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US1.2
Geographic Regions and Bodies of Water
30
History
5th Grade
11/27/2006

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Term
Which region is located west of the Coastal Plain?
Definition
Appalachian Highlands
Term
Name the 7 continents.
Definition
Asia, Australia, Antarctica, Africa, North America, South America, Europe.
Term
What region is located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico?
Definition
Coastal Plain
Term
What region wraps around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape?
Definition
Canadian Shield
Term
Which region has broad lowlands which provide many excellent harbors?
Definition
Coastal Plain
Term
Which region has hills worn by erosion & hundreds of lake carved by glaciers?
Definition
Canadian Shield
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It is the oldest mountain range in North America.
Definition
Appalachian Highlands
Term
Which region holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America?
Definition
Canadian Shield
Term
Which region is located west of the
Appalachian Mountains?
Definition
Interior Lowlands
Term
Which region is located west of the Great Plains?
Definition
Rocky Mountains
Term
Which region has rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills?
Definition
Interior Lowlands
Term
Which region is a rugged mountain range that stretches from Alaska almost to Mexico?
Definition
Rocky Mountains
Term
Which region is located east of the Rocky Mountains?
Definition
Great Plains
Term
Which region contains the Continental Divide which determines the directional flow of rivers?
Definition
Rocky Mountains
Term
Which region is flatland that gradually increases in elevation westward?
Definition
Great Plains
Term
Which regions is located west of the Rocky Mountains?
Definition
Basin & Range
Term
Which region has varying elevations containing isolated mountains?
Definition
Basin & Range
Term
Name the oceans that border the United States.
Definition
Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean
Term
Which region contains Death Valley, the lowest point in North America?
Definition
Basin & Range
Term
Nmae the 5 Great Lakes.
Definition
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior

(HOMES)
Term
Which region has rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretches
from California to Canada?
Definition
Coastal Range
Term
What served as a highway to explorers,
settlers, and later immigrants?
Definition
Atlantic Ocean
Term
Which region contain fertile valleys?
Definition
Coastal Range
Term
What river was the
"gateway to the west"?
Definition
Ohio River
Term
In the Midwest, inland port cities grew along what?
Definition
The Great Lakes
Term
What river makes up the border of
Texas & Mexico?
Definition
Rio Grande
Term
What river were the transportation arteries for farm & industrial products?
Definition
Missouri River &
Mississippi River
Term
What did the French & Spanish use to
explore Mexico & other parts of America?
Definition
The Gulf of Mexico
Term
What river did Lewis & Clark explorer?
Definition
Columbia River
Term
What river did the Spanish explorer?
Definition
Colorado River
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