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World G: Notes/Vocabulary: North America

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What day of the week is today?

(a)  

2.

What month is it?

(a)  

3.

On which continent do you live?

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

Australia

d)

North America

4.

What is your favorite color?

a)

pink

b)

purple

c)

gray

d)

black

e)

none of the above

5.

...when the water/rain on one side of a mountain range feeds into one ocean/sea and on the other side feeds into the opposite ocean/sea.

a)

absolute location

b)

continental divide

c)

mental map

d)

mountain ridge

6.

...the area where rivers form waterfalls and rapids when rivers drop to lower land

a)

rapid waterflow

b)

great divide

c)

continental divide

d)

fall line

7.

You are called (a)   if you can speak two languages.

8.

Have you taken a shower or bath today?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

I can't remember

d)

I vaguely remember the sound of running water, but I'm not sure I was under or in it.

e)

I promise I will...AND I will also put on deodorant.

9.

The United States and Canada has

a)

no natural resources

b)

people that are all the same

c)

abundant natural resources

d)

a king and a queen

10.

Buchanan County, Virginia is a

a)

metropolitan area

b)

megalopolis

c)

rural area

d)

urban area

11.

A megalopolis is

a)

where AquaMan lives

b)

a rural area: countryside

c)

a small town like Grundy or Richlands, Virginia

d)

a very large, heavily populated city

12.

Air pollution which appears to be a mixture of smoke and fog is called (a)   .

13.

We went over this in class: The following city is a city that has a lot of smog. Sometimes, it is so dangerous they tell their citizens to stay inside if they can.

a)

Dr. Pepper Street

b)

Mexico City, Mexico

c)

Grundy, Virginia

d)

Orlando, Florida (where Disney World is located)

14.

Choose water features of North America: There will be MORE than one answer.

a)

the Hudson Bay

b)

the Mediterranean Sea

c)

the Dismal River (beside of Twin Valley High School)

d)

the Great Lakes

e)

the Gulf of Mexico

15.

The plains of North America are in the

a)

central area of the continent

b)

South America

c)

Buchanan County

d)

north area of the continent(tundra)

16.

The Hudson Bay is in (which country?)

(a)  

17.

Choose the physical characteristics of North America (there will be more than one answer)

a)

mountains

b)

coniferous forests

c)

deciduous forests

d)

desert

e)

grasslands

18.

...when imports exceed exports

a)

compass rose

b)

gentrification

c)

trade deficits

d)

megalopolis

19.

Provinces can be found in

a)

Canada

b)

the United States

20.

Restoring run down areas of neighborhoods is called

a)

loyalty to regions of the country

b)

a territory of a country

c)

separatism

d)

gentrification

21.

Gentrification often results in (more than one answer)

a)

neighborhoods looking better

b)

flooding

c)

lower-income people being displaced

d)

continental divide

22.

What color is grass supposed to be?

(a)  

23.

Tundra is found in.......

a)

Mexico

b)

Brazil

c)

Alaska

d)

Florida

24.

Some examples of NATURAL hazards are...

(there will be more than one answer)

a)

tornadoes

b)

Mrs. Ward's desk

c)

flooding

d)

earthquakes

e)

oil spill from a tanker

25.

How do cows stay up-to-date?

a)

they run through the fields

b)

they read the moospaper