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North & South America Geography

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Appalachian Mountains

a)

Transportation barrier

b)

Transportation corridor

2.

Pacific Ocean

a)

Transportation Barrier

b)

Transportation Corridor

3.

Rocky Mountains

a)

Transportation barrier

b)

Transportation corridor

4.

St. Lawrence Seaway

a)

Transportation barrier

b)

Transportation Corridor

5.

Mississippi River

a)

Transportation barrier

b)

Transportation corridor

6.

Atlantic Ocean

a)

Transportation barrier

b)

Transportation corridor

7.

Rio Grande River

a)

Transportation Barrier

b)

Transportation Corridor

8.

Gulf of Mexico

a)

Transportation barrier

b)

Transportation corridor

9.

The Great Lakes

a)

Transportation barrier

b)

Transportation corridor

10.

Death Valley

a)

Transportation barrier

b)

Transportation corridor

11.

Panama Canal

a)

Transportation barrier

b)

Transportation corridor

12.

Physical boundary that separates Texas from Mexico

a)

St. Lawrence Seaway

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Rio Grande River

d)

Mississippi River

13.

second longest river in the United States

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Euphrates River

d)

Mississippi River

14.

connects North & South America

a)

Great Lakes

b)

Death Valley

c)

Panama Canal

d)

Rio Grande River

15.

faster trade route through the Americas; improved trade

a)

benefits of the Panama Canal

b)

drawbacks of the Panama Canal

c)

benefits of the Rio Grande River

d)

drawbacks of the Rio Grande River

16.

also known as the "Lungs of the Planet"

a)

Amazon Rainforest

b)

Great Barrier Reef

c)

Congo Rainforest

d)

Amazon River

17.

Driest place on earth

a)

Atacama Desert

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Death Valley

d)

Appalachian Mountains

18.

Longest continental mountain range in the world

a)

Andes Mountain

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Mt. Everest

19.

World's largest rainforest

a)

Amazon Rainforest

b)

Congo Rainforest

c)

Taiga Forest

d)

Boreal Forest

20.

second longest river in the world

a)

Amazon

b)

Nile

c)

Yangtze

d)

Mississippi

21.

Inspired the Pixar movie, Up

a)

Angel Falls

b)

Niagara Falls

c)

Victoria Falls

d)

Iguazu Falls

22.

Europeans had to sail this ocean to get to the Americas

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

23.

The largest ocean

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

24.

One of the most important offshore petroleum production regions in the world

a)

Gulf of Mexico

b)

Mississippi River

c)

The Amazon Rainforest

d)

The Great Barrier Reef

25.

Second longest river in the United States

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Missouri River

d)

Rio Grande

26.

Acted as the first form of barrier to American settlers who wanted to move westward

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Great Plains

d)

Mississippi River

27.

Oldest mountain chain in North America

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Sierra Nevada

d)

Ozark Mountains

28.

Largest mountain system in North America

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Sierra Nevada

d)

Cascade Range

29.

Acted as a barrier after westward expansion became more popular in the United States, 1800s

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Sierra Nevada

d)

Great Plains

30.

System of locks, canals, and channels in Canada and the United States

a)

St. Lawrence Seaway

b)

Panama Canal

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Grand Canal

31.

Connects North and South America

a)

Panama Canal

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Suez Canal

d)

Rio Grande River

32.

Before the ​ ​ (a)   , ships had to travel around South America.

Choose from the below words
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
Niagara Falls
Rio Grande River
Mississippi River
Grand Canal
St. Lawrence Seaway