Cultural Geography Test 7

Which state is the largest in area among the lower 48 states?

What river forms a large part of the southern border

A lowland area that includes many canyons and unusual rock formations in much of Nevada

Mount Elbert is the tallest mountain in the Rocky Mountains

An area of many rivers at the eastern base of the Appalachian Mtns

the prevailing winds in North America blow from east to west across the center of the continent

Include the Sierra Nevada, Cascades, and Coastal ranges

True liberty and freedom are gifts from God

The Piedmont is characterized by flat grasslands and dry climate

Of the 9-11 million undocumented immigrants in the US in 2006, what percentage of them was from Mexico?

What event forced a tightening of the border between the US and Canada

An average of 3 million people a day cross the US-Canada border

Which of the Great Lakes is entirely withing the boundaries of the US

This current flows across the northwest coast of North America bringing plentiful rains

Which person broke professional baseball’s color barrier?

Which of the following is an active volcano in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest?

What constitutional provision for the American government does the 10th Amendment include

The state deriving the largest income from agricultural products

What kind of government does the US have

The study of the characteristics of people in a particular place

the rainshadow effect influences the region west of the Rockies because the area gets only 10-20 in. of precipitation

Presented the greatest obstacle to westward expansion

What does piedmont mean?

The US-Canada border is the longest nonmilitarized border in the world

Called the Great American Desert by early pioneers

Extends from eastern Canada into northern Alabama

What phrase describes the type of economy the United states has

Waters flow down eastern side of mtn flow to Atlantic ocean & those of the western side flow to Great Lakes/ Gulf of Mex

The Gulf Coastal Plain does not extend inland up the Mississippi River Valley into the Midwest

The southern third of the US from the Carolinas to California is called

Sandy plains that stretch inland from the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Terrible storms that move in from over the North Atlantic

Rolling hills that stretch about a thousand miles across America's heartland

Canada is the leading trade partner of the United States

About 80% of Americans live in

To what kind of natural disaster are the Atlantic and Gulf coasts particularly susceptible

What word is used for the line of many waterfalls where rivers drop from the Piedmont to the Coastal Plain

The highest point in North America is which of the follwing mountains?

The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is located in Tennessee.