| Question |
Answer |
| what is the world's largest gulf? |
Gulf of Mexico |
| List the three largest countries in North America |
Canada, Mexico, United States |
| What is North America's largest inland body of salt water? |
Great Salt Lake |
| What is North America's highest peak? |
Mt. McKinley |
| Name the capital of Canada |
Ottawa |
| What is Canada's smallest province |
Prince Edward Island |
| What is the most populous Canadian province? |
Ontario |
| Which province contains the majority of French-speaking Canadians? |
Quebec |
| Name the isthmus that once connected North and South America. What canal now cuts through the isthmus? |
Isthmus of Panama; Panama Canal |
| What is the longest and largest mountain range in the continent - called the "Backbone of North America"? |
Rocky Mountains |
| Name the five Great Lakes |
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario |
| Name the world's largest island |
Greenland |
| Name the world's largest canyon |
Grand Canyon |
| Name the world's largest freshwater lake |
Lake Superior |
| What is Canada's largest providence |
Quebec |
| What city has been called Canada's Gateway to the Pacific? |
Vancouver |
| Name the event that made the Yukon Territory famous in 1897 |
Klondike Gold Rush |
| What saucer shaped basin surrounds Hudson Bay? |
Canadian Shield |
| Which Canadian province is the only one that borders the Pacific Ocean? |
British Columbia |
| Why were the first French settlers most interested in the New World? |
to establish a fur trade |
| What River forms part of the U.S.-Mexican Border? |
Rio Grande |
| What is North America's longest river |
Mississippi River |
| world's largest prairie |
Great Plains |
| Canada's longest river |
Mackenzie River |
| Largest body of water entirely in Canada |
Great Bear Lake |
| North America's largest desert area |
Great Basin |
| the world's longest inland seaway |
the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River |
| what do ships use on the St. Lawrence Seaway to bypass the Niagara Falls |
Welland Ship Canal |
Biology Lab Midterm
