1. Geographic Review

2. Coastal Plain Broad lowland providing many excellent harbors
Old eroded mountains
Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers

3. Appalachian Highlands
Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers
Old eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America)

4. Canadian Shield
Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers
Rolling flatlands with many rivers
Flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward

5. Interior Lowlands
Located west of the Appalachian Highlands and east of the Great Plains
Flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward
Wrapped around Hudson Bay

6. Great Plains Rolling flatlands with many rivers
Flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward
Area of varying elevations

7. Rocky Mountains Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico
Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers
Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast

8. Basin and Range
Area of varying elevations containing isolated mountains ranges and valleys
Rugged mountains that contain fertile valleys
Lowlands located between mountain chains

9. Coastal Range
Area of varying elevations containing isolated mountains ranges and valleys
Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast
Lowlands located along the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico

10. What is the lowest point in North America?
Death Valley
Great Lakes
Low Valley

11. What are the lakes called that provided inland ports in the Midwest?
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Hudson Bay

12. What is the name of the Gulf located in the southern United States?
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of the United States
Gulf of Panama

13. What river is called the gateway to the west?
The Ohio River
The Mississippi
The James River

14. Who explored the Columbia River?
The Spanish
The French
Lewis and Clark

15. Who explored the Colorado River?
Lewis and Clark
The Spanish
The French

16. What river forms the border between the US and Mexico?
The James River
The Rio Grande
The Mississippi River

17. The James River The Rio Grande The Mississippi River
What river was used to transport farm and industrial products and runs north to south?
The James River
The Rio Grande
The Mississippi River

18. The Atlantic Ocean The Southern Ocean The Pacific Ocean
Which ocean was a “highway” for early explorers, settlers, and immigrants?
The Atlantic Ocean
The Southern Ocean
The Pacific Ocean

19. The Colorado River The Columbia River The St. Lawrence River
What river forms part of the northeastern border between the US and Canada and connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
The Colorado River
The Columbia River
The St. Lawrence River