Test 5 (Chapter 6)

Question 1

T

Answer 1

Yucatán Peninsula

Question 2

Why were the first French settlers most interested in the New World?

Answer 2

to establish a fur trade

Question 3

D

Answer 3

Washington D.C.

Question 4

largest body of water entirely in Canada

Answer 4

Great Bear Lake

Question 5

B

Answer 5

Bering Sea

Question 6

What explorer conquered the Aztecs and claimed Mexico for Spain?

Answer 6

Hernando Cortés

Question 7

What saucer-shaped basin surrounds Hudson Bay?

Answer 7

Canadian Shield

Question 8

What is the world’s largest canyon?

Answer 8

Grand Canyon

Question 9

What is North America’s largest river?

Answer 9

Mississippi

Question 10

North America’s largest inland body of salt water

Answer 10

Great Salt Lake

Question 11

U

Answer 11

Puerto Rico

Question 12

world’s largest prairie

Answer 12

Great Plains

Question 13

J

Answer 13

British Columbia

Question 14

Fidel Castro established the Western Hemisphere’s first Communist dictatorship in ___.

Answer 14

Cuba

Question 15

famous Canadian missionary to China

Answer 15

Jonathan Goforth

Question 16

I

Answer 16

Hudson Bay

Question 17

G

Answer 17

Greenland

Question 18

What mountain range is called the “Backbone of North America”?

Answer 18

Rocky Mountains

Question 19

S

Answer 19

Guatemala

Question 20

S

Answer 20

Florida

Question 21

The Great Lakes and the ___ form the world’s longest inland seaway

Answer 21

St. Lawrence River

Question 22

C

Answer 22

Mt. McKinley

Question 23

M

Answer 23

New York (state)

Question 24

What are the five Great Lakes?

Answer 24

Huron, Ontario, Erie, Michigan, and Superior

Question 25

F

Answer 25

Ottawa

Question 26

The countries of ___ and the Dominican Republic are both located on the mountainous island of Hispaniola.

Answer 26

Haiti

Question 27

What is the world's largest gulf?

Answer 27

Gulf of Mexico

Question 28

A

Answer 28

Havana

Question 29

V

Answer 29

Great Plains

Question 30

Q

Answer 30

Bahamas

Question 31

O

Answer 31

Appalachian Mountains

Question 32

the only part of the United States ever visited by Columbus

Answer 32

Puerto Rico

Question 33

M

Answer 33

Great Lakes

Question 34

Q

Answer 34

Baja California

Question 35

K

Answer 35

Nova Scotia

Question 36

R

Answer 36

Cuba

Question 37

L

Answer 37

California

Question 38

an Indigenous group of northern Canada who traditionally lived in igloos and depended on hunting for food, clothing, and fuel

Answer 38

Inuit

Question 39

R

Answer 39

Gulf of Mexico

Question 40

B

Answer 40

Mexico City

Question 41

North America's largest desert area

Answer 41

Great Britain

Question 42

___ has a naval base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba

Answer 42

The United States

Question 43

Canada's highest point

Answer 43

Mt. Logan

Question 44

Which Canadian province is the only one that borders the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 44

British Columbia

Question 45

T

Answer 45

Jamaica

Question 46

Which Canadian province is known for its French culture and heritage?

Answer 46

Quebec

Question 47

Which Canadian province is the smallest?

Answer 47

Prince Edward Island

Question 48

What river forms part of the U.S.-Mexican

Answer 48

Rio Grande

Question 49

K

Answer 49

Mississippi River

Question 50

Ships on the St. Lawrence Seaway bypass the Niagara Falls by using the ___

Answer 50

Welland Ship Canal

Question 51

world's largest freshwater lake in area

Answer 51

Lake Superior

Question 52

Canada's longest river

Answer 52

Mackenzie River

Question 53

What body of water separates North America from Asia?

Answer 53

Bering Strait

Question 54

P

Answer 54

Gulf of California

Question 55

The capital of Jamaica

Answer 55

Kingston

Question 56

highest point in North America

Answer 56

Mt. McKinley

Question 57

N

Answer 57

St. Lawrence River

Question 58

H

Answer 58

Quebec

Question 59

U

Answer 59

Caribbean Sea

Question 60

G

Answer 60

Toronto