Name ____________________________________________ Date _____________
I. Map - In the blank write the letter on the map that marks each of the following geographic regions.
1. ________ Appalachian Highlands 5. ________ Coastal Range
2. ________ Basin and Range
3. ________ Canadian Shield
4. ________ Coastal Plain
6. ________ Great Plains
7. ________ Interior Lowlands
8. ________ Rocky Mountains
II. Identification - Name the geographic region described in each of the following sentences.
1. It is located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. ____________________
2. It is west of the Interior Lowlands and east of the Rocky Mountains.

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3. It is west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains.
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4. It is west of the Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama.
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5. It wraps around the Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape. __________________________
6. It is west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains.
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7. It is west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range.
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8. It is the region of mountains along the Pacific coast that stretch from California to
Canada. ___________________________________________________________
III. Matching - In the blank write the letter of the description that identifies each of the following geographic regions.
1. ________ Appalachian Highlands 5. ________ Coastal Range
2. ________ Basin and Range
3. ________ Canadian Shield
6. ________ Great Plains
7. ________ Interior Lowlands
4. ________ Coastal Plain 8. ________ Rocky Mountains
a. broad lowland providing many excellent excellent harbors
b. old, eroded mountains; the oldest mountain range in North America
c. hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers; contains some of the oldest rock formations in North America
d. rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills
e. flat land that gradually increases in elevation westward; grassland
f. rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico; high elevations; contains the
Continental Divide which determines the directional flow of rivers
g. area of varying elevations containing isolated mountain ranges and Death Valley, the lowest point in North America
h. contains fertile valleys