U.S. Geography Vocabulary

What is the capital of the United States?

• Detroit

• Washington, D.C.

• New York

The main mountain range in the east

• Appalachian

• Rockies

The largest group of freshwater lakes in the world

• Mississippi

• Great Lakes

The largest and most important river in the U.S.

• Great Lakes

• Mississippi

A smaller river or stream

• pond

• tributary

The mountain range on the west coast of the U.S.

• Appalachian

• Rockies

divides the flow of rivers

• continental divide

• tributary

• delta

A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land

• colony

• protectorate

• district

A large form that grows mainly one crop is a plantation

• true

• false

The largest city in the U.S.

• San Francisco

• New York

• Boston