3rd grade Map Skills and Geography

Question 1

Which river flows from the mountains in northern New York down to Manhattan?

Accepted Answer

Hudson River

Question 2

What is the name for the imaginary lines on a map/globe which run from east to west?

Accepted Answer

Latitude

Question 3

Which of the following is a landform?

Accepted Answer

Mountains

Question 4

Which river borders New York, flows through Canada and into the Atlantic Ocean?

Accepted Answer

St. Lawrence River

Question 5

Why would people want to live near a river?

Accepted Answer

All three of these choices

Question 6

What information can maps give us?

Accepted Answer

All of these are correct

Question 7

This river is a tributary (branch) of the Mississippi river.

Accepted Answer

Ohio river

Question 8

This is the imaginary line located at 0 degrees longitude.

Accepted Answer

Prime Meridian

Question 9

This river is the US's longest river, at over 4,000 miles long!

Accepted Answer

Mississippi River

Question 10

This river borders southern Texas and parts of Mexico.

Accepted Answer

Rio Grande River

Question 11

The equator is located at 0 degrees Longitude.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Which of the following in NOT an intermediate direction?

Accepted Answer

East

Question 13

This mountain range is on the western side of the United States and contains the Grand Canyon.

Accepted Answer

Rocky Mountains

Question 14

Which of the following directions is NOT a cardinal direction?

Accepted Answer

Up

Question 15

Which river created the Grand Canyon and flows through 7 states and ends in the Gulf of Mexico?

Accepted Answer

Colorado River

Question 16

This US mountain range begins in Canada and extends south into Georgia and Alabama.

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Mountains

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