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US/Canada Physical Features

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This image is the landform in along the Hudson Bay rich in minerals but not good for farmland.

a)

Canadian Shield

b)

Nunavut

c)

Great Plains

d)

Rocky Mountains

2.

What body of water connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

St Lawrence River

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

the land

d)

Pacific Ocean

3.

What body of water is surrounded by the Canadian Shield?

a)

Great Lakes

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Hudson Bay

4.

What mountain range do the United States and Canada share along the western coast?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Yukon Territory

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Coastal Mountains

5.

What did Canada and the United States build in 1959 to help ships navigating from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

dams

b)

locks

c)

canals

d)

bridges

6.

All of the following are natural resources of Canada EXCEPT....

a)

timber

b)

fish

c)

water

d)

buffalo

7.
The large body of water in central Canada
a)
Hudson Bay
b)
Baffin Bay
c)
Gulf of St. Lawrence
d)
Arctic Ocean
8.
The rocky plateau that surrounds Hudson Bay
a)
Laurentian Highlands
b)
Baffin Plateau
c)
Hudson Plateau
d)
Canadian Shield
9.
The river in Canada that flows from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
a)
Yukon River
b)
Fraser River
c)
Mackenzie River
d)
St. Lawrence River
10.
What body of water is located on the East coast of Canada?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean 
d)
Great Lakes
11.
What body of water is located on the West coast of Canada?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean 
c)
Arctic Ocean 
d)
Great Lakes 
12.
What body of water is located North of Canada? 
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean 
c)
Arctic Ocean 
d)
Great Lakes
13.
What body of water does the picture show?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean 
d)
Great Lakes
14.
What physical feature is shown?
a)
Coast Mountains
b)
Mt. Logan
c)
Great Lakes 
d)
Rocky Mountains
15.

The arrows are pointing to which North American mountain range?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Adirondack Mountains

c)

Canadian Mountains

d)

Rocky Mountains

16.

Which arrow is pointing to a body of water that is called a "Great" lake?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

17.

The arrow labeled D is pointing to the

a)

St. Lawrence River

b)

Makenzie River

c)

Columbia River.

d)

Nile River

18.

The arrow labeled B is pointing to

a)

Georgian Bay

b)

Thunder Bay

c)

Hudson Bay

d)

Saint Lawrence River

19.

In which country would you find tundra?

a)

Canada

b)

Brazil

c)

Mexico

d)

Panama

20.

Nearly 90% of Canada's population lives

a)

within 100 miles of the border of the United States.

b)

beside the St. Lawrence waterway.

c)

along the west coast of British Columbia.

d)

in the province of Quebec.

21.

Which is the longest Canadian river?

a)

Saskatchewan River

b)

Mackenzie River

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Yukon River

22.
This body of water is located between Mexico and Florida.
a)
Erie Canal
b)
Continental Divide
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
St. Lawrence River
23.
The high peaks(mountain tops) of the Rocky Mountains form an imaginary line in the United States known as 
a)
Death Valley
b)
Continental Divide
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Great Plains
24.
This landform and physical features has very few trees and lots of grassland
a)
Great Plains
b)
Continental Divide
c)
Great Basin
d)
Death Valley
25.
These bodies of water are connected to each other and contain fresh water
a)
Great Lakes
b)
St. Lawrence River
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Atlantic Ocean
26.
This physical feature empties into the Gulf of Mexico.  It is the largest river in  the USA.
a)
Mississippi  River
b)
St. Lawrence River
c)
Atlantic  Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
27.
This mountain range along the East Coast of the US is the oldest range in North America.
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Cascade Mountains
d)
Andes Mountains
28.
On which of the following regions would you most likely find good land for grazing animals such at cattle?
a)
Atlantic Coastal Plain
b)
Great Plains
c)
Canadian Shield
d)
Rocky Mountains
29.
The continental DIVIDE is the high point in a landmass that determines the direction that _______ flow.
a)
rivers
b)
mountains
c)
sands
d)
soup
30.
What large mountain range is pictured here?
a)
Catskill Moutains
b)
Rocky Moutanins
c)
Appalachian Mountains
31.
Which two physical features do the United States and Canada share?
a)
Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River
b)
St. Lawrence Seaway and Rocky Mountains
c)
Mississippi River and the Great Lakes
d)
Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes
32.
Which of the following physical features do the US and Canada share? 
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Canadian Shield
d)
Great Lakes
33.
Which western mountain range runs from Canada to The United States?
a)
Sierra Nevada
b)
Cascade
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountians
34.

What states are not part of the contiguous U.S.?

a)

Maine and Florida

b)

Alaska and Texas

c)

California and Florida

d)

Alaska and Hawaii

35.

Where is the continental divide located in the U.S.?

a)

Near the Mississippi River valley

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Alaska near Denali

36.

What climate cannot be found in the United States?

a)

Ice Cap

b)

Tundra

c)

Humid Tropical

d)

Humid Continental

37.
This area is a desert with high temperatures and low annual rainfall.
a)
Continental Divide
b)
Erie Canal
c)
Great Lakes
d)
Death Valley
38.
How many Great Lakes are there?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
39.
Which region of the United States contains the Great Plains?
a)
Northeast
b)
South
c)
Midwest
d)
West
40.
Completed in 1825 (took 8 years to build); connects the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean, via the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers in New York
a)
Boston
b)
New York City
c)
St. Lawrence River
d)
Erie Canal

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