2020 USI.2b Geographic Regions Flashcards

1

Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers.

Rocky Mountains
Canadian Shield
Appalachian Mountains
Basin & Range

2

Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills.

Great Plains
Interior Lowlands
Canadian Shield
Coastal Plain

3

Which Region is #1?

Basin and Range
Coastal Plain
Canadian Shield
Coastal Range

4

Which Region is #2?

Canadian Shield
Rocky Mountains
Basin & Range
Coastal Plain

5

Which Region is #7?

Coastal Range
Coastal Plains
Canadian Shield
Appalachian Mountains

6

Which Region is #5?

Great Plains
Interior Lowlands
Basin & Range
Appalachian Mountains

7

Old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America)

Rocky Mountains
Great Plains
Appalachian Mountains
Coastal Range

8

Which Region is #3?

Coastal Range
Basin & Range
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains

9

Which Region is #4?

Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Coastal Plain
Interior Lowlands

10

Rugged mountains AND fertile valleys.

Great Plains
Coastal Plain
Coastal Range
Appalachian Mountains

11

Which Region is #8?

Appalachian Mountains
Canadian Shield
Great Plains
Basin & Range

12

Contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers.

Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Coastal Range
Canadian Shield

13

Which Region is #6?

Appalachian Mountains
Coastal Plain
Interior Lowlands
Rocky Mountains

14

Flat lands that gradually increase in elevation westward; grasslands.

Interior Lowlands
Great Plains
Coastal Plain
Canadian Shield

15

Broad lowlands providing many excellent harbors.

Coastal Plain
Interior Lowlands
Coastal Range
Canadian Shield

16

Varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley.

Coastal Range
Basin & Range
Canadian Shield
Great Plains

2020 USI.2b Geographic Regions

Questions 16

2020 USI.2b Geographic Regions

Questions 16