USI.2b Geographic Regions of North America

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Which region can be described as rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills?

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Interior Lowlands

Front

Which region has rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada; Contains fertile valleys?

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Coastal Range

Front

Which region can be described as flat grasslands that gradually increases in elevation westward?

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Great Plains

Front

Which region is located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico with broad lowlands providing many excellent harbors?

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Coastal Plains

Front

Which region is wrapped around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape with hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers, and holds some of the oldest rock formations in North America?

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Canadian Shield

Front

Which region has rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico with high elevations and contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers?

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Rocky Mountains

Front

Which region extends from eastern Canada to western Alabama and includes the Piedmont with old, eroded mountains?

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Appalachian Mountains

Front

Which region is an area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley (the lowest point in North America)?

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Basin and Range

Front

Which region is shaded in the map? Options: Coastal Range, Basin and Range, Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains

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Appalachian Mountains

Front

Which region is shaded in the map? Coastal Range, Basin and Range, Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains

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Basin and Range