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U.S. Physical Features and Map Skills

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the great lakes is the furthest East?

a)

Superior

b)

Erie

c)

Ontario

d)

Great Salt Lake

2.

Name the rivers that run through the Rocky Mountain Range.

a)

Rio Grande River and Colorado River

b)

Mississippi River and Ohio River

c)

Rio Grande River and Ohio River

d)

Colorado River and Mississippi River

3.

Which feature is on the west most side of the United States?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Great Plains

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Great Salt Lake

4.

Which river runs through the Mojave Desert?

a)

Ohio River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Rio Grande River

5.

What landform covers the majority of the central part of the U.S.?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Atlantic Ocean

6.

Which river ends in the Gulf of Mexico?

a)

Colorado River

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Ohio River

7.

tells what each symbol on the map stands for

a)

longitude

b)

latitude

c)

map key

d)

equator

8.

One set of lines running from the north pole to the south pole

a)

prime meridian

b)

latitude

c)

longitude

d)

equator

9.

Lines that measure the distance north and south of the equator

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

longitude

d)

latitude

10.

An imaginary line that runs around the center of the earth, halfway between the north and south poles

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

longitude

d)

latitude

11.

One of the four main compass points of north, south, east, and west

a)

Equator

b)

map key

c)

prime meridian

d)

cardinal directions

12.

A symbol on a map that shows directions

a)

cardinal directions

b)

compass rose

c)

map key

d)

intermediate directions

13.

Any of the four directions that are between the cardinal directions; northwest, northeast, southeast, and southwest

a)

cardinal directions

b)

compass rose

c)

map key

d)

intermediate directions

14.

The 0° degree line of longitude drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole, that divides Earth into the Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

longitude

d)

latitude