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Which is NOT a way that bodies of water in the U.S. impacted history?
a) trade
b) transportation
c) settlement
d) disease

What coast of the United States is the Pacific ocean on?
a) west
b) east
c) north
d) south

The Atlantic served as a highway for all of the following EXCEPT:
a) explorers
b) Native Americans
c) early settlers
d) immigrants

What grew along the shores of the Great Lakes
a) colonies
b) crops
c) port cities
d) industries

The Great Lakes are the largest __________ system.
a) swamp
b) brakish water
c) salt water
d) freshwater

How many people rely on the great lake water?
a) 40 million
b) 40 thousand
c) 400 million
d) 4,000

Define port city
a) a place where boats can come and go to load and unload supplies
b) the outside neighborhoods of the city
c) the countryside
d) a boundary that separates a continent's river systems.

What does HOMES stand for?
a) somewhere you live, duh
b) Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
c) Huron, Ontario, Miami, Erie, Super
d) Hungry ostriches make eggs Sundays

What civilization(s) relied on the Gulf of Mexico before the Europeans arrived?
a) Rome and Egypt
b) Greece
c) Incan and Mayan
d) Native American and Mayan

The Gulf of Mexico provided the _______ and _________ with exploration routes to Mexico.
a) Canadian and Mexican
b) Asian and French
c) Spanish and English
d) Spanish and French

Where does the Colorado river start?
a) In the Rocky Mountains
b) In the Coastal Range
c) In the Basin and Range
d) In the Great Plains

Where does the Colorado river flow into?
a) The Gulf of Mexico
b) The Gulf of California
c) The Gulf of Colorado
d) The Atlantic Ocean

The Colorado River forms part of the border between which US state and Mexico?
a) Virginia
b) Texas
c) Arizona
d) California

What country explored the Colorado river?
a) English
b) French
c) Dutch
d) Spanish

Which river is the longest in the United States?
a) Missouri
b) Mississippi
c) Colorado
d) St. Lawrence

The Mississippi and Missouri rivers were used to transport_______ and _______ products.
a) farm and industrial
b) mechanical and natural resources
c) gold and silver
d) crops and livestock

The Ohio river flows out of Pennsylvania to join the ________ river.
a) Missouri
b) Mississippi
c) Colorado
d) Rio Grande

Which river was the route for pioneers during westward expansion?
a) St. Lawrence
b) Rio Grande
c) Ohio
d) Mississippi

Which river was explored by famous Americans Lewis and Clark?
a) The James River
b) The Colorado
c) The Rio Grande
d) The Columbia River

The Columbia river empties into which body of water?
a) the Pacific Ocean
b) The Atlantic ocean
c) the Gulf of Mexico
d) the Gulf of California

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