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Semester Exam Review: US, Canada and Physical Features

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What major U.S. river flows from its source in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, carrying much of the agricultural and oil products for the United States?

a)

The Colorado River

b)

The Missouri River

c)

The St. Lawrence River

d)

The Mississippi River

2.

Which letter on the map represents the Rocky Mountains?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

3.

Which letter on the map represents the Rio Grande River?

a)

H

b)

J

c)

K

d)

L

4.

Which letter on the map represents the Mississippi River?

a)

B

b)

D

c)

H

d)

K

5.

Which letter on the map represents the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

E

b)

F

c)

G

d)

H

6.

Which letter on the map represents the Great Lakes?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

7.

A piece of land that extends into a body of water and is surrounded on three sides, but connected to a larger body of land

a)

Peninsula

b)

Archipelago

c)

Plateau

d)

Isthmus

8.

A group or chain of islands

a)

Peninsula

b)

Archipelago

c)

Plateau

d)

Isthmus

9.

A narrow strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land

a)

Isthmus

b)

Cape

c)

Atoll

d)

Strait

10.

What a body of land smaller than a continent and is completely surrounded by water.

a)

Peninsula

b)

Island

c)

Ocean

11.

Which letter on the map represents the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

A

b)

L

c)

C

d)

H

12.

Which letter on the map represents the Missouri River?

a)

E

b)

J

c)

K

d)

A

13.

Which letter on the map represents the Great Plains?

a)

H

b)

L

c)

G

d)

C

14.

All of the following are natural resources of Canada EXCEPT....

a)

timber

b)

fish

c)

oil

d)

buffalo

e)

diamonds

15.

What physical feature is shown?

a)

Colorado River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Rio Grande

d)

Great Lakes

16.

Where do most people live in Canada?

a)

In the Northern areas

b)

In the Western farmland

c)

In the Southern cities, near the US border

d)

In the Eastern cities

17.

The narrow body of water circled on the map is what type of landform?

a)

peninsula

b)

gulf

c)

strait

d)

isthmus

18.

Due to European colonization by these two countries, what are the main languages of Canada?

a)

English and Spanish

b)

French and Spanish

c)

English and French

d)

Spanish and Portuguese

19.

Canada is composed of ________.

a)

a. 50 States

b)

b. 10 Provinces and 3 Territories

c)

c. 26 Cantons

d)

d. A bunch of moose

20.
Where is the majority of the Inuit population?
a)
a. Yukon Territory 
b)
b. Nunavut
c)
c. Northwest Territories
d)
d. British Columbia
21.

This province has a lot of French influence and often talks about separating from Canada.

a)

Quebec

b)

Ontario

c)

Saskatchewan

d)

Nova Scotia

22.

What is the significance of the continental divide?

a)

It separates the rivers systems of the United States into those flowing eastward and those flowing westward.

b)

It separates the country of Canada from the country of the United States.

c)

It is the longest undefended border in the world.

d)

It divides the continents of North and South America from one another.