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United States Physical Geography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which physical feature is circled on the map?

a)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

b)

Great Lakes

c)

Great Basin

d)

Death Valley

2.

Which physical feature is shaded on the map?

a)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

b)

Great Plains

c)

Great Basin

d)

Death Valley

3.

Which physical feature is shaded on the map?

a)

Atlantic Coastal Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Great Basin

d)

Death Valley

4.

Which physical feature on the map is known as the United States longest river and a means for transportation and trade?

a)

Saint Lawrence River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Ohio River

d)

Mississippi River

5.
Rugged mountains from Alaska almost to Mexico with very high elevations; contains the Continental Divide
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Highlands
c)
Coastal Range
d)
Basin and Range
6.
Which mountain range is located on the EASTERN side of the United States?
a)
Rocky Mountains 
b)
Appalachian Mountains
7.
What ocean is on the east coast of the United States?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Indian
d)
Southern
8.

How many Great Lakes are there?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

9.

How many continents does our Earth have?

a)

9

b)

8

c)

7

d)

6

10.
Land formed at the mouth of a river by deposited silt. Fan or triangle shaped
a)
gap
b)
key
c)
continental divide
d)
delta
11.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
plain
c)
volcano
d)
canyon
12.
What land form is this?
a)
valley
b)
canyon
c)
plain
d)
mountain
13.
a)
A. Desert
b)
B. Lake
c)
C. Plains
d)
D. River
14.
a)
A. Hills
b)
B. River
c)
C. Desert
d)
D. Mountains
15.
Name this landform
a)
volcano
b)
hill
c)
river
d)
island
16.

Which one lake is NOT one of the Great Lakes.

a)

Superior

b)

Huron

c)

Chesapeake

d)

Erie

17.

The Mississippi River is the largest and most important river in North America. TRUE or FALSE

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What is a tributary?

a)

a concert honoring someone who has died

b)

where a river begins

c)

a river that starts in a mountain

d)

a smaller river/stream that drains into a larger river

19.

What is this?

a)

canyon

b)

desert

c)

volcano

20.
a)
Lake
b)
Pond
c)
Gulf