Key Terms
Geography
Bodies of Water
Landforms
Vegetation and Climate
100
A huge, slow-moving mass of snow and ice
What is a glacier
100
North, South, East and West
What are the Cardinal Directions
100
This great lake does not touch Canada
What is Lake Michigan
100
Mt. Helen is one of these.
What is a volcano
100
Much of Canada is very cold.
What is True
200
A river or stream that flows into a larger river
What is a tributary.
200
The distance from North to South?
What is the longitude
200
The world's largest group of freshwater lakes.
What are the Great Lakes?
200
The largest mountain system in North America
What are the Rocky Mountains.
200
This section of the United States is semiarid or desert
What is the eastern section of the United States
300
A cold, dry region covered with snow for more than half a year
What is a tundra
300
The distance from East to West.
What is the latitude
300
Rivers of Canada (Name 1)
What are the Mackenzie River and St. Lawrence River
300
One of Canada's Landforms
What are Yukon Territory, The Coast Mountains, Interior Plains, Canadian Shield and St. Lawrence Lowlands
300
Mosses, grasses and bright wildflowers grow here
What is the tundra
400
A region of flat or rolling land covered with grasses.
What is a prairie.
400
Five Themes of Geography
What are Location, Region, Movement, Place and Interaction
400
This is known as the mighty____
What is the Mighty Mississippi
400
One of the United States landforms
What are the Rocky Mountains, Great Plains. Mt. Helen, Appalachain Mountains, Central Plains, Death Valley, Great Basin
400
In North America, these are called prairies
What are grasslands
500
A permananently frozen layer of ground below the top layer of soil
What is permafrost
500
These show where on the globe the area of the map is located.
What is the Locator Globe
500
HOMES
What is Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior
500
The Plains of Canada and the United States
What are the Great Plains, Interior Plains and Central Plains
500
Much like the states of America, Canada is divided into these.
What are provinces