USI.2b Geographic Regions Of The United States Question Preview (ID: 19457)


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Which region is a broad lowland providing many excellent harbors?
a) Coastal Plain
b) Coastal Range
c) Appalachian Highlands
d) Great Plains

Which region has old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America)?
a) Coastal Range
b) Rocky Mountains
c) Basin and Range
d) Appalachian Highlands

Which region holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America?
a) Canadian Shield
b) Appalachian Highlands
c) Rocky Mountains
d) Interior Lowlands

Which region is flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward?
a) Interior Lowlands
b) Great Plains
c) Appalacian Highlands
d) Basin and Range

Which region contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers?
a) Rocky Mountains
b) Basin and Range
c) Appalachian Highlands
d) Coastal Range

Which region is an area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America?
a) Rocky Mountains
b) Great Plains
c) Basin and Range
d) Coastal Range

Which region contains fertile valleys?
a) Coastal Plain
b) Coastal Range
c) Great Plains
d) Canadian Shield

Which region has rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills?
a) Interior Lowlands
b) Great Plains
c) Coastal Plain
d) Canadian Shield

Which region includes the Piedmont?
a) Appalachian Highlands
b) Basin and Range
c) Coastal Range
d) Rocky Mountains

Which region contains hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers?
a) Canadian Shield
b) Appalachian Highlands
c) Basin and Range
d) Interior Lowlands

Which region extends from eastern Canada to western Alabama?
a) Appalachian Highlands
b) Rocky Mountains
c) Basin and Range
d) Coastal Plain

Which region is mostly grasslands?
a) Coastal Plain
b) Interior Lowland
c) Appalachian Highlands
d) Great Plains

Which region is wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape?
a) Interior Lowlands
b) Coastal Plain
c) Coastal Range
d) Canadian Shield

Which region is rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico with high elevations?
a) Rocky Mountains
b) Basin and Range
c) Coastal Range
d) Appalachian Highlands

Which region is located west of Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades?
a) Coastal Range
b) Basin and Range
c) Great Plains
d) Interior Lowlands

Which region is rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada?
a) Coastal Range
b) Basin and Range
c) Rocky Mountains
d) Appalachian Highlands

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