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Name the seven continents.
1. North America
2. South America
3. Europe
4. Africa
5. Asia
6. Australia
7. Antarctica ?
This is the location of the
Appalachian Mountain region.
What is --west of the Coastal Plains extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama ?
Describe the physical characteristics
of the Great Plains.
What is --flat land that gradually
increases in elevation westward;
grasslands ?
This is the location of the
Basin and Range region.
What is --west of the Rocky
Mountains and east of the
Sierra Nevadas and the
Cascades ?
Name the six main rivers
of the United States.
What are the 1. Mississippi
2. Missouri
3. Ohio
4. Columbia
5. Colorado
6. Rio Grande ?
Name the eight regions of
North America.
1. Coastal Plains
2. Appalachian Mountains
3. Canadian Shield
4. Interior Lowlands
5. Great Plains
6. Rocky Mountains
7. Basin and Range
8. Coastal Range ?
Describe the physical characteristics
of the Canadian Shield region.
What are --hills worn by erosion &
hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers;
holds some of the oldest rock
formations in North America ?
This is the location of the Great
Plains region.
What is --west of the Interior
Lowlands and east of the
Rocky Mountains ?
This is the lowest point
in North America.
What is --Death Valley?
These lakes provide inland
ports in the Midwest.
What are --the Great Lakes ?
Describe the physical characteristics
of the Coastal Plain.
Describe the physical characteristics
of the Coastal Plain.
his region is wrapped around
Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape.
Where is --the Canadian Shield
located ?
Describe the physical characteristics
of the Rocky Mountain region.
What is --rugged mountains stretching
from Alaska to Mexico; high
elevations; contains the Continental
Divide, which determines the
directional flow of rivers?
Describe the physical characteristics
of the Coastal Range region.
What are --rugged mountains
that contain fertile valleys ?
Name the gulf located in the
southern United States.
What is --the Gulf of Mexico?
This region is located along the
Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.
Where is --the Coastal Plain ?
Describe the physical characteristics
of the Interior Lowlands.
What are --rolling flatlands with
many rivers, broad river valleys
and grassy hills ?
This is the location of the Rocky
Mountain region.
What is --west of the Great Plains
and east of the Basin and Range ?
This is the location of the
Coastal Range region.
What is --along the Pacific Coast,
stretching from California to
Canada?
These reasons explain why the major
bodies of water were important to
the United States.
What are --they provided trade,
transportation, and settlement
areas for the people ?
Name the physical characteristics
of the Appalachian Mountains.
What are --old, eroded mountains; the oldest mountain range in North America?
This is the location of the
Interior Lowlands region.
This is the location of the
Interior Lowlands region.
Describe the physical characteristics
of the Basin and Range region.
What are --areas of varying elevations
containing isolated mountain ranges
and Death Valley, the lowest point
in North America ?
Name the two oceans that
border the United States.
What are --the Atlantic and
the Pacific Oceans ?
The Atlantic Ocean served as a
highway for these people.
Who were --the explorers, early
settlers, and later the immigrants ?