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U.S. & Canada Landforms & Waterways (U1, L1&2)

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What area of the U.S. did coal mining help to develop?

a)

Appalachia

b)

ChiPitts

c)

New York City

d)

the Canadian Basin

2.

The eastern coast of the U.S. and Canada faces which ocean?

a)

Arctic

b)

Atlantic

c)

Pacific

d)

Indian

3.

The western coast of the U.S. and Canada faces which ocean?

a)

Arctic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Atlantic

4.

What is a tundra?

a)

a treeless plain

b)

flat, rolling lands covered with grass

c)

a river

d)

a group of cities

5.

What is a prairie?

a)

a treeless plain

b)

flat, rolling lands covered with grass

c)

a river

d)

a group of cities

6.

What is a megalopolis?

a)

a treeless plain

b)

flat, rolling lands covered with grass

c)

an imaginary line in the Rocky Mountains

d)

a group of cities that have grown so close together they seem to form one city

7.

What is the Continental Divide?

a)

a treeless plain

b)

flat, rolling lands covered with grass

c)

an imaginary line in the Rocky Mountains

d)

a group of cities that have grown so close together they seem to form one city

8.

What is a canyon?

a)

a deep valley with steep sides

b)

flat, rolling lands covered with grass

c)

an imaginary line in the Rocky Mountains

d)

a group of cities that have grown so close together they seem to form one city

9.

What does navigable mean?

a)

a river that is deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships.

b)

flat, rolling lands covered with grass

c)

a river that flows into a larger river

d)

a group of cities that have grown so close together they seem to form one city

10.

What is a tributary?

a)

a river that is deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships.

b)

an area of land that does not completely drain of water.

c)

a river that flows into a larger river

d)

a group of cities that have grown so close together they seem to form one city

11.

What is a glacier?

a)

a river that is deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships.

b)

a giant blanket of ice.

c)

a river that flows into a larger river

d)

a group of cities that have grown so close together they seem to form one city

12.

What is a wetland?

a)

a river that is deep and wide enough to allow the passage of ships.

b)

a giant blanket of ice.

c)

a river that flows into a larger river

d)

an area of land that does not completely drain of water.

13.

Why was the Everglades National Park created?

a)

to bring tourists to Florida.

b)

to stop the building of roads through the wetlands.

c)

for fun.

d)

to protect the homes of plants and animals.

14.

What is the longest river in the U.S.?

a)

Mississippi

b)

St. Lawrence

c)

Missouri

d)

Yukon

15.

What is the 2nd longest river in the U.S.?

a)

Mississippi

b)

St. Lawrence

c)

Missouri

d)

Yukon

16.

What is the 3rd longest river in the U.S.?

a)

Mississippi

b)

St. Lawrence

c)

Missouri

d)

Yukon

17.

Which of the Great Lakes is the largest?

a)

Huron

b)

Ontario

c)

Michigan

d)

Erie

e)

Superior

18.

Which of the Great Lakes is the smallest?

a)

Huron

b)

Ontario

c)

Michigan

d)

Erie

e)

Superior