What geographic feature is this?
A canal
What is geography?
The study of people, places, and their environment.
What is the name of the ocean that is circled?
Atlantic Ocean
What is the name of the ocean on the west coast of the United States?
The Pacific Ocean
What geographic image is this?
An oasis
What is a channel?
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
Is this mountain range the Appalachian or Rocky mountains?
The Appalachian Mountains
What state is our (New York) neighbor to the east?
Vermont
What geographic image is this?
A river valley
What is a gulf?
An area of ocean partially surrounded by land
Is this river the Colorado River or the Mississippi River?
The Mississippi River
What is the name of this group of lakes?
The Great Lakes
What geographic image is this?
What is a monsoon?
Seasonal winds
What is the name of the body of water that is circled?
The Gulf of Mexico
What is the name of the mountains that are on the border of California and NEVADA?
**Hint - Nevada is all caps, why?
The Sierra Nevada Mountains
What geographic image is this?
A delta
What is a basin?
A section of land eroded by water, causing it to be lower than the surrounding land
What is the name of this river?
**hint - it borders Texas and Mexico
Why did the Civil War begin?
North and the South couldn't agree on the issue of slavery and the Southern states seceded from the Union.