GCU322 Lecture Quiz 1 with Answers

There are considered to be ____ large world regions, with North America being 1 of them. - ANSWER 12 Nashville, TN is the ____ landform region. - ANSWER interior lowlands The long border "fence" along the U.S.-Mexico boundary is built primarily of: - ANSWER large metal sheets A transect, as a field methodology in geography, means to make observations while: - ANSWER moving in a straight line between two different points Of the 3 "Triple Crown" hiking trails in America, which is the longest? - ANSWER Continental Divide Trail Charlotte, NC is in the ____ landform region - ANSWER Piedmont In terms of North American landforms, there is no coastal plain on the ____ coast. - ANSWER west In this course, North America is broken into ____ separate regions, and each one will be covered individually throughout the course. - ANSWER 14 The Rocky Mountain landform region is NOT found in which U.S. state? - ANSWER Arizona Which part of North America is politically controlled by a European country? - ANSWER Greenland The largest portion of Canada is in the ____ landform region. - ANSWER Canadian Shield Where the 37 degree north latitude line crosses the Mississippi River, it is the ____ landform region. - ANSWER Coastal Plain Most American cities are at fairly low elevations. An illustration of this is the Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball team with a home stadium at 1,100 feet in elevation, which unbelievably is the ____ highest elevation of any home stadium in Major League Baseball. - ANSWER 2nd America's possessions in the Caribbean, _____ are not considered part of North America, and therefore will not be covered in this course. - ANSWER Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Driving west across the state of ____, one goes from just under 900 feet in elevation (at the eastern edge of the state) to just over 4,000 feet in elevation by the time the western edge of the state is reached, yet this elevation gain is barely noticeable--practically imperceptible. - ANSWER Kansas