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Unit 4 Vocabulary & Big Ideas

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the dominate climate zone of southeastern United States?

a)

Humid Subtropical

b)

Marine West Coast

c)

Semiarid

d)

Highlands

2.

What is the dominate climate zone in Canada?

a)

Tundra

b)

Arid

c)

Mediterranean

d)

Tropical wet

3.

What is the physical geographical area between the Sierra Nevada mountains and the Rocky Mountains?

a)

Great Basin

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Gulf-Coastal Plains

4.

Which river partially makes the boundary between the states of Washington and Oregon?

a)

Columbia River

b)

Snake River

c)

Arkansas River

d)

Ohio River

5.

What state is this?

a)

Minnesota

b)

Oklahoma

c)

Michigan

d)

Illinois

6.

What state is this?

a)

Iowa

b)

Idaho

c)

Maine

d)

Ohio

7.

What state is this?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Mississippi

c)

Missouri

d)

Tennessee

8.
How were the Great Lakes actually formed?
a)
climate change
b)
earthquakes
c)
glaciers
d)
man made
9.
Which is the largest and deepest of the Great Lakes?
a)
Huron
b)
Erie
c)
Mississippi
d)
Superior
10.
What is the name of the river that connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Mississippi River
b)
St. Lawrence River
c)
Ohio River
d)
Hudson River
11.
Which lake is circled on the image?
a)
Lake Ontario
b)
Lake Superior
c)
Lake Erie
12.
Which lake is circled on the image?
a)
Lake Michigan
b)
Lake Ontario
c)
Lake Erie
13.
Which lake is circled on the image?
a)
Lake Michigan
b)
Lake Superior
c)
Lake Erie
14.

What is the capital of United States of America?

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Los Angeles

d)

Washington D.C.

15.
What state is that?
a)
California
b)
Utah
c)
Connecticut
d)
Hawaii
16.
Which state of US is the smallest?
a)
Hawaii
b)
Rhode Island
c)
South Carolina
d)
Connecticut
17.
What is the capital of Massachusetts?
a)
Springfield
b)
Salem
c)
Boston
d)
Jamestown
18.
The Mississippi River begins in which state?
a)
Minnesota
b)
Michigan
c)
Main
d)
Mississippi
19.
How far north or south of the equator a place is
a)
Latitude
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Longitude
20.
How far east or west a place is from the Prime Meridian
a)
latitude
b)
equator
c)
longitude
21.
The longest river in North America is the __________.  Which begins in northern Minnesota and empties into the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans.
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Rio Grande
c)
St. Lawrence River
d)
Colorado River
22.
Which mountain range is in the eastern part of the United States
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Pacific Coastal Ranges
d)
Andes Mountains
23.
This region is a flat, grassy area in the middle of North America, also known as the breadbasket of North America.
a)
Mississippi Valley
b)
Great Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Canadian Shield
24.

A man-made object, document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, recording, or any other source of information that was created at a time under study

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

c)

specialization

d)

documentary

25.

The process of training an animal to be kept as a pet or to perform work

a)

Domestication

b)

Specialization

c)

Irrigation

d)

Triangulation

26.

features that show the way of life for a people group: religious beliefs, literature, art, dance, music, traditions

a)

Cultural Traits

b)

Physical Traits

c)

Geography Traits

d)

Climate

27.

description of a site using exact latitude and longitude coordinates

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

c)

physical map

d)

primary source

28.

A map that shows government boundaries of countries, states, counties and locations of major cities

a)

political map

b)

physical map

c)

topographical map

d)

climate map

29.

limiting one's focus or work on one particular area, usually to develop expertise

a)

specialization

b)

domestication

c)

irrigation

d)

modernization

30.

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native

a)

Indigenous

b)

Indignation

c)

Irrigation

d)

Indigo

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