Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, this region has broad lowlands providing many excellent harbors
What is Coastal Plain?
100
The river that divides the United States into east and west.
What is the Mississippi River?
100
A body of land surrounded by water on all sides.
What is an island?
100
The imaginary line that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
100
The ocean located between Africa and India.
What is the Indian Ocean.
200
Located west of the Coastal Plain, this region extends from eastern Canada to western Alabama, includes the Piedmont;
and has Old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America).
What are the Appalachian Highlands?
200
The body of water bordered by Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
200
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides but connected to the mainland.
What is a peninsula?
200
The change in the length of daylight due the Earth's tilt and its rotation around the Sun.
What are seasons?
200
The world's largest continent.
What is Asia?
300
This region wraps around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape, has hills worn by erosion, and has hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers.
What is the Canadian Shield?
300
The body of water called "Peaceful" by the Spanish because of its tranquil appearance. It borders the west coast of the United States.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
300
A large landform that rises above the surrounding land and often forms a peak.
What is a mountain?
300
The imaginary meridian lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole and are used to measure distance east and west.
What are meridians of longitude?
300
The ocean at the North Pole.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
400
Located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades, this region has varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America.
What is the Basin and Range?
400
The river that flows out of the Great Lakes and to the Atlantic Ocean. It was a corridor for early French and British exploration of North America
What is the Saint Lawrence River?
400
An area of highland that may rise to a peak but is usually shorter than a mountain.
What is a hill?
400
The regions above and below the Equator that receive the Sun's direct sunlight and are consequently hot and have less seasonal variation in daylight and weather.
What are the tropics?
400
The tallest mountain in North America.
What is Denali?
500
This region is located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains. It has rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills.
What is Interior Lowlands?
500
The largest river in the Pacific Northwest, it begins in the Rocky Mountains of Canada and ultimately forms the border between Oregon and Washington.
What is the Columbia River?
500
An area of highland that is usually flat and is sometimes called high plain.
What is a plateau?
500
The imaginary parallel lines that ring the Earth and measure distance north and south.
What are parallels of latitude?
500
The location of the observatory in England that serves as the basis for the Prime Meridian, also known as 0 degrees.