The Geography of the Americas

What is the name of the mountains chain that runs along the eastern part of North America?

Which climate is found here on Long Island, with mild summers and cold winters.

Five large inland bodies of water that form part of the border between the U.S. and Canada.

Which of the following statements shows how altitude affects climate?

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides.

The smaller Ohio River is a/an __________ that flows into the Mississippi River.

The system of standard time zones is necessary to

Area that includes both North America and South America.

A broad area of fairly level land close to sea level.

The name of the line of latitude that is 23 ½° North.

The longest and most important river system in the United States is made up of the

Which kind of map is CORRECTLY paired with what it shows?

Mountain range that lies inland from the Pacific Coast.

Maps are more useful than globes because they

The condition of the Earth’s atmosphere at any given time and place.

The Equator divides the Earth into northern and southern __________.

Before 1500, __________ used information from sailors, travelers, and legends to create maps.

The measure of the distance north or south from the Equator.

An example of the theme of movement is the

Mt. Mitchell has the highest __________ of any mountain in the Appalachians.

These two climates are cold all year long, with little or no growing seasons.

All maps have some distortion because

The Robinson projection is widely used today because it

Most of California is in this climatic zone, that is also in Southern Europe and North Africa.

Which climate is correctly paired with its description?

The account of what happened in the lives of different peoples.

Which of the following would NOT be considered a region?

The average weather of a place over 20 to 30 years.

The study of people, their environments, and their resources.

The mountain chain that runs from Alaska, through Canada and the U.S., south to Mexico?

Area between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains.

The main purpose of latitude and longitude is to

Geographers help historians understand the past by

The measure of the distance east or west from the Prime Meridian.

The main difference between the climates of the steppe and the desert is