USI.2c Importance of U.S. Rivers and Bodies of Water

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

• Atlantic

• Pacific

• Indian

The _________________ River was the gateway to the west prior to the Louisiana Purchase.

• Colorado

• Columbia

• Ohio

The____________________and ________________ rivers were used to transport farm and industrial products. They created links to United States ports and other parts of the world.

• St. Lawrence, Ohio

• Rio Grande, Colorado

• Mississippi , Missouri

The _________________ River was explored by the Spanish.

• Colorado

• Mississippi

• Gulf of Mexico

The ________ ___________ River forms the border with Mexico

• Colorado

• Rio Grande

• St. Lawrence

The ________________Ocean was an early exploration destination as a route to Asia.

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Arctic

The ________ ___ ___________provided the French and Spanish with exploration routes to Mexico and other parts of America.

• Rio Grande

• Gulf of Mexico

• Ohio

The ___ _________________River forms part of the northeastern border with Canada and connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

• St Lawrence

• Columbia

• Missouri

Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along the _____________ _____________

• Atlantic Ocean

• St. Lawrence River

• Great Lakes

The _________________River was explored by Lewis and Clark.

• Ohio

• Columbia

• Missouri