niagara Falls

This is an important fishing grounds off the coast of Canada

• Grand Banks
• Piedmont
• Great Plains
• Mississippi River

The Atlantic Megalopolis contains the following cities....pick 5

• Halifax
• NYC
• Philadelphia
• Washington D.C.
• Boston

These two rivers are important to trade in Canada and the U.S.

• Colorado River
• St. Lawrence River
• Mississippi River
• Niagara River

Mountain chains that run side by side are called

• ranges
• volcanoes
• cordilleras
• hills

Why are Alberta's oil reserves expensive to obtain?

• They are hard to find
• There is not a lot of oil
• They are mixed with sand
• It costs a lot to drill in Canada