Unit Test: US and Canada

Front

What was an important waterway for trade and travel for thousands of years, this river links the Great Lakes region by sea with the rest of the world.

Back

St. Lawerence River

Front

Located along the Pacific coast of Canada, it’s home to a major seaport and the third most heavily populated urban area in Canada:

Back

Vancouver

Front

This wide expanse of grassland with few trees covers much of the central U.S. and south-central Canada:

Back

Great Plains

Front

The most populous city in the U.S., it was founded by the Dutch in 1624 as New Amsterdam, it’s since been renamed and is major cultural and commercial hub:

Back

New York City

Front

Covering a significant portion of Canada, it’s one of the world’s largest geologic continental shields and is made up of highly metamorphosed granite:

Back

Canadian Shield

Front

This mountain range stretches north to south across the U.S. and Canada and because it hasn’t been exposed to much erosion, features many jagged peaks and mountain tops at high elevations, often exceeding 10,000 feet high:

Back

Rocky Mountains

Front

Located in the western U.S., this major landform represents the largest area in North America with no water outlet to an ocean:

Back

Great Basin

Front

This major western U.S. city located in the state of California along the coast of the Pacific Ocean, was founded by the Spanish in 1781; it’s now the second-most populous city in the nation and a major hub of culture, serving as the home of the film and television industry:

Back

Los Angeles

Front

Canada has two official languages, English and _____:

a. French b. Spanish c. German d. Dutch

Back

French

Front

The _____ focused their exploration and colonization efforts in the southern and southwestern regions of what is now the U.S. because of their strategic position and economic and religious interests.:

a. British b. Spanish c. Portuguese d. French

Back

Spanish