Group 1
The eastern coast of Central America has which climate type?
Mediterranean
Tropical wet
Semi-arid
Continental
17) Wet
The Panama Canal raises and lowers ships using:
Aqueducts
Locks
Spillways
Causeways
8) Locks
Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake located entirely within:
Canada
The United States
Michigan and Ontario
The Midwest region
3) The United States
Central America is geographically classified as a(n):
Peninsula
Archipelago
Isthmus
Plateau
16) Isthmus
Rivers below the fall line were important because they were:
Populated
Navigable
Swimable
Calm
7) Navigable
The French originally attempted to build the Panama Canal at:
Mountain grade
River grade
Sea level
Plateau elevation
10) Sea level
New Orleans became strategically vital because it sits at the mouth of the:
Missouri River
Colorado River
Rio Grande
Mississippi River
5) Mississippi River
The United States controls one of the world’s largest Exclusive Economic:
Corridors
Territories
Boundaries
Zones
24) Zones
The acronym used to remember the five Great Lakes is:
SHOME
HOMES
SOMHE
HEMOS
3) HOMES
The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was made from:
Spain
France
Britain
Mexico
11) France
The reservoir that powers the Panama Canal lock system was created from the valley of the:
Amazon River
San Juan River
Chagres River
Colorado River
9) Chagres River
The main ceremonial center of Tenochtitlan was the Sacred:
Temple Mount
Precinct
Plaza
Causeway
22) Precinct
The fall line separates coastal plains from harder inland:
Limestone
Sedimentary
Basement
Volcanic
6) Basement
The American Cordillera stretches from the Canadian Rockies to:
Baja California
Tierra del Fuego
Central Valley
Yucatán Peninsula
12) Tierra del Fuego
The Mississippi River system drains roughly what percentage of the continental United States?
25%
60%
41%
33%
4) 41%
The four major quarters of Tenochtitlan were called:
Calpulli
Campan
Chinampas
Altepetl
23) Campan
The Great Lakes contain approximately how much of the world’s fresh surface water by volume?
8%
21%
35%
12%
1) 21%
The Yucatán Peninsula lacks surface rivers because it is composed largely of:
Granite
Basalt
Limestone
Shale
14) Limestone
Bull sharks enter Lake Nicaragua through the:
Rio Grande
Mississippi River
San Juan River
Motagua River
19) San Juan River
The Copper Canyon is located in the Sierra Madre:
Oriental
Occidental
Central
Volcanica
15) Occidental
Tenochtitlan was built on an island in Lake:
Atitlán
Texcoco
Chapala
Managua
21) Texcoco
The highest point in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas is the volcano:
Parícutin
Tajumulco
Popocatépetl
Orizaba
20) Tajumulco
Mexico lies at the intersection of the North American, Pacific, and:
Nazca Plates
Caribbean Plates
Cocos Plates
Scotia Plates
13) Cocos
The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt includes Mexico’s highest peak, Pico de:
Toluca
Colima
Orizaba
Tajín
25) Orizaba
Lake Nicaragua is also known as:
Mar Azul
Mar Grande
Mar Dulce
Mar Norte
18) Mar Dulce