stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Edited Map Skills, Mountains, and Rivers Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Edited Map Skills, Mountains, and Rivers
Edited Map Skills, Mountains, and Rivers
20 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
890 plays
A Social Studies Quiz to review a unit on map skills, mountains, and rivers of the US.
Flashcards
20 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
20
Answers
1
Which river crosses the Appalachian mountains?
Hudson
Rio Grande
Mississippi
Ohio
2
What is the latitude line of 0 degrees called?
equator
Mason Dixon Line
Big lat 0 line
prime meridian
3
Which of these sentences is TRUE?
The equator is a line of longitude.
The prime meridian is a line of longitude.
4
The Rocky mountains are shorter and older than the Appalachian mountains.
False
True
5
Lines of longitude
run from the North Pole to the South Pole
measure distance from the equator
6
Along the Eastern coast of the United States, this mountain range can be found.
Hudson
Eastern
Appalachian
Rocky
7
Which of these rivers flows into the Mississippi River?
the Hudson River
the Colorado River
the Mississippi River
the Ohio River
8
Where on the globe is the Prime Meridian located?
at the equator
0 degrees longitude
0 degrees latitude
Canada Islands
9
The Rio Grande
begins in the southern Rocky mountains
empties into the gulf of Mexico
part of it is on the border between the US and Mexico
all of these
10
Which mountain range has the sharpest peaks and more jagged cliffs?
Appalachian
Rocky
11
The prime meridian runs from...
North Pole to South Pole
New York to Oregon
East to West
Australia to Alaska
12
Where on a globe is the equator located?
0 degrees latitude
0 degrees longitude
at the South Pole
at the Prime Meridian
13
What is the second longest river in the United States of America?
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Rio Grande
Hudson River
14
Which major river shown is the one into which several other rivers flow?
Missouri
Hudson
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
15
Which river flows out of the Rocky mountains?
Hudson
St. Lawrence
Ohio
Colorado
16
What is the longitude line of 0 degrees called?
equator
the Long 0
prime meridian
Mason Dixon line
17
The highest mountain range in the U.S. is the
China mountains
Appalachian mountains
Smoky mountains
Rocky mountains
18
Which mountain range do we live closest to?
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
19
The Earth is separated into Eastern and Western hemispheres by
equator
prime meridian
lines of longitude
lines of degrees
20
Which of these rivers is located on the border between Mexico and the United States?
Colorado
St. Lawrence
Mississippi
Rio Grande
