WorksheetsGeography Chapter 5 Test
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 14mins
What is the major fault system in western California?
San Padre
Sao Paulo
San Francisco
San Andreas
What does NAFTA stand for?
North Atlantic Free Trade Application
National American Football Association
North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement
Pick the three countries involved in NAFTA
United States
Alaska
Mexico
Canada
What area of the U.S. is the center of the nation's wheat industry?
Lesser Antilles
Southeast
Great Plains
New England
What has long been a strength of the U.S. ?
(a)
What played a huge role in the growth of the cattle industry?
(a)
Who was president of the U.S. when the Louisiana Purchase occurred?
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
John Kennedy
Thomas Kincaid
The purchase of Alaska was called what by most people
Seward's Folly
Sewards Ice Box
Great Russian Folly
Seward's Mistake
Pick the three major lakes in the Western Region of the U.S.
Lake Theodore
Great Salt Lake
Lake Mead
Lake Tahoe
Which resource has the potential to cause major environmental damage?
Natural Gas
Timber
Oil
Coal
Many of the family farms in the West are being replaced by what?
(a)
What mountain range is Mount Whitney located on?
(a)
What state is an example of an archipelago?
San Juan
Alaska
Hawaii
Texas
What three main types of diversity does the U.S. face
racial
political
ethnic
religious
Pick the three ways Native Americans lived on the Great Plains
fished
farmed
tourism
Hunted
Name three industries that most of the people in the U.S. work in to make a living
mining
tourism
farming
computers
Mass cutting of trees for lumber causes what environmental problem?
fires
wind storms
erosion
dust storms
A cordillera that extends from Canada to Mexico is called what?
Appalachian Mountains
Great Plains
Sierra Madre
Rocky Mountains
This helped America claim Oregon and Washington
Manifest Destiny
Oregon Trail
movement of Indians onto reservations
Manifest Deal
What is the process called that might solve the problem of low water supply in the Western U.S.?
Weather Vanes
Desalinization
irrigation
Dams
The Highest Point in the contiguous states is what?
Rocky Face
Mt. Huron
Mt.Whitney
Mt. Fuji
