QUIZ: Physical Geography of North America

What is the potential threat to the aquifers in the Yucatan?

• Seeping water formed underground caves and pools

• Narrow strips of land surrounded by water

• Garbage/sewage from tourists

• Sharing a common border

How were aquifers in the Yucatan formed?

• Cenotes

• Peninsula

• Sharing a common border

• Seeping water formed underground caves and pools

What are significant landforms in Mexico?

• Copper, Silver, Zinc

• The Great Basin

• Sierra Madre

• Farmers in Mexico

What resources are found in the Great Basin?

• Farm to feed families and export

• Minerals like gold and Natural Gas

• Mexican Plateau

• Natural resources found in Mexico

Why don't people want to live in the Great Basin area?

• The southern Great Plains: Kansas to Texas

• Risk of drilling for oil

• Plain

• Little water & dry climate

What is the physical feature at the center of the continent of North America?

• The Great Plains

• The Great Basin

• Sierra Nevada Mountains

• Sierra Madre Mountains

What is the business of producing and selling crops?

• The Great Plains

• Commercial Agriculture

• USA

• Sell to other countries

What caused the Dust Bowl?

• Drought

• Oil drilling

• Lack of natural grasses

• Tourism

What does the Great Plains provide for Canada and the USA?

• Export

• Grows enough to feed all North America and export to other countries

• Produces more energy than it uses

• Drought and soil erosion

What words describe the Great Plains?

• areas of hills and mountains
• low, flat areas of land
• high areas covered by ice
• flat areas of high elevation