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WorksheetsAmerican Regions
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why is there a car shown in Central Michigan?
a)
Detroit is located there
b)
Michigan residents drive more cars than anybody else
c)
The highway was invented in Michigan
d)
Henry Ford invented the automobile
2.
What ocean is on the West Coast of the United States?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
3.
What is the tallest mountain in North America?
a)
Mt. Rainier
b)
Mt. Washington
c)
Mt. St. Helen's
d)
Mt. McKinley
4.
What is the lowest point in North America?
a)
Sierra Desert
b)
Mojave Desert
c)
Death Valley
d)
Grand Valley
5.
What state is Mt. St. Helen's located in?
a)
Oregon
b)
Colorado
c)
California
d)
Washington
6.
Why did the early Northwest Coast people use cedar for their homes, clothing, and art?
a)
they liked the smell
b)
it was pretty
c)
they had many cedar trees
d)
they didn't use cedar
7.
What state is shown?
a)
Montana
b)
Wyoming
c)
Washington
8.
What state is shown?
a)
Montana
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Michigan
9.
What state is shown?
a)
Oklahoma
b)
Oregon
c)
Maine
10.
What state is shown?
a)
Illinois
b)
Arkansas
c)
Idaho
11.
People choosing to move west were called...
a)
Pioneers
b)
Native Americans
c)
Slaves
d)
Travelers
12.
Which Southeast State?
a)
Florida
b)
Georgia
c)
Alabama
d)
Louisiana
13.
Which is not an effect of a hurricane?
a)
terrible damage to buildings
b)
major flooding
c)
wrecks trees and plants
d)
creates a pleasant living environment for rabbits and turtles
14.
A severe storm that occurs in the coastal area is called a
a)
cyclone
b)
tornado
c)
hurricane
d)
noreaster
15.
What does the word suburban mean?
a)
Farm land
b)
Near a city
c)
submarine
16.
Immigrants first came to Ellis Island when moving to the NE region. Where is Ellis Island located?
a)
Maine
b)
Florida
c)
New York
d)
Michigan
17.
You could visit each of the following landmarks in the Northeast, EXCEPT...
a)
Hershey Park
b)
The Liberty Bell
c)
The Staute of Liberty
d)
The Mall of America
18.
______________ are materials found in nature that people use.
a)
natural resources
b)
vegetation
c)
climate
d)
landforms
19.
What is a canal?
a)
A type of Blue Fish
b)
A waterway dug through land.
c)
A place for boats to dock.
d)
A place to unload goods.
20.
What state is this?
a)
New York
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Ohio
21.
What ocean is off the Eastern coast of the United States?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Chesapeake
c)
Pacific
d)
Arctic?
22.
What happened to a mining area when the gold and silver was gone?
a)
It became a boomtown
b)
It became a ghost town
c)
Cow towns arrived
d)
Native Americans moved in
23.
Why was the buffalo so important to Native Americans?
a)
could be used for food, clothing, and shelter
b)
was ridden by Native Americans
c)
Scared away homesteaders
d)
Native Americans believed the buffalo was god
24.
Why did this person come to California?
a)
logging
b)
farming
c)
searching for gold
d)
fur trapping
25.
Why did many Americans move Westward?
a)
to get away from the French
b)
to get new land and get rich
c)
to move to a different country
d)
to raise buffalo on the Great Plains
26.
What is deforestation?
a)
The loss of a whole forest.
b)
The regrowth of a forest.
c)
Process of replanting trees.
d)
Process of fertilizing the forests.
27.
Over millions of years, the Grand Canyon ________________________.
a)
channels
b)
uplifted
c)
expanded
d)
ecosystems
28.
What formed the Grand Canyon?
a)
limestone and water
b)
water and wind
c)
granite and ice
29.
A __________gets less than 10 inches of rain a year.
a)
mesa
b)
mission
c)
desert
d)
plantation
30.
Carlsbad Caverns is found in which Southwest State?
a)
Texas
b)
Arizona
c)
New Mexico
d)
Oklahoma
31.
The Grand Canyon can be found in which state?
a)
Arizona
b)
New Mexico
c)
California
d)
Oklahoma
32.
Monument Valley is filled with...
a)
mesas
b)
caves
c)
mountains
d)
forests
33.
What resource turned Tombstone, AZ into a busy Wild West town?
a)
Silver
b)
Iron
c)
Yellow River
d)
electricity
34.
Which of the following is an adaptation to living in the Southwest?
a)
air conditioning
b)
wool jackets
c)
teepees
d)
snow shovels
35.
Why have hundreds of business built factories in Mexico?
a)
lower cost of doing business
b)
increase costs of doing business
c)
wanted to enjoy the warmer weather
36.
Solar panels generate which of the following resources?
a)
water
b)
electricity
c)
food
d)
pollution
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