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Regions and Bodies of Water of North America

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Region is shaded in on the map?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Great Plains

2.

Which Region is shaded in on the map?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Great Plains

3.

Which Region is shaded in on the map?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Great Plains

4.

Which Region is shaded in on the map?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Great Plains

5.

Which Region is shaded in on the map?

a)

Interior Lowlands

b)

Canadian Shield

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Coastal Plain

6.

Which Region is shaded in on the map?

a)

Interior Lowlands

b)

Canadian Shield

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Coastal Plain

7.

Which Region is shaded in on the map?

a)

Interior Lowlands

b)

Canadian Shield

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Coastal Plain

8.

Which Region is shaded in on the map?

a)

Interior Lowlands

b)

Canadian Shield

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Coastal Plain

9.

Which region has rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada; Contains fertile valleys?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Appalachian Mountains

10.

Which region is located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range with rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico ; high elevations. This region contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Appalachian Mountains

11.

Which region is located west of Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama; includes the Piedmont with old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America)?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Appalachian Mountains

12.

Which region is located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Coastal Range and is an area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley (the lowest point in North America)?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Appalachian Mountains

13.

Which region is located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains and can be described as rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Great Plains

c)

Interior Lowlands

d)

Canadian Shield

14.

Which region is located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico with broad lowlands providing many excellent harbors?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Great Plains

c)

Interior Lowlands

d)

Canadian Shield

15.

Which region is located west of Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains and can be described as flat grasslands that gradually increases in elevation westward?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Great Plains

c)

Interior Lowlands

d)

Canadian Shield

16.

Which region is wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape with hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers, and holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America?

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Great Plains

c)

Interior Lowlands

d)

Canadian Shield

17.

Which body of water is shown in red on the map?

a)

Columbia River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

Missouri River

18.

Which body of water is shown in red on the map?

a)

Columbia River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

Missouri River

19.

Which body of water is shown in red on the map?

a)

Columbia River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

Missouri River

20.

Which body of water is shown in red on the map?

a)

Columbia River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

Missouri River

21.

Which body of water is shown in red on the map?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Ohio River

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Missouri River

22.

Which body of water is shown in red on the map?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Ohio River

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Missouri River

23.

Which body of water is shown in red on the map?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Ohio River

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Missouri River

24.

Which body of water is shown in blue on the map?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Gulf of Mexico

e)

Hudson Bay

25.

Which body of water is shown in blue on the map?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Gulf of Mexico

e)

Hudson Bay

26.

Which body of water is shown in blue on the map?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Gulf of Mexico

e)

Hudson Bay

27.

Which body of water is shown in red on the map?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Gulf of Mexico

e)

Hudson Bay

28.

Which body of water is shown in blue on the map?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Gulf of Mexico

e)

Hudson Bay

29.

Transports industrial and farm products to the Gulf of Mexico and is considered a transportation artery.

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Missouri River

c)

Colorado River

d)

Columbia River

30.

Known as the “Gateway to the West” because it helped settlers travel from the east to the

west.

a)

Ohio River

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

Pacific Ocean

31.

Many inland port cities were established along the shores of these bodies of water.

a)

Great Lakes

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Missouri River

32.

This is known as the “Highway for early explorers, settlers and immigrants.”

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Great Lakes

33.

Forms a partial border between Eastern Canada and the state of New York.

a)

St. Lawrence River

b)

Great Lakes

c)

Ohio River

d)

Rio Grande River

34.

This body of water was used by explorers and is known as “an early exploration route.”

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Mississippi River

35.

The Spanish used this water route that flows from the Rocky Mountains into the Pacific.

a)

Colorado River

b)

Columbia River

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

Missouri River

36.

Transportation artery carrying farm and industrial products into the Mississippi River.

a)

Missouri River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Columbia River

37.

The western-most river explored by Lewis and Clark that flows from Canada to the Pacific.

a)

Columbia River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Ohio River

d)

Missouri River

38.

The French and Spanish explored this body of water that connects to the Atlantic Ocean.

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Great Lakes

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Ohio River

39.

This body of water forms the border between Mexico and the United States and flows into the Gulf of Mexico.

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Missouri River

d)

Colorado River