North America Vocab Flashcards
Large river that forms a border between the US and Mexico
Rio Grande River
A major mountain system of the United States and Canada, extending 3,000 miles from Alaska south to New Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Largest city on the West coast
Los Angeles, CA
desert in south Arizona and Mexico
Sonoran Desert
A peninsula in Central America extending into the Gulf of Mexico between the Bay of Campeche and the Caribbean Sea.
Yucatan Peninsula
largest and deepest of the oceans, larger than all of Earth’s continental land put together
Pacific Ocean
an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South America
Caribbean Sea
a group of five freshwater lakes in central North America between the United States and Canada.
The Great Lakes
What are the five Great Lakes?
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior
A major North American river and the chief river of the United States, longest river in the U.S.
Mississippi River
a vast prarie region extending from Canada through the west central United States into Texas.
Great Plains
Mexico City
Capital of Mexico
Chicago
Large city in the midwest
Sierra Madre Mountains
Mountain range in Mexico
Large gulf off the southeastern coast of North America
Gulf of Mexico
