Geography N. America

Question 1

world’s largest prairie

Answer 1

Great Plains

Question 2

world’s largest canyon

Answer 2

Grand Canyon

Question 3

Canada’s highest point

Answer 3

Mount Logan

Question 4

world’s largest freshwater lake by area

Answer 4

Lake Superior

Question 5

highest point in North America

Answer 5

Mount McKinley

Question 6

largest body of water entirely in Canada

Answer 6

Great Bear Lake

Question 7

Canada’s longest river

Answer 7

Mackenzie River

Question 8

North America’s largest inland body of salt water

Answer 8

Great Salt Lake

Question 9

body of water that separates Alaska and Russia

Answer 9

Bering Strait

Question 10

North America’s largest desert area

Answer 10

Great Basin

Question 11

west coast peninsula of Mexico

Answer 11

Baja California

Question 12

world’s largest gulf

Answer 12

Gulf of Mexico

Question 13

two deserts in Northern Mexico

Answer 13

Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Desert

Question 14

capital of Jamaica

Answer 14

Kingston

Question 15

largest country in Central America

Answer 15

Nicaragua

Question 16

established the Western Hemisphere’s first Communist dictatorship while in Cuba

Answer 16

Fidel Castro

Question 17

Mexico’s mineral resources

Answer 17

gold, iron ore, silver, copper, and oil

Question 18

in which Central American country is English spoken as a primary language?

Answer 18

Belize

Question 19

the Central American country with the smallest population

Answer 19

Belize

Question 20

the Central America country with the largest population

Answer 20

Guatemala

Question 21

what did French settlers in the New World do

Answer 21

trade fur

Question 22

people in Northern Canada that were famous for their igloos

Answer 22

Inuit

Question 23

mountainous island where Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located

Answer 23

Hispaniola

Question 24

conquered the Aztecs

Answer 24

Hernando Cortes

Question 25

what part of Canada do the French still have a major effect on today?

Answer 25

Quebec

Question 26

backbone of North America

Answer 26

Rocky Mountains

Question 27

forms part of the US-Canada border

Answer 27

St. Lawrence River

Question 28

forms part of the US-Mexico border

Answer 28

RIo Grande

Question 29

North America’s largest river

Answer 29

MIssissippi River

Question 30

Great Lakes

Answer 30

Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario, Erie

Question 31

Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

Answer 31

Central American countries

Question 32

Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles

Answer 32

West Indies (most of the islands of North America; also know Canadian islands?)

Question 33

Canada’s highest point

Answer 33

Mount Logan

Question 34

highest peak in Hawaii

Answer 34

Mauna Kea

Question 35

highest peak in the contiguous states

Answer 35

Mount Whitney

Question 36

highest point in North America

Answer 36

Mount McKinley