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U.S. Physical Features

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 4hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What feature is circled on this map?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Great Plains

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Great Lakes

2.

What feature is circled on this map?

a)

Death Valley

b)

Great Plains

c)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

d)

Appalachian Mountains

3.

What feature is circled on the map?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Continental Divide

4.

What feature is circled on the map?

a)

Death Valley

b)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

c)

Great Plains

d)

Gulf of Mexico

5.

What feature is circled on the map?

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Great Plains

c)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

d)

Great Lakes

6.

What feature is marked in red on the map?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Continental Divide

7.

What feature is marked in red on the map?

a)

Continental Divide

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Death Valley

8.

What does the orange area of the map represent?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

c)

Death Valley

d)

Great Lakes

9.

The lowest, hottest, and driest place in North America is called ______________.

a)

the Great Plains

b)

Death Valley

c)

the Atlantic Coastal Plain

d)

the Gulf of Mexico

10.

Low flat lands with rivers, harbors, swampy areas, and farmland located near the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico

a)

Great Plains

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

d)

Death Valley

11.

This is the second longest river in the United States. It begins in the state of Minnesota and ends in Louisiana, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

a)

Missouri River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Ohio River

d)

Mississippi River

12.

This is part of the Atlantic Ocean that is partly enclosed by Mexico and the southeastern United States. A large part of America's oil and natural gas comes from here.

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Great Lakes

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Death Valley

13.

The ________________ is an imaginary line in the Rocky Mountains that separates rivers flowing to the ocean. Rivers on the east side of the line flow toward the Atlantic, and rivers on the west side flow toward the Pacific.

a)

equator

b)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

c)

Mississippi River

d)

continental divide

14.

This regions is made up of mostly dry, flat grasslands. It is often called the "Breadbasket of the United States" because it is where most of America’s grain and livestock are produced.

a)

Great Plains

b)

Death Valley

c)

Atlantic Coastal Plain

d)

Appalachian Mountains

15.

This is the oldest chain of mountains in the United States. They run up the eastern side of the United States from Alabama and Georgia to Canada.

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

16.

This is the name for 5 large lakes in the northeastern United States and Canada.

a)

Great Plains

b)

Great Lakes

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Mississippi River