WorksheetsGeography, featuring waterways & geographic Regions (SOL 2)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which geographic feature is a large inland body of fresh or salt water completely surrounded by land?
Mountain
Lake
Ocean
Tributary
What geographic feature is a relatively flat highland?
plains
peninsula
plateau
gulf
Which two waterways were used to transport farm and industrial products in North America?
Mississippi River
Nile River
Amazon River
Missouri River
Inland port cities in the Midwest grew along what waterway?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
The ST Lawrence River forms the northeastern border with Canada and connects what two waterways?
Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean
Ohio River & Pacific Ocean
Great Lakes & Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes & Indian Ocean
What waterway is considered the 'gateway to the west?'
Ohio River
Columbia River
Colorado River
Gulf of Mexico
What two European countries used the Gulf of Mexico as a way to explore Mexico and other parts of America?
Germany
France
Spain
Portugal
What waterway has its shores along the west coast of the United States?
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
What waterway forms a border with Mexico?
Columbia River
The Great Lakes
St Lawrence River
Rio Grande River
What waterway was explored by Lewis & Clark for President Thomas Jefferson in the early 1800s?
Gulf of Mexico
Columbia River
Colorado RIver
Great Lakes
What geographic region do we in Chesapeake, VA call home?
Great Plains
Canadian Shield
Coastal Plain
Basin & Range
Check all boxes that apply to the Appalachian Highlands
Old, eroded mountains
Oldest mountain range in North America
Extends from eastern Canada to western Alabama
Borders the Pacific Coast
Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape with hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers describes which geographic region?
Great Plains
Canadian Shield
Coastal Range
Rocky Mountains
The Continental Divide is located in which geographic region?
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian HIghlands
Interior Lowlands
Coastal Plain
Death Valley is located in the Basin and Range. It is considered the what?
Highest point in North America
Lowest point in North American
Highest point in South America
Most flat area of the Great Plains
What does the Continental Divide do?
Determines how often it will rain
Determines how many people will live in an area
Determines the directional flow of the rivers
Determines how high a mountain will grow
What continent do we live on?
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
What ocean do we swim in off of Virginia Beach?
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Lines of latitude are also known as what?
Parallels
Meridians
Hemispheres
Axis
A line of longitude runs north and south, but measures east and west
True
False
Heading west out of the Great Plains, what geographic region do you enter?
Coastal Range
Coastal Plain
Appalachian Highlands
Rocky Mountains
Which geographic region is located west of the Appalachian Highlands and east of the Great Plains?
Great Plains
Interior Lowlands
Coastal Range
Coastal Plain
What geographic land feature is surrounded by water on three sides?
island
peninsula
lake
plain
What waterway, located in the southwest portion of the United States, was explored by the Spanish?
Colorado River
St Lawrence River
Columbia River
Great Lakes
A bay is bigger than a gulf
True
False
