This is the smallest continent. It is located in the southern hemisphere.
Australia
Atlantic Ocean
This is land surrounded by water on all four sides.
Island
This body of water was a highway for explorers and others throughout history.
Atlantic Ocean
This region is known for its rolling flatlands and many rivers.
Interior Lowlands
This continent, located in the western hemisphere, is where we live.
North America
If you were to sail to Antarctica, which ocean would be the last one you would travel through before you got to the continent?
Southern Ocean
This is an inlet of an ocean fed by fresh water.
Bay
These bodies of water are where inland port cities developed
Great Lakes
This region contains plateaus and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America.
Basin and Range
Which continent is located south of Africa, and is a frozen tundra.
Antarctica
Directly south of Asia is the _________ Ocean
Indian
A smaller body of water flowing into a bigger body of water is known as a ______________
tributary
This river was explored by Lewis and Clark
Columbia River
This region has the oldest mountains in America, most with very worn and eroded peaks.
Appalachian Highlands
Name the two continents that are connected to form one landmass.
What is this landmass called?
Europe and Asia
Eurasia
Which ocean would you have to travel across to go from North America to Asia?
Pacific Ocean
A flat, elevated surface of land is called a ___________
Plateau
This body of water was used by the French and Spanish as an exploration route to Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Using your map, which two regions would you have to travel through to go from the northern section of the Basin and Range to the Interior Lowlands
Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains
If you were to sail from South America to the east across the Atlantic Ocean, what continent would you hit first?
Africa
Name the ocean that is the furthest north on Earth.
Arctic Ocean
A large body of fresh water surrounded mostly by land is called a ____________.
Lake
What was mainly transported on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers?
farm and industrial products
What region contains the Continental Divide and what does it do?
Rocky Mountains
Determines the flow of rivers.