Chapter 5 Cultural Geography Review

Line of mountains that determines where the waters flowing from each side will drain on a continent.

Underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment from which groundwater can be extracted

An aquifer is not an underground river or lake.

Which word best describes both the people and the geography of the United States?

What term refers to an underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment from which groundwater can be extracted?

The Missouri River is the longest river in the United States.

Source of a river

Which of these is not one of the three broad environmental categories:

The West also has a generally cool, humid climate.

Alaska is not a geographic region.

Just as diversity characterizes the geography of the United States, it also describes the American people.

Which is not one of the three branches of government in the United States?

Which of these is one of the four core values of American Culture and Diversity?

The East has a generally cool, humid climate.

Which of these is not one of the factors of the landforms of the United States?

Which of these is one of the factors of the landforms of the United States?

There are mountains in Florida.

The U.S. trades excess resources for resources it doesn't possess.

For many Americans, liberty is primarily about freedom from authorities or laws.

The United States economy is a system of limited capitalism.

Which of these is one of the four core values of American Culture and Diversity?

Which of these is NOT one of the four core values of American Culture and Diversity?

What formed the Pacific, Rocky, and Appalachian mountain ranges?

Westerly winds greatly impact the climate of the United States.

Florida's geographic region is the Coastal Plains.

The prevailing winds in North America blow from east to west across the center of the continent.

Most Americans aren't descended from immigrants who brought to their new home diverse languages, customs and traditions.

The United States functions as a federal republic.

What values forge a common culture and bind a people together?

There are six factors of the landforms of the United States.

Which of these is NOT one of the four core values of American Culture and Diversity?

The United States government is a federal republic rather than a pure democracy.

Which of these is not one of the factors of the landforms of the United States?