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S.S. CH1 Lesson 1 & 2

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following best describes the relative location of the United States?

a)

North of Canada

b)

East of the Gulf of Mexico

c)

West of the Atlantic Ocean

d)

South of Mexico

2.

What does the term source mean?

a)

the place where a river begins

b)

a part of an ocean or sea that extends into the land

c)

the place where a river empties into a larger body of water

d)

a river or stream that flows into a larger river

3.

What is the main reason that Alaska has a colder climate than Hawaii?

a)

Alaska has a higher elevation that Hawaii

b)

Alaska does not border an ocean, but Hawaii does

c)

Alaska is farther from the equator than Hawaii

d)

Alaska has fewer mountains than Hawaii

4.

Because the United States is located north of the _______, it lies in the Northern Hemisphere.

a)

elevation

b)

climate

c)

industry

d)

equator

5.

Mount McKinley has the highest _________ in North America

a)

elevation

b)

climate

c)

landform

d)

equator

6.

Plains are the most common ___________ in the middle part of the United States.

a)

climate

b)

elevation

c)

equator

d)

landform

7.

Mountain areas usually have a colder ___________ than valley areas.

a)

elevation

b)

climate

c)

industry

d)

landform

8.

A half of Earth

a)

Gulf

b)

Equator

c)

Relative Location

d)

Hemisphere

9.

The place where a river empties into a larger body of water

a)

Equator

b)

Relative Location

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Mouth

10.

An imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere

a)

Equator

b)

Gulf

c)

Hemisphere

d)

Mouth

11.

Where a place is in relation to other places on Earth

a)

Gulf

b)

Equator

c)

Relative Location

d)

Hemisphere

12.

A part of an ocean or sea extending into the land

a)

Gulf

b)

Equator

c)

Landform

d)

Mouth