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Unit 1 - US Geography

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An area with rich soil to the east of the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

The Continental Divide

b)

Mississippi River basin

c)

The Piedmont

d)

The Great Lakes

2.

What are the locations of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands considered by the United States.

a)

Contiguous states

b)

Foreign Countries

c)

Noncontiguous states

d)

Territories of the United States

3.

Lines on a map that MEASURE degrees north and south. These lines run parallel to the equator.

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative location

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

4.

Lines on a map that MEASURE degrees east and west. These lines run from the North Pole to the South Pole.

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative location

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

5.

Explains where a place is by comparing it to another place.

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative location

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

6.

Tells the exact position of a place on Earth.

a)

Absolute location

b)

Relative location

c)

Latitude

d)

Longitude

7.

What do Alaska and Hawaii have in common?

a)

They are contiguous

b)

They are both considered tropical destinations

c)

They are noncontiguous

d)

They both border Canada

8.

This separates the flow of water in the United States.

a)

Continental Divide

b)

The Piedmont

c)

The St. Lawrence Seaway

d)

The Mississippi River

9.

Uses data to manage, analyze, and share geographic information.

a)

Navigable

b)

Geographer

c)

GIS

d)

Territory

10.

Wide and deep enough for ships to pass

a)

Navigable

b)

Geographer

c)

GIS

d)

Territory

11.

A person who studies geography.

a)

Navigable

b)

Geographer

c)

GIS

d)

Territory

12.

An area under the control and protection of another country.

a)

Navigable

b)

Geographer

c)

GIS

d)

Territory

13.

Which of the following are considered territories of the United States.

a)

Puerto Rico

b)

The Bahamas

c)

Guam

d)

US Virgin Islands

e)

Haiti

14.

What makes the St. Lawrence River navigable?

a)

It is a saltwater river

b)

It has a series of canals

c)

It is unnavigable due to rapids, waterfalls and uneven water

d)

It drains into the Gulf of Mexico

15.

Which of the great lakes is the largest?

a)

Superior

b)

Huron

c)

Ontario

d)

Erie

16.

I go to school at the Watertown Intermediate School. It is near the high school track.


This is an example of providing an...

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

c)

an address

17.

The Mojave Desert is...

a)

a dry basin

b)

located in SE California, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada

c)

the Grand Canyon

d)

was created by the Colorado River

18.

The Grand Canyon...

a)

a dry basin

b)

located in SE California, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada

c)

has deep valleys with steep sides

d)

was created when the Colorado River cut through rock

19.

Connected by shared borders

a)

noncontiguous

b)

contiguous

c)

deep valley with steep sides

20.

Canyon

a)

noncontiguous

b)

contiguous

c)

deep valley with steep sides

21.

Which of the following is NOT one of the Great Lakes

a)

Superior

b)

Erie

c)

Table Rock

d)

Ontario

e)

Michigan