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Which place has the lowest elevation in the US?
Death Valley
Longest mountain range in North America.
Rocky Mountains
How did the first people come to North America?
Bering Land Bridge
What historical event fought between the American Colonists and the British began in 1776?
American Revolution
US State with the highest Population:
CA
Canadian Province with the highest Population:
Ontario
Number of states in US
50
Number of PROVINCES in Canada
10
Number of Territories in Canada
3
What landforms formed by the end of the last Ice Age serves as a border between US and Canada?
The Great Lakes
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What are the main languages spoken by the Canadians?
English and French
The United States is _____ of Canada.
South
Canada is ______ of the Atlantic Ocean.
West
The _________ are the oldest mountain range in North America.
To give directions, it is best to use
Relative Location
To study about the mountain ranges in the U.S., it would be best to use a________
Physical Map
The earth is divided in half at the prime meridian,
creating the :
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
The line circling the earth that is in the middle of the tropic zones is the
Equator
Absolute location is found by
Using Longitude and Latitude
A narrow piece of land that connects two large landmasses.
Isthmus
A narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water
strait
The beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group is that nation’s or
group’s
culture
If you are traveling from Oklahoma to California, what major landforms would be a barrier?
Rockies and the Sierra Nevadas
A landform that sticks out and is surround by water on three sides.
peninsula