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Geography CH 7 Bob Jones
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1
What area is Canada?
6
3
4
7
2
Where is the most active volcano in the Pacific Mountains?
Mount St. Mary's
Mount McKinley
Mount St. Helens
Mount Kilimanjaro
3
Name one of the states the contain a part of Great Smoky Mountain National Park?
Kentucky
North Carolina
Tennessee
Ohio
4
About how many people cross the border from Canada to the US daily?
3,000
30,000
3 million
300,000
5
The ___ Mountains extend from Alabama all the way into Canada.
Pacific
Cascade
Rocky
Appalachian
6
With which other country is longest border in the US?
Russia
Canada
Mexico
China
7
What is the name of the highest mount in the Rockies?
Mt. Elbert
Mt. McKinley
Mt. Ranier
Mt. St. Helens
8
The Gulf Coastal Plains ___.
extend up from the Mississippi basin up into the Midwest
only cover western Florida to southern Alabama
go south from the coast of New Jersey to Florida
cover only south eastern Texas to Louisiana
9
What is another name for the southern third of the US from the Carolinas to California?
Steel Belt
Wrestling Belt
Sun Belt
Bible Belt
10
What area is Mexico?
5
7
4
6
11
What is the study of the characteristics of people?
demographics
biology
eschatology
statistics
12
Which part of the country is most negatively effected by the rainshadow effect?
the deep south
the East Coast
West of the Rockies
East of the Rockies
13
What word is used for the place where rivers drop from the Piedmont down to the coastal plain?
natural bridge
fall line
river basin
waterfall zone
14
What area is the Mississippi River?
1
2
9
3
15
What terrible storms move over the North Atlantic?
nor'easters
tsunamis
tornados
hurricanes
16
What natural disaster is mostly likely to affect the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts?
hurricanes
earthquakes
volcanoes
tornados
17
This area is where many canyons and unusual rock formations can be found.
The Piedmont
The Great American Desert
The Great Basin
The Rocky Mountains
18
What area was originaly called the "Great American Desert"?
The Great Plains
the Piedmont
the Costal Plains
the Great Basin
19
What area is the Atlantic Ocean?
5
4
8
6
20
What river forms a large part of the Mexican/American border?
the Red River
the Colorado
the Rio Grande
the Mississppi
21
What is the United States form of government?
Moncarchy
Federal Republic
Parlimentary
Pure Democracy
22
What area is the Rio Grande?
2
9
3
1
23
Where do a majority (80%) of people live in America?
urban areas
suburban areas
farm land
rural areas
24
What is the Economy of America called?
Social Capitalism
Free Market Capitalism
Free Socialism
Reaganomics
25
What provision for the government is included in the 10th amendment?
the right to bear arms
right to free speech
term limits for the president
separation of powers
26
What event caused the US and Canada to increase border security?
the French and Indian War
the Civil War
the 9/11 terrorist attacks
the bombing of Benghazi
27
What is the Eastern Continental Divide?
where the east coast is separated from the west
where the rivers flow to the pacific or to the Mississippi
where Rocky mountains are
where the rivers flow to the atlantic or to the Mississippi
28
What proved to be the greatest challenge to westward expansion?
the Mississippi River
The Great Basin
the Great Plains
the Rocky Mountains
29
Which of the great lakes is compltely enclosed in the USA?
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
30
What mountain range includes the Sierra Nevada, the Cascades and the Coastal ranges?
the Appalatian Mountains
the Piedmont
the Pacific Mountains
the Rockies
31
___ and ___ are truly gifts from God.
beauty and grace
yin and yang
freedom and prosperity
money and cars
32
What is the largest state in the continental US (or the lower 48)?
New York
California
Texas
Arizona
33
What area is the Rocky Mountains?
3
2
9
1
34
Name the basebal player who broke the color line.
Jackie Robinson
Babe Ruth
Mickey Mantle
Hank Aaron
35
What percentage of undocumented immigrants come from Mexico?
40-50%
60-70%
90-100%
20%
36
What is the climate of the Peidmont region?
cold and mountainous
windy and warm
hilly and humid
dry and flat
37
What area is the Appalatian Mountains?
1
3
9
2
38
Where rivers flow to the atlantic ocean on one side and to the Gulf or Great lakes on the other
the great plains
the Eastern Continental Divide
the rain shadow effect
the coastal plain
39
The ___ is an area of the Appalachians with lots a rivers flowing from it base.
the Great Plains
The Great Basin
the Piedmont
The Coastal Plain
40
What state has agriculture as its largest source of income?
Colorado
North Carolina
California
Connecticut
41
What doe s piedmont mean?
foot hills
the peak of the hill
the high place
a pathway for mountains
42
What area is the Gulf of Mexico?
3
4
7
1
43
What direction do the prevailing winds blow across the US?
South to North
West to East
North to South
East to West
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What area is the Pacific Ocean?
4
5
6
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