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Physical Characteristics of North America
Physical Characteristics of North America
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This is a topic and vocabulary quiz related to five geographic regions of North America.
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1
In what geographic region of North America you can find the Blue Ridge Mountain?
The Western Mountain Ranges
The Great Plains
Eastern Mountain Ranges
The Greater Antilles
2
It is a long narrow, deep inlet, between high cliffs. Example of this can be found in Baffin Island, What is it?
fjord
icy shores
lakes
bay
3
What do you call the
old rock area
in the north of continent around the area of Hudson Bay?
Rocky Mountain
The Great Plains
Canadian Shield
The Great Lakes
4
Which of the following countries are NOT belong to Greater Antilles?
Puerto Rico , Jamaica
Cuba , Haiti
Peru , Dominican Republic
Peru , Costa Rica
5
Why there are islands in the Lesser Antilles called Leeward Islands?
These islands are away from the wind.
These islands are not away from the wind.
These islands are dry.
These islands are grassy.
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It means being capable of producing abundant vegetation or crops.
organic soil
eroded land
infertile
fertile
7
The Great Plains are located among the areas in Western Mountain Ranges and Canadian Shield.
False
True
8
What do you call the islands in the West Indies Archipelago formed by corals and rocks?
The Bahamas
Hispaniola Region
The Greater Antilles
The Lesser Antilles
9
The five great lakes are essentially one
fast-moving river
moving that flows from west to east.
True
False
10
What do you call the small islands lay-out in the north-south curve of the West Indies?
Bahamas
The Greater Antilles
Caribbean Sea
The Lesser Antilles
