Semester Test Spring '25

A major mountain system in the western portion of the United States and Canada, extending 3,000 miles from northern Canada south to New Mexico. 

• Sierra Nevada Mountain Range

• Cascade Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

What country is South of the United States?

• Mexico

• Hawaii

• Canada

• Texas

A large body of water that is an extension of the Atlantic Ocean that is south of the United States and east of Mexico. 

• Rio Grande

• Gulf of Mexico

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf Coastal Plains

The large river that forms a border the United States and Mexico?

• Missouri River

• Columbia River

• Mississippi River

• Rio Grande

A mountain range located in Washington, Oregon, and northern California

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Cascade Mountain Range

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

The mountain range that separates California and Nevada.

• Cascade Mountains

• Sierra Nevada Mountain Range

• Appalachian Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

River flowing north to south, from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico; used for traveling and moving goods; borders 10 states

• Rio Grande

• Ohio River

• Missouri River

• Mississippi River

A system of mountains in the eastern portion of the United States from Maine south to Georgia. 

• Cascade Mountains

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Sierra Nevada Mountain Range

The United States federal government is divided into how many branches? And what are they called? 

• 2: House of Representatives and the Senate

• 3: Legislative, Executive, and House of Representatives

• 2: Legislative and Judicial

• 3: Legislative, Judicial, and Executive

In a democracy, how are government officials typically selected?

• by military force

• through elections by citizens

• by appointment from the current ruler

• by inheritance