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Geography, North America
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1
What is a drought?
Long period without rainfall
Dusty conditions caused by poor farming techniques
A desert climate zone
Long period without sun
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How many climate zones are there in North America? (this has changed!)
13
10
12
11
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What is a glacier?
Canyons formed by giant sheets of ice
Sheets of ice floating in the ocean
Giant sheets of ice
Mountain ranges that run side by side
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What does contiguous mean?
joined together by an ocean
sharing the same border
a group of mountain rangers that run side by side
joined together inside a common boundary
5
Which lake was formed by a glacier?
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Salt Lake
Lake Lanier
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What do many scientists think formed the Great Lakes?
Wind and rain erosion
Plate tectonic movement
Glaciers eroding the land and melting
Erosion from a river flowing over time
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What climate zone do we live in?
humid subtropical
humid continental
ice cap
mediterranean
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Where would a tornado be MOST likely to occur?
Florida
Kansas
New Mexico
California
9
Where would you find a glacier in the U.S.?
The North Pole
Canada
Hawaii
Alaska
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What is significant about Mount McKinley?
It is really a volcano.
It is the tallest mountain in North America.
It is the tallest underwater mountain in North America.
It is the starting point of the Rocky Mountains.
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Where is Mount McKinley?
Alaska
Washington
Hawaii
Canada
12
What is a prairie?
shallow body of water in the enter of an atoll
grasses and other plants that ideal feed for grazing animals
rolling inland grassland region with fertile soil
fertile area rises in a desert; water is regularly available
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What is the continental divide?
Imaginary line that divides the different regions of the US
High point that determines the direction that rivers flow
High point that determines the directions that oceans flow
Fault or a break in the Earth's crust
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Where is the continental divide in the U.S.?
High ridge of the Rockies
Lowest part of the Central Lowlands
High ridge of the Appalachian Mountains
Highest part of the Great Plains
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Which is NOT a climate zone in the U.S.? (this has changed)
Tropical Wet
Humid continental
Rain Forest
Steppe
16
What states are NOT part of the contiguous 48 states?
Hawaii and Alaska
Hawaii and Alabama
New Mexico and Texas
Canada and Mexico
17
Where is Mount Mitchell?
North Carolina
Washington
Alaska
Colorado
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What is significant about Mount Mitchell?
It is an active volcano.
It is the tallest point east of the Mississippi.
The Revolutionary war was mostly fought here.
It was the first national park of the U.S.
19
Which is NOT one of the U.S.'s Great Lakes?
Lake Ontario
Lake Lanier
Lake Huron
Lake Eerie
20
Where would a hurricane be MOST likely to occur?
South Carolina
Maine
Montana
Washington
21
The tallest mountain range in North America
Appalachian Mountains
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Ozark Mountains
22
What is significant about the Mississippi River?
The point that determines the direction that rivers flow
Major waterway of the center part of the continent
North America's longest river
A boundary between the Great Plains and the Central Lowlands
23
Where would a blizzard MOST likely occur?
California
Florida
Texas
North Dakota
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What would NOT be an effect of a drought?
Food shortage
Loss of livestock
The Dust Bowl
Storm surges
25
Where is a prairie in the continental U.S.?
The Great Plains: Washington, Oregon, Nevada and California
The Great Plains: Montana, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Kansas
Coastal Plains: Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama
Coastal Plains: Washington, Oregon, and California
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What natural disaster happened in the New Orleans area in 2005?
Hurricane Katrina
A huge number of tornadoes
A great blizzard
The Dust Bowl
