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US Geography

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the mountain range located on the west side of the United States?
a)
Atlas Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Sierra Madre
d)
Appalachian
2.
What is physical region 2?
a)
Pacific Coast
b)
Coastal Plains
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Interior Plains
3.
What is geographic feature letter B?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Atlantic Ocean
4.
What is geographic feature letter K?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Atlantic Ocean
5.
What is geographic feature letter M?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Mississippi Delta
c)
Lake Ontario
d)
Atlantic Ocean
6.
What is geographic feature letter D?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Missouri River
d)
Colorado River
7.
Which are two states in the Great Plains?
a)
Georgia and Alabama
b)
Texas and North Dakota
c)
California and Oregon
d)
Maine and New York
8.
What is geographic feature letter L?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Atlantic Ocean
9.
A device used to tell cardinal directions on a map.
a)
Scale
b)
Key
c)
Legend
d)
Compass rose
10.
Imaginary line that divides the Earth between North and South.
a)
Parallels
b)
Equator
c)
Meridians
d)
Prime Meridian
11.
Imaginary line that divides the Earth between East and West.
a)
Parallels
b)
Equator
c)
Meridians
d)
Prime Meridian
12.

What is the Largest State?

a)

Texas

b)

Montana

c)

Illinois

d)

Alaska

13.

What is the smallest State in Population

a)

Wyoming

b)

Alaska

c)

Nebraska

d)

California

e)

Deleware

14.

What State has the City of Tulsa?

a)

Oklahoma

b)

New York Sate

c)

Arkansas

d)

Kentucky

15.

What State holds the City of Rapid City?

a)

North Dakota

b)

South Dakota

c)

Nebraska

d)

Rhode Island

16.

What country borders the US to the north and is at #1?

a)

Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

New York

d)

England

17.

What country borders the US to the south and is at #2?

a)

Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

New York

d)

Cuba

18.

What is the river the starts that forms the border between Texas and Mexico at #5?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Niagara River

d)

Missouri River

19.

The 5 regions are divided by which physical characteristic?

a)

climate

b)

bridges

c)

roads

d)

landforms

20.

What does elevation mean?

a)

how much rain an area has

b)

how high or low above sea level a place is

c)

the latitude and longitude

d)

how many people live in an area

21.

Setting aside land for a national park in order to protect animals and natural resources would________________________.

a)

have negative effect on the environment

b)

have a positive effect on the environment

c)

have no effect

22.

Which one of these states is NOT on the East Coast

a)

Florida

b)

Georgia

c)

New York

d)

Ohio

23.

Which state is directly above Florida?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Georgia

c)

Virginia

d)

Louisiana

24.

What ocean borders the United States on the EAST?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

25.

What ocean borders in the United States on the WEST?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Gulf of Mexico

26.

What is the capital of the United States?

a)

New York

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Seattle

27.

Which state is the smallest by area?

a)

Delaware

b)

Hawaii

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Connecticut

28.

The _____________ are those that nature produces continously and can be used for a long time if are protected.

a)

Renewable resources

b)

Nonrenewable resources

c)

Natural resources

29.

The national symbol of the US is:

a)

harpy eagle

b)

brown bear

c)

bald eagle

30.

Where is the Statue of Liberty located?

a)

Canada

b)

New York

c)

California

31.

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the US?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

Australia

32.

Where is the Liberty Bell located?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Texas

c)

Pennsylvania

33.

What happened to the Liberty Bell when it first arrived?

a)

It rolled down the street

b)

It exploded

c)

It cracked

34.

Where is Mount Rushmore?

a)

New York

b)

South Dakota

c)

Hawaii

35.

Where is the Golden Gate Bridge located?

a)

California

b)

Florida

c)

Kentucky

36.

Where is Kilauea located?

a)

New York

b)

Hawaii

c)

Pennsylvania

37.

The _________ is the part of the Rocky Mountains where rivers stop flowing east and start flowing west

a)

Continental Divide

b)

contiguous

c)

Cordillera

d)

Separatists

38.

What state is colored in red?

a)

Washington

b)

North Dakota

c)

Minnesota

d)

Wisconsin

39.

Which direction does a compass always point to?

a)

West

b)

South

c)

East

d)

North

40.
Which continent is marked by the star?
a)
Africa
b)
Europe
c)
Asia
d)
North America
41.
Which continent is marked by the star?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Australia
d)
Europe
42.
Which continent is marked by the star?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
South America
43.
Which continent is marked by the star?
a)
North America
b)
Asia
c)
Africa
d)
South America
44.
Which continent is marked by the star?
a)
Africa
b)
Antarctica
c)
Asia
d)
Australia
45.
Which continent is marked by the star?
a)
Antarctica
b)
Asia
c)
Australia
d)
North America
46.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Arctic
c)
Southern
d)
Indian
47.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Arctic
b)
Pacific
c)
Atlantic
d)
Indian
48.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Southern
b)
Indian
c)
Arctic
d)
Atlantic
49.

The ________ shows us the distance on a map in inches or centimeters.

a)

scale

b)

longitude

c)

latitude

d)

compass rose

50.

The equator is a line of:

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

51.

Higher latitudes tend to be:

a)

colder and drier

b)

warmer and wetter