Geography N. America Flashcards
world’s largest prairie
Great Plains
world’s largest canyon
Grand Canyon
Canada’s highest point
Mount Logan
world’s largest freshwater lake by area
Lake Superior
highest point in North America
Mount McKinley
largest body of water entirely in Canada
Great Bear Lake
Canada’s longest river
Mackenzie River
North America’s largest inland body of salt water
Great Salt Lake
body of water that separates Alaska and Russia
Bering Strait
North America’s largest desert area
Great Basin
west coast peninsula of Mexico
Baja California
world’s largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
two deserts in Northern Mexico
Sonoran Desert and Chihuahuan Desert
capital of Jamaica
Kingston
largest country in Central America
Nicaragua
established the Western Hemisphere’s first Communist dictatorship while in Cuba
Fidel Castro
Mexico’s mineral resources
gold, iron ore, silver, copper, and oil
in which Central American country is English spoken as a primary language?
Belize
the Central American country with the smallest population
Belize
the Central America country with the largest population
Guatemala
what did French settlers in the New World do
trade fur
people in Northern Canada that were famous for their igloos
Inuit
mountainous island where Haiti and the Dominican Republic are located
Hispaniola
conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes
what part of Canada do the French still have a major effect on today?
Quebec
backbone of North America
Rocky Mountains
forms part of the US-Canada border
St. Lawrence River
forms part of the US-Mexico border
RIo Grande
North America’s largest river
MIssissippi River
Great Lakes
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Ontario, Erie
Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Central American countries
Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles
West Indies (most of the islands of North America; also know Canadian islands?)
Canada’s highest point
Mount Logan
highest peak in Hawaii
Mauna Kea
highest peak in the contiguous states
Mount Whitney
highest point in North America
Mount McKinley
