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US Geography

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the longest river in North America?

a)

Ohio River

b)

Missouri River

c)

Mississippi River

2.

What is an archipelago?

a)

A group of rivers

b)

A group of mountains

c)

A group of islands

3.

A relative location is an address?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

An absolute location is an address?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which location is the way that we give directions or a location relative to another?

a)

Relative

b)

Absolute

6.

How many territories does the US have?

a)

9

b)

2

c)

5

7.

What is the largest river in North America?

a)

Missouri

b)

Mississippi

c)

Ohio

8.

What river connects to Lake Erie and forms at the state it is named after ?

a)

Missouri

b)

Mississippi

c)

Ohio

9.

What does contiguous mean?

a)

states that border other states

b)

land surrounded by water

c)

a US territory

10.

Which measures north or south of the equator and are called parallels.

a)

Lines of longitude

b)

Lines of latitude

c)

The equator

11.

This area contains many rivers, river valleys, and grassy hills.

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Interior Lowlands

12.

This Region is found along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Coastal Plain

13.

This region has the oldest mountain range in North America and includes the Piedmont.

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Coastal Plain

14.

This region has flat grasslands.

a)

Great Plains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Interior Lowlands

15.

This region wraps around the Hudson Bay and covers more than half of Canada.

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Canadian Shield

16.

This region has rugged mountains that feature jagged peaks. The Continental Divide is found in this region.

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

17.

This region stretches from California to Canada and is located along the Pacific Coast.

a)

Coastal Plain

b)

Great Plains

c)

Coastal Range

18.

What system is used to create maps, graphs, and charts?

a)

Geographic Information System (GIS)

b)

Geographic Coordinate System

19.

What system allows people to locate every place on Earth using numbers, letters, and symbols?

a)

Geographic Information System (GIS)

b)

Geographic Coordinate System

20.

What does navigable mean?

a)

passable waterways

b)

running down a path

c)

walking to a destination

21.

Which measures east to west and is called a meridian?

a)

Lines of longitude

b)

Lines of latitude

c)

The equator

22.

A _____________ is a large area that has common physical characteristics.

a)

tributary

b)

territory

c)

geographic region