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 Mountains
Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico
Holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America
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 Mountains 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
Wrapped around Hudson Bay

7. Rocky Mountains Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico
Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers
Wrapped around Hudson Bay

8. Basin and Range
West of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades
Rugged mountains that contain fertile valleys
Lowlands located between mountain chains

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

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

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

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

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

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

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