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Jill Hist Regions
7th Grade Regions of the United States
Question | Answer |
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This regions is located along the Atlantic Ocean and gulf of Mexico and has broad lowland providing many excellent harbors? | Coastal Plain |
This region is located west of the Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to Western Alabama and includes the Piedmont. It also has old eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America | Appalachian Highlands |
The region wraps around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe and has hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers. | Canadian Shield |
This region is located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains and has rolling flat lands with many rivers, valleys, and grassy hills. | Interior Lowlands |
This region is located west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains and has flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward and also includes grasslands. | Great Plains |
This region is located west of the Great Plains and wast of the Basin and Range and has rugged mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico. It contains the continental Divide which determines the directional flow of rivers. | Rocky Mountains |
This region is located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Coastal Plain and has varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America. | Basin and Range |
This region has rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast and has fertile valleys. | Coastal Range |
The Coastal Plain has broad lowlands providing many excellent ____.` | Harbors |
The Appalachian Highlands has ____ eroded ____ (the oldest mountain range in North America). | Old, mountains |
The Canadian Shield wraps around the Hudson Bay in a _____ shape. | Horseshoe |
The Canadian Shield has hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by ____. | Glaciers |
The Interior Lowlands has rolling flat lands with many ____, valleys, and grassy hills. | rivers |
The Great Plains has ____ land that gradually increases in elevation westward and also has ____. | flat, grasslands |
The Rocky Mountains had ____ mountains stretching from ____ to ____ | rugged, Alaska, Mexico |
The Rocky Mountains contains the ____ which determines the directional flow of rivers. | continental divide |
The Basin and Range region has varying elevations containing ____ mountain ranges and ____ the lowest point in North America. | isolated, Death Valley |
The Coastal Range has rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast with ____ valleys. | fertile |