North America Landforms
This mountain range is located in western North America.
Rocky Mountains
These five large freshwater lakes are located between the United States and Canada.
Great Lakes
This term means the number of people living in a certain area.
Population Density
Things such as forests, oil, water, and minerals are called these.
Natural Resources
Rocky Mountains: East or West?
West
This mountain range is located in eastern North America.
Appalachian Mountains
This major river flows through the central United States toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Mississippi River
This is the growth of cities as more people move into urban areas.
Urbanization
This means protecting and carefully using natural resources.
Conservation
Appalachian Mountains: East or West?
East
This large, mostly flat grassland region is found in central North America.
Great Plains
What two countries share the Great Lakes?
United States and Canada
This happens when cities and suburbs spread into surrounding rural land.
Urban Sprawl
This term describes how people use, change, and adapt to nature.
Human-Environment Interaction
Which term best describes oil, timber, and fresh water?
Natural Resources
This rocky region covers a large part of Canada.
Canadian Shield
Name the large physical region known for flat land and grasslands in the center of the continent.
Great Plains
If a city grows quickly because thousands of people move there, what process is taking place?
Urbanization
Creating a national park to protect forests and wildlife is an example of this.
Conservation
What problem occurs when a city spreads farther and farther into undeveloped land?
Urban Sprawl
Which mountain range is generally taller and younger: the Rocky Mountains or Appalachian Mountains?
Rocky Mountains
Which feature would be most important for moving goods by water through the middle of the United States?
Mississippi River
A crowded downtown area would usually have high or low population density?
High population density
Building a dam, farming land, and constructing cities are all examples of what geographic concept?
Human-Environment Interaction
Name three physical features from our vocabulary list.
Any three of: Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Great Plains, Great Lakes, Mississippi River, Canadian Shield