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1
The lowest point in North America is located in the —
Coastal Range region
Rocky Mountains region
Great Plains region
Basin and Range region
2
What is a river that flows into another larger river known as?
Peninsula
Island
Plateau
Tributary
3
What type of resource comes directly from nature?
Human
Capital
Natural
Environment
4
What imaginary lines run from North Pole to South Pole?
Longitude
Lattitude
5
What type of resource is the canoe an America Indian would use to fish in?
Capital
Environment
Human
Natural
6
Which geographic region contains the Continental Divide?
The Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Coastal Plain
Basin & Range
7
Archaeologists found evidence that humans lived at Cactus Hill on the Nottoway R. how long ago?
1,000
5,000
500
15,000
8
What river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
Rio Grande
Ohio River
St. Lawrence River
Mississippi River
9
Which geographic region is located west of the Appalachian Mtns. and east of the Great Plains?
Canadian Shield
Rocky Mountains
Basin and Range
Interior Lowlands
10
Which resources did early American Indians (First Americans) not use to make shelters?
Concrete blocks
Sod and stones
Animal Skins
Wood
11
The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers were the transportation arteries for —
air travel
blood supply to the heart
farm and industrial products
railroads
12
How many continents are there on Earth?
Five
Seven
More than one hundred
Fifty
13
What is a large, relatively flat, but elevated area of land called?
Peninsula
Mountain
Plateau
Island
14
The Ohio River was called the —
"Gateway to the West"
border between the United States andCanada
“Gateway to the East”
border between the United States andMexico
15
The Pacific Northwest coast was inhabited by the —
Kwakiutl
Pueblo
Iroquois
Inuit
16
Which geographic region is mostly grassland?
Rocky Moutains
The Great Plains
Coastal Range
Basin & Range
17
The Lakota inhabited the area of dry grasslands known as the —
Great Plains
Northeast North America
Present day New Mexico and Arizona
Northwest Coast
18
The land mass of Europe and Asia is frequently called —
Europasia
Eurasia
Europe
Norasia
19
Bodies of water in the United States do all of the following except —
form borders
prohibit travel
support interaction among regions
create links to other areas
20
Which of the following is NOT a land related geographic feature?
Island
Tributary
Peninsula
Plateau
21
What is a piece of land smaller than a continent that is surrounded by water?
Tributary
Peninsula
Lake
Island
22
The heavily forested, Eastern Woodland area was inhabited by the —
Iroquois
Kwakiutl
Pueblo
Inuit
23
The Colorado River was explored by the —
France
English
Germans
Spanish
24
Which geographic region contains old eroded mountains?
Appalachian Highlands
Coastal Plain
Interior Highlands
Rocky Mountains
25
The Gulf of Mexico provided exploration routes for the —
Spanish & English
English & French
German & Spanish
French & Spanish
26
What is a continent?
Enough water to fill an ocean
A small island
A large land mass surrounded by water
Another name for a country
27
The Rio Grande forms the border with
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Panama
28
Which natural feature was helpful to early explorers?
Roads & Bridges
Deep Valleys
Mountains
Bodies of Water
29
Which body of water was an early exploration route and forms the border of the western US?
Atlantic Ocean
Rio Grande
Mississippi
Pacific Ocean
30
Characteristics of the Basin and Range Region include all of the following except
the lowest point in North America
isolated mountain ranges
areas of varying elevations
excellent harbors
31
The geographic region that wraps around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape is called the
Canadian Shield
Interior Lowlands
Great Plains
Appalachian Highlands
32
What physical characteristic determines the directional flow of rivers?
Continental Divide
Gravity
Tides
Old, eroded mountains
33
Which group inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada?
Inuit
Iroquois
Lakota
Pueblo
34
Which geographic region contains lakes carved by glaciers?
Canadian Shield
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Highlands
Basin and Range
35
Who studies human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of artifacts?
Archaeologists
Anthropologists
Paleontologists
Sociologists
36
To make clothing, the American Indians (First Americans) used
beads and silk
silk and lace
nylon and rubber
animal skins and plants
37
Europe is considered a continent even though it is not entirely surrounded by —
soldiers
rivers
mountains
water
38
What is recovery of material evidence remaining from the past called?
Zoology
Archaelogy
Anthropology
Sociology