Geography Chapter 6 (North America)

Question 1

Italian explorer that sailed west from Spain and landed in the West Indies in 1492

Answer 1

Christopher Columbus

Question 2

America named after an Italian adventurer named _______

Answer 2

Amerigo Vespucci

Question 3

world’s largest gulf

Answer 3

Gulf of Mexico

Question 4

large inland sea

Answer 4

Hudson Bay

Question 5

once connected North and South America before being divided by the Panama Canal

Answer 5

Isthmus of Panama

Question 6

three oceans surrounding North America

Answer 6

Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic

Question 7

separates North America from Russia

Answer 7

Bering Strait

Question 8

Columbus called the Native Americans ______

Answer 8

Indians

Question 9

the territory that occupies the largest peninsula on the continent of North America is ______

Answer 9

Alaska

Question 10

what term describes a chain of mountains

Answer 10

cordillera

Question 11

True or False: North America contains every climate possible

Answer 11

True

Question 12

the world’s largest island

Answer 12

Greenland

Question 13

the highest point in North America

Answer 13

Mount McKinley

Question 14

largest and longest mountain range in North America

Answer 14

Rocky Mountains

Question 15

North America’s largest river

Answer 15

Mississippi

Question 16

world’s largest canyon

Answer 16

Grand Canyon

Question 17

the five great lakes

Answer 17

Superior, Erie, Huron, Ontario, Michigan

Question 18

world’s largest freshwater lake (in surface area)

Answer 18

Lake Superior

Question 19

world’s second largest country

Answer 19

Canada

Question 20

Canada’s largest province

Answer 20

Quebec

Question 21

the area of Canada that is second in population and more than 80% are French

Answer 21

Quebec

Question 22

the cradle of French civilization in North America

Answer 22

Quebec City

Question 23

Canada’s most populous province

Answer 23

Ontario

Question 24

capital of Ontario

Answer 24

Toronto

Question 25

capital of Canada

Answer 25

Ottawa

Question 26

Canada’s capital is located in which province?

Answer 26

Ontario

Question 27

what is the oldest major city in Canada?

Answer 27

Quebec City

Question 28

what becomes the world’s largest ice-skating rink when it freezes

Answer 28

Rideau Canal

Question 29

the capital city of Manitoba that was nicknamed “Gateway to the West”

Answer 29

Winnipeg

Question 30

what is the smallest Canadian province

Answer 30

Prince Edward Island

Question 31

“Canada’s Gateway to the Pacific”

Answer 31

Vancouver

Question 32

“Canada’s Breadbasket”

Answer 32

Saskatchewan

Question 33

Canada’s highest point

Answer 33

Mount Logan

Question 34

who were the first people in America

Answer 34

Native Americans (Indians)

Question 35

first permanent European settlement in North America

Answer 35

St. Augustine

Question 36

first permanent English colony in America

Answer 36

Jamestown

Question 37

the United States has one of the largest ______ in the world

Answer 37

economies