Mountain Ranges

Question 1

runs from northwestern Canada through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico

Answer 1

Rocky Mountains

Question 2

runs along the US east coast, from Maine to Georgia; includes several important subranges, like the Green Mountains, the Catskills, the Blue Ridge Mountain, and the Great Smoky Mountains, but not New York’s Adirondacks

Answer 2

Appalachian Mountains

Question 3

major range of the Pacific Northwest; includes Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens in Washington and Mount Hood in Oregon

Answer 3

Cascade Mountains

Question 4

range in Central California; home to Yosemite National Park and Sequoia National Park

Answer 4

Sierra Nevada

Question 5

crescent that runs through southeast France, Switzerland, northern Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia

Answer 5

Alps

Question 6

runs from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea through Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan

Answer 6

Caucasus Mountains

Question 7

runs north to south in western Russia, forming the boundary between Europe and Asia

Answer 7

Ural Mountains

Question 8

South America; runs along the entire western coast of South America, from Venezuela in the north, through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, to Chile & Argentina’s southern tip

Answer 8

Andes Mountains

Question 9

Africa; on the coast of northwest Africa, from Morocco, through Algeria, to Tunisia; immediately north of the Sahara Desert

Answer 9

Atlas Mountains

Question 10

Asia; highest mountain range in the world; runs through Bhutan, India, Nepal, China, and Pakistan; found east of the Karakoram Mountains and south of the Tibetan Plateau

Answer 10

Himalayas