Duplicate of 3rd grade Map Skills and Geography

Question 1

This river branches off of the Mississippi river.

Accepted Answer

Ohio river

Question 2

The Rocky Mountains are located on the ____ side of the US.

Accepted Answer

West

Question 3

Which of the following is a landform?

Accepted Answer

Mountains

Question 4

The Rocky Mountains have no vegitation (trees, grass, plants, etc).

Accepted Answer

False

Question 5

The equator is located at 0 degrees Longitude.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

St. Lawrence River

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

Colorado River

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Appalachian Mountains

Question 9

Which of the following directions is NOT a cardinal direction?

Accepted Answer

Up

Question 10

What information can maps give us? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Locations of mountains, rivers, cities, and roads, Where countries' boundaries are located, How to get from one place to the next

Question 11

This river is the US's 2nd longest river, at over 2,000 miles long!

Accepted Answer

Mississippi River

Question 12

Why would people want to live near a river?

Accepted Answer

All three of these choices

Question 13

Geography means Earth or Land Drawing.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Which of the following in NOT an intermediate direction?

Accepted Answer

East

Question 15

This river borders southern Texas and parts of Mexico.

Accepted Answer

Rio Grande River

Question 16

This is the imaginary line located at 0 degrees longitude.

Accepted Answer

Prime Meridian

Question 17

What is the name for the imaginary lines on a map/globe which run from east to west? Select all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Equator, Latitude

Question 18

The Appalacian Mountains are on the ___ side of the US.

Accepted Answer

East

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Hudson River

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

Rocky Mountains

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