Week 4 to 6-North America

On a map, what symbol is used to depict a mountain peak (or the highest point)?

A triangle

Name the four U.S. states with volcanic activity in the 1900s?

Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, and California.

Where is Mt. McKinley located?

Alaska, United States of America

Where are most of Alaska's 34 active (since 1900) volcanoes located?

Alaskan Peninsula and the Aleutian Islands.

What chain of volcanic islands separates the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean?

Aleutian Islands

What mountain range forms the terrain of the Eastern U.S.?

Appalachian Mountains

Which is farther east, the Great Plains or the Appalachian Mountains?

Appalachian Mountains

Name three peninsulas in North America between 20* and 30* latitude.

Baja California, Yucatan Peninsula, the U.S. State of Florida

Name the Canadian islands located within the Arctic Circle?

Banks, Victoria, Baffin, Devon,Melville, Price of Wales and the Somerset Islands.

What sea is west of Banks Island and north of Alaska?

Beaufort Sea

Name the ten Canadian provinces.

British Columbia, Alberta,Saskatchewan,Manitoba,Ontario, Quebec,Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

Where is Death Valley located?

California

What country is located north of the United States of America?

Canada

What plain spreads across both Canada and the United States of America?

Great Plain

Between what two islands is the Davis Strait?

Greenland and Baffin Island

Which has a higher elevation. Guadalajara, Mexico or Tegucigalpa, Honduras?

Guadalajara, Mexico

Name the large body of water that stretches out along the borders of eastern Mexico and southern U.S.

Gulf of Mexico

Name the large bay in the midst of Canada.

Hudson Bay

What is the main economic land usage in northern Canada and most of Alaska?

Hunting forestry and subsistence farming.

Which one of the Great Lakes is located entirely in the United States of America?

Lake Michigan

Which of the Great Lakes is the deepest?

Lake Superior

What box with symbols explains the information shown on a map?

Legend

What is the elevation of the Mt. McKinley, the U.S. highest mountain peak?

20,320 feet

What is the elevation for Death Valley?

383 feet below sea level

What is a deep furrow in the ground or the ocean floor called?

Trench

What two imaginary lines mark the tropical climate regions?

Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5*S and Tropic of Cancer at 23.5*N latitude.

About 60% of North Americans live in what country?

United States of America

What sound is north of Victoria Island?

Viscount Melville Sound.

In what U.S. state is Mount St. Helens?

Washington

Are the Rocky Mountains east or west of the Mississippi River?

West

In what part of Mexico does the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range lie?

West

What is the main crop of the Great Plains?

Wheat

What channel runs between Cuba and Mexico?

Yucatan Channel

What strip of water provides a passageway between Mexico and Cuba?

Yucatan Channel

What are the names of the three Canadian territories?

Yukon, Northwest, and Nunavut.

What is the name for a large area of water within a curved coastline or partially surrounded by land?

a gulf

Does more land in Mexico rise below 1000 feet or about 1000 feet?

above 1000 feet

What is the large high land area that is generally flat: precipice, plateau, or piedmont?

plateau

What Canadian territories or provinces border the Hudson Bay?

Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, and Nunavut

What term is used for a drawing of the earth's surface?

Map

Through what country in North America does the Tropic of Caner pass?

Mexico

Name the capital of Mexico.

Mexico City

What city is the world's largest and fastest growing metropolitan area with a population of over 14 million people?

Mexico City

Into what river does the Ohio River empty?

Mississippi River

What types of landforms make up the majority of the western region of North America?

Mountains--wide spaced mountains.

What is the highest mountain peak (or highest point) in North America?

Mt. McKinley

What country shares a boundary with both Honduras and Costa Rica?

Nicaragua

Does any part of North America pass through the equator?

No.

Is this country north or south of Guatemala?

North

What is NAFTA?

North American Free Trade Agreement

What ocean forms the western coast of Alaska, Canada, USA, and Mexico?

Pacific Ocean

Mount Rushmore is in south Dakota-what is the capital of this state?

Pierre

What trench is located near 20*N, 65*W?

Puerto Rico Trench

Which city is nearest Tijuana, Mexico?

San Diego, CA

What five states in the U.S. border the Gulf of Mexico?

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida

Alaska does not touch the boundary of any U.S. state; what country does it touch?

Canada

What are the two largest countries in North America?

Canada and the United States of America

What countries have land at 135*W?

Canada and the United States of America (Alaska)

Rivers to the west of this line flow into the Pacific Ocean; rivers to the east of this line flow into the Atlantic Ocean-what is its name?

Continental Divide

What Caribbean island is located nearest the Tropic of Cancer?

Cuba

Name the four largest Caribbean countries.

Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic

Which is the lowest point in North America?

Death Valley

Is the Gulf of St. Lawrence east or west of the St. Lawrence River?

East

Where are the most nuclear power plants in North America located?

Eastern and central United States.

How many lakes make up the Great Lakes?

Five

Descendants of what nationalities make up the majority of Canada's population?

French, British, and Native Americans--First People

What are the names of the two groups of islands in the West Indies that separate the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean?

Great Antilles and the Lesser Antilles.

In what state is the Mississippi River Delta?

Louisiana

What river carries water from the Missouri River and the Ohio River and empties into the Gulf of Mexico?

Mississippi River

What is North America's longest river system?

Mississippi-Missouri river system

What river forms the boundary between the United States of America and Mexico?

Rio Grande

What river forms the southern boundary of the United States?

Rio Grande

Which city does not lie near the Mexican border: San Diego, CA; El Paso,TX; Las Cruces, NM; San Antonio,TX?

San Antonio, TX