US History to 1877

Question 1

Coastal Plain

Answer 1

Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico with the Broad lowlands providing many excellent harbors.

Question 2

Appalachian Highlands

Answer 2

Old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America)

Question 3

Canadian Shield

Answer 3

Wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape.

Question 4

Interior Lowland

Answer 4

Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills.

Question 5

Great Plains

Answer 5

Flat lands that gradually increase in elevation westward; grasslands.

Question 6

Rocky Mountains

Answer 6

Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico; high elevations.

Question 7

the Continental Divide

Answer 7

determines the directional flow of rivers.

Question 8

Basin and Range

Answer 8

Located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada’s and the Cascades Varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges.

Question 9

Death Valley

Answer 9

the lowest point in North America

Question 10

Costal Range

Answer 10

Located along the pacific coast, stretching from California to Canada rugged mountains and fertile valleys.

Question 11

The Atlantic Ocean

Answer 11

served as the highway for explorers, early settlers, and later immigrants.

Question 12

The Ohio River

Answer 12

was the gateway to the west.

Question 13

Inland port cities

Answer 13

grew in the Midwest along the Great Lakes.

Question 14

The Mississippi and Missouri Rivers were used to?

Answer 14

Transport farm and industrial products. They were links to United States ports and other parts of the world. The Columbia River.

Question 15

The Colorado River

Answer 15

was explored by the Spanish.

Question 16

The Rio Grande

Answer 16

Forms the border with Mexico.

Question 17

The Gulf of Mexico

Answer 17

Provided the French and the Spanish with explanation routes to Mexico and other parts of America.

Question 18

The St. Lawrence River

Answer 18

Forms part of the northeastern border with Canada and connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

Question 19

Cactus Hill

Answer 19

is located on the Nottoway River in southeastern Virginia.

Question 20

People lived in Cactus Hill as early as?

Answer 20

18,000 years ago makes it one of the oldest archaeological sites in North America.

Question 21

Inuit

Answer 21

inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada. They lived in Arctic areas where the temperature is below freezing much of the year.