Chapter 2 Regions of Our Country- Challenge

Question 1

Which two regions border the Gulf of Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Midwest and Southeast

Question 2

How did Hurricane Katrina most harm New Orleans?

Accepted Answer

Floods caused levees to break

Question 3

Long ago, how was the Mississippi River most like a highway?

Accepted Answer

products were moved on it

Question 4

Which two regions does the Mississippi Rver flow through?

Accepted Answer

Southeast and Midwest, Midwest and Southeast

Question 5

What is the best title for this map?

Accepted Answer

Physical Features of the US

Question 6

A compass rose shows __________.

Accepted Answer

direction

Question 7

In what direction would you travel to from the Southwest to visit the west?

Accepted Answer

northwest

Question 8

which region has an inland location?

Accepted Answer

Midwest

Question 9

A plateau is a landform that is ___________.

Accepted Answer

high and flat

Question 10

This line of latitude cuts the Earth in half.

Accepted Answer

Equator

Question 11

What kind of special purpose map would help you find how many people live in a city?

Accepted Answer

population density map

Question 12

A map scale ____________.

Accepted Answer

tells distance on a map

Question 13

What do you look for to understand the symbols on a map?

Accepted Answer

key

Question 14

When you stand facing north you are looking at __________.

Accepted Answer

North Pole

Question 15

Lines of latitude and longitude are also known as:

Accepted Answer

parallels and meridians

Question 16

Northeast, southeast, and northwest are all ___________.

Accepted Answer

intermediate directions

Questions 16