North America
What is the highest and lowest point in North America?
Lowest: Death Valley, California
Highest: Mount McKinley, Alaska
Alaska, Greenland, and northern Canada have ___________ and ______________ climates.
Arctic and Sub- Arctic
What 4 locations have large deposits of petroleum and natural gas?
Alaska, western Canada, SW United States, Eastern Mexico
What amimal ALMOST became extinct in 1939?
Whooping Crane
Where so the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River drain into?
Atlantic Ocean
North America is the _________ largest continent.
3rd
What regions of North America have humid continental climate?
Some of southern Canada and northeast United States
DD: Describe humid continental climate.
What is the most important industry in Greenland?
Fishing
DD: Where else in North America is fishing done?
Name 6 mammals that live in North America
bat, beaver, coyote, fox, opossum, porcupine, racoon, wolf, rodents, etc.
Name the 3 mountain ranges in the USA?
Sierra Nevada, Rocky Mountains and The Appalachian Mountains
DD: What river comes from the Rocky Mountains and creates the SW border between Texas and Mexico?
Name all 5 Great Lakes
Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, Ontario
What percent of Greenland is covered by ice?
81%
What type of produce was unknown in Europe, until Christopher Columbus brought it back on his first voyage from North America?
Corn
How many species of birds reside in North America?
over 800
DD: Name 3 types of water/ marsh birds
What two states are not a part of the continental US?
Alaska and Hawaii
DD: What landform would Alaska be considered?
What country is at the farthest Northeast point of North America?
Greenland
What part of North America has a tropical climate zone?
Mexico and central America
North America's natural resources include:
petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron ore, copper, lead, sulfur, zinc, grains, livestock, cotton, dairy, and sugar cane
What is the PRIMARY religion of North America?
Christianity
Name 3 of the national parks from the USA physical map.
Yellowstone, Glacier, PDC, Grand Canyon, Everglades, Niagara Falls
Name 20 states in the USA.
answer will vary
DD: Name two state capitals
What part of the USA has semi-desert and desert climates?
most of the western USA
What are the 3 main industries in North America?
Forestry, Fishing, agriculture
Over 35% of the Canadian population is descended from the ____________ ____________ and 16% is descended from the ___________.
British Isles ; French
What is the body of water southeast of Texas and southwest of Florida?
Gulf of Mexico