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Ch 4 Physical Geography of the US and Canada
Ch 4 Physical Geography of the US and Canada
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geography chapter 4 from exploring our world
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What is a wind storm that starts over the ocean in the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico?
blizzard
earthquake
tornado
hurricane
2
What type of climate has hot summers, warm winters, and is in Hawaii and Florida?
tropical
steppe
tundra
humid continental
3
What is a connected area of large cities?
St. Lawrence Seaway
megalopolis
The Great Lakes
navigable
4
What occurs along fault lines on the Pacific Coast and causes damage to buildings?
earthquake
tornado
hurricane
blizzard
5
What type of climate has little or no rainfall and is in the Rocky Mountains?
humid continental
tundra
tropical
steppe
6
What means being deep and wide enough for ships to pass through?
St. Lawrence Seaway
megalopolis
navigable
The Great Lakes
7
Where is a megalopolis in the United States?
Florida
Atlantic Coast
Texas
Pacific Coast
8
What is a high point that decides which way rivers will flow?
canyon
contiguous
divide
cordillera
9
Where is the Continental Divide in the US?
Mississippi River
border of Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Washington
10
What is a severe storm with heavy snow and wind that can cause power outages?
blizzard
hurricane
tornado
earthquake
11
What is a group of states joined together inside a boundary?
cordillera
contiguous
canyon
divide
12
What is a deep valley with steep sides?
cordillera
canyon
divide
contiguous
13
Where did Hurricane Katrina hit?
Pacific Coast
South Dakota
Gulf of Mexico
Alaska
14
Where are the Great Lakes located?
on the border between the US and Mexico
on the border between US and Canada
in Hawaii
in northern Canada
15
What is a wind storm occurs in central US, damages buildings, and comes from a funnel cloud?
hurricane
earthquake
tornado
blizzard
16
Which of the following is not a contiguous part of the United States?
Hawaii
Minnesota
California
Oklahoma
17
What did the US and Canada build to connect the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
St. Lawrence Seaway
megalopolis
navigable
The Great Lakes
18
What is a giant sheet of ice that carved out the Great Lakes?
drought
glacier
volcano
prairie
19
What is a group of mountain ranges side by side?
canyon
divide
cordillera
contiguous
20
What is a long period without rainfall?
glacier
drought
prairie
volcano
21
What occurs along fault lines near the Pacific Coast, even though most are dormant?
volcano
glacier
prairie
drought
22
What type of climate has warm summers and cold winters and is where we live?
tundra
steppe
humid continental
tropical
23
What are the five largest lakes on the border between the US and Canada?
megalopolis
St. Lawrence Seaway
navigable
The Great Lakes
24
What is a rolling grassland, like the Great Plains?
prairie
glacier
volcano
drought
25
What is the longest river in the United States?
Mississippi River
The Great Lakes
Hudson River
Missouri River