United States Unit Test Review

Question 1

Relative Location is....

Accepted Answer

Where a place is located in relation to other places

Question 2

This landform is a chain or cluster of islands

Accepted Answer

Archipelago

Question 3

define free enterprise

Accepted Answer

businesses operate with little government involvement

Question 4

Which has a greater impact on temperature?

Accepted Answer

Latitude

Question 5

Which of the following is not one of the top ten languages spoken in the US>

Accepted Answer

Swedish

Question 6

Which of these statements are false about lines of latitude?

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 7

What would be the best physical characteristics of the New England States

Accepted Answer

Rocky coastlines, hilly uplands, and hardwood forests

Question 8

Which state has the mouth of the Mississippi River in it?

Accepted Answer

Louisiana

Question 9

What is the Climate of the Midwest?

Accepted Answer

Hot summers, Cold Winters

Question 10

The Prime Meridian runs through which of these?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 11

define market economy

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Individuals can choose what to buy or sell

Question 12

What does it mean if a country is interdependent?

Accepted Answer

That country needs other countries for survival

Question 13

Which of the following is not one of the four main religions in the US?

Accepted Answer

Hinduism

Question 14

What two categories do we look at the theme of place through?

Accepted Answer

physical and human characteristics

Question 15

Which of these is not a governmental role in the market

Accepted Answer

Deciding what to buy or sell

Question 16

Which hemisphere has the least area of Europe?

Accepted Answer

Southern

Question 17

Which of these do not describe Lines of latitude?

Accepted Answer

Measure East and West

Question 18

Define Functional Region

Accepted Answer

A large city where people work, live and shop

Question 19

The ____________ River empties to the ______________

Accepted Answer

Mississippi, Gulf of Mexico

Question 20

Define Checks and Balances

Accepted Answer

Each branch has the ability to limit the other two

Question 21

What is the Official Language of the United States?

Accepted Answer

There is none

Question 22

The federal system is...

Accepted Answer

Power is divided between national and state gov.

Question 23

Lines of longitude...

Accepted Answer

measure East and West

Question 24

What is the ridge line on Rocky Mountains dividing East Flowing from West Flowing rivers

Accepted Answer

Continental Divide

Question 25

This is the landform between the Appalachian Mountains and Coastal Plain

Accepted Answer

Peidmont

Question 26

What would be the best description of human characteristics of the New England States

Accepted Answer

Large fishing and lumber industries

Question 27

Which of these figures describe longitude?

Accepted Answer

1150W

Question 28

Define Uniform Region

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Common feature (usually manmade) that sets them apart

Question 29

These are the largest freshwater lakes in the world

Accepted Answer

Great lakes

Question 30

Absolute Location involves

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an exact location determined by lat/long

Question 31

Define Physical Region

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One main physical feature that sets them apart

Question 32

Which of the following is not a landform on the western US?

Accepted Answer

Great Plains

Question 33

Studying human/environmental interaction would be best described as

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Humans may change their environment or be changed by it

Question 34

Are you Ready

Accepted Answer

Uh oh, no, Always, yes

Question 35

The US is located in which hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Northwestern

Question 36

The Tropics of Cancer/Capricorn are about how many degrees away from the equator?

Accepted Answer

23

United States Unit Test Review

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United States Unit Test Review

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