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Geography: North American Physical Features and Climate
Geography: North American Physical Features and Climate
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A geography review quiz.
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3) What is the name of the huge prairie in the center of the North American continent?
The Western Plains
The Great Prairie
The Great Plains
The Central Steppe
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4) What is the highest point in the Pacific Ranges?
Mt. St. Helen
Mt. Rainier
Mt. Denali
Mt. Logan
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8) Canada’s longest river is called:
The McKenzie River
The St. Lawrence River
The Red River
The Mississippi River
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2) What is the largest of the Great Lakes?
Lake Ontario
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
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6) How were the Great Lakes formed?
Glaciers
Earthquakes
Sinkholes
Plate Movements
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10) What is permafrost?
when the ground is permanently frozen
when the ground freezes part of the year
when the ground frosts temporarily
when the ground never freezes
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12) What seaway was completed to transport goods from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
The St. Lawrence Seaway
The Mississippi Seaway
The Rocky Seaway
The Columbian Seaway
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11) The free, open land in the American West that was available for settlement.
the wild wild west
the frontier
the Great Plains
the steppes
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5) What type of climate is not found on the North American continent?
None
Arctic
Tropical Wet
Steppe
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7) What mountain range lies along the east coast of North America?
The Appalachian Mountains
The Ozarks
The Sierra Nevada Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
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1) What is the longest river in North America?
Mississippi
Columbia
Missouri
Ohio
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9) The line marking the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward is called the:
Continental Barrier
Elevation Barrier
Watershed Divide
Continental Divide