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Quiz Review - North America: Geography

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The desert in the center of the Cordillera Mountains of the United States is called the

a)

West Indies

b)

Sierra Madre

c)

Great Basin

2.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Atlas Mountains
d)
Andes Mountains
3.
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
4.
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Caribbean Sea
d)
Hudson Bay
5.
a)
Great Lakes
b)
Hudson Bay
c)
Lake Winnipeg
d)
None of the Above
6.
a)
Gulf of Alaska
b)
Gulf of California
c)
Gulf of Aden
d)
None of the Above
7.
a)
Hudson Bay
b)
Lake Winnipeg
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Lake Michigan
8.
a)
Missouri River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Colorado River
d)
Ohio River
9.
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Arctic Ocean
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
10.
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains
d)
Sierra Madre Occidental Mountains
11.

What river is shown below?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Rio Grande River

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

12.

What lakes are shown in blue?

a)

Large Lakes

b)

Big Lakes

c)

Great Lakes

d)

North America Lakes

13.

Which mountain range is shown in red?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountians

c)

Great Mountains

d)

North America Mountains

14.

Which mountain range is shown in red?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Great Mountains

d)

North America Mountains

15.

What country or territory is this?

a)

Canada

b)

Mexico

c)

United States

d)

Brazil

16.

What country or territory is this?

a)

United States

b)

Greenland

c)

Canada

d)

Mexico

17.

The term that best describes moving to a new location to better your life

a)

migration

b)

globalization

c)

modify

d)

transforming

18.
A piece of land surrounded by water on all sides is called
a)
island
b)
lake
c)
peninsula
d)
surrender
19.
A  large area of flat, treeless land is called a
a)
Flat
b)
Plain
c)
Mountain
d)
Plateau
20.
Where is the St. Lawrence river and why is it important?
a)
Between the United States and Mexico; it acts as the border between the countries
b)
Running through the middle of the continent; acts as a way to transport goods between Canada and Mexico
c)
Near the Great Lakes; is a corridor to transport goods to the Atlantic ocean
d)
South of Florida; Cuban immigrants must cross it to get to America
21.
What is the importance of the Panama Canal?
a)
Separates North and South America
b)
Allows ships to travel from the Atlantic to Pacific Oceans
c)
There is no importance
d)
It is a military base in Central America
22.
Mexico, the United States and Canada are all part of what trade agreement?
a)
NAFTA
b)
OPEC
c)
United Nations
d)
EU
23.
What is significant about NAFTA?
a)
Allows for open borders
b)
Allows North American countries to trade goods without taxes or tariffs 
c)
It creates an embargo on Cuba
d)
Changes all the currency in North America 
24.
What ocean borders California?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Atlantic
c)
Pacific
d)
Arctic
25.
What COUNTRY is South (under) California?
a)
Canada
b)
Russia
c)
Mexico
d)
Spain
26.
What Country is this?
a)
Puerto Rico
b)
Cuba
c)
Mexico
d)
Nicaragua
27.

What mountain range is shown?

a)

Sierra Madre Occidental

b)

Sierra Madre Oriental

c)

Baja California

28.
What mountain range is shown?
a)
Sierra Madre del Sur
b)
Sierra Madre Oriental
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Baja California
29.
Which waterway of Canada is indicated by the red star?
a)
Baffin Bay
b)
Hudson Bay
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Pacific Ocean
30.
Which waterway of Canada is indicated by the red star?
a)
Baffin Bay
b)
Hudson Bay
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Labrador Sea
31.
Which waterway of Canada is indicated by the red star?
a)
Baffin Bay
b)
Hudson Bay
c)
Arctic Ocean
d)
Labrador Sea
32.
Which waterway of Canada is indicated by the red star?
a)
St. Lawrence River
b)
Hudson Bay
c)
Gulf of St. Lawrence
d)
Labrador Sea
33.
Which waterway of Canada is indicated by the red star?
a)
Lake Erie
b)
Lake Huron
c)
Lake Ontario
d)
Lake Michigan
34.
Which waterway of Canada is indicated by the red star?
a)
Lake Erie
b)
Lake Huron
c)
Lake Ontario
d)
Lake Michigan
35.
Which waterway of Canada is indicated by the red star?
a)
Lake Erie
b)
Lake Huron
c)
Lake Ontario
d)
Lake Michigan
36.
Which waterway of Canada is indicated by the red star?
a)
Lake Erie
b)
Lake Huron
c)
Lake Superior
d)
Lake Michigan
37.
Which waterway of Canada is indicated by the red star?
a)
Lake Erie
b)
Lake Huron
c)
Lake Superior
d)
Lake Michigan
38.

Who were the first Europeans to Canada?

a)

French

b)

British

c)

Vikings

d)

Mexicans

39.

What is number 2?

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

Baffin Bay

c)

Beaufort Sea

d)

Labrador Sea

40.

What is number 9?

a)

Africa

b)

Alaska

c)

China

d)

Greenland

41.

The Aleutian Islands are part of which state?

a)

Alaska

b)

Hawaii

c)

North Carolina

d)

Delaware

42.

Greenland is the biggest island in the world.

a)

True

b)

False

43.
What is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas of land?
a)
Mountain
b)
Island 
c)
Canal 
d)
Isthmus 
44.

What is the term for farming mainly to provide food for farm families with little or surplus to sell?

a)

subsistence farming

b)

commercial farming

c)

gardening farming

d)

communal farming

45.

What country is not a part of the Greater Antilles?

a)

The Bahamas

b)

Cuba

c)

Haiti

d)

Jamaica

46.

A group of islands are called...

a)

peninsula

b)

archipelago

c)

plateau

d)

gulf

47.
What is the main language in most Central American countries? 
a)
English 
b)
French
c)
Italian 
d)
Spanish
48.
What is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas of land?
a)
Mountain
b)
Island 
c)
Canal 
d)
Isthmus 
49.
Many Caribbean people are of __________ decent.
a)
African
b)
European
c)
Native American
d)
none of the above
50.

Which of the following is considered the poorest country in Central America and West Indies?

a)

Haiti

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

Panama

d)

Bahamas