States and Cities of the USA

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 578.

Key 9

Test 9

Key 8

Test 8

Key 6

Test 6

Test 3

Key 2

Test 2

Key 1

Test 1

Geography of the USA

1. What is the area of the USA?

2. What is the population of the USA?

3. Name the five geographical regions of the USA.

4. Where is the “Rust Belt” in the USA?

5. Name the smallest US state.

6. Name the largest US state.

7. Name the lowest spot in the continental US.

8. Name the highest mountain range in the eastern US.

9. Which of the Great Lakes is entirely within the US?

10. What river gave the name to the capital of California?

(see key 1)

1. over 9 mil. km²

2. 280,562, 489 people

3. The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain; the Appalachian Highland; the Interior Plain; the Cordilleran, or Western Highland; the Pacific Slope

4. in the industrial North-central and North-eastern states

5. Rhode Island

6. Alaska

7. Death Valley, California

8. the Appalachian Mountains

9. Lake Michigan

10. the Sacramento River in California

1. Who was Henry Hudson and which geographical feature in New York State is named after him?

2. Into how many time zones is the continental US divided?

3. Which American state was the last to acquire “state” status?

4. In which state do the highest trees in the world grow and what are they called?

5. What is the name of the first US national park and in which state is it located?

6. Which city in Florida has the same name as a Russian city?

7. In which mountain are the faces of four American presidents chiselled**?

8. In which city and state is Disney World located and in which city and state is Disneyland located?

9. What are the nicknames of the Mississippi River?

10. What is the famous saying about the Missouri River water?

11. What are two main branches of the Mississippi River?

12. Name the six New England states.

(see key 2)

1. an English explorer; the Hudson River

2. 4

3. Hawaii

4. in California; “redwood”, or “sequoia”

5. Yellowstone in Wyoming

6. St. Petersburg

7. Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

8. in Orlando, Florida

9. “The Old Man”, “The Big Muddy”

10. “It's too thick to drink, but too thin to plough”

11. the Ohio and the Missouri Rivers

12. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

1. Where is the United States of America situated?

2. What oceans is the country washed by in the east, in the west and in the south?

3. What countries does the USA border on?

4. What are the names of the five Great Lakes?

5. Where are the Niagara Falls situated?

6. Give the names of seven great rivers in the USA and show them on the map.

7. On what rivers are New York and Washington situated?

8. What is the climate in the USA?

(for answers see texts General Facts of Geography, Rivers)

1. The United States lies in the central part of the North American continent with the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Pacific to the west, Canada to the north, and Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.

2. The mainland of the United States is washed by the Pacific Ocean on the west, by the Atlantic Ocean in the east, and the Gulf of Mexico in the south-east. Moreover, Alaska is washed by the Arctic Ocean on the north; Pacific Ocean on the south; Chukchi Sea, Bering Sea, a Bering Strait on the west. Hawaii by the Pacific Ocean.

3. The United States borders on Canada in the North and on Mexico in the South.

4. They are Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and Lake Ontario.

5. The Niagara, Falls, great rapids, are situated on the short Niagara River, joining Lake Erie and Ontario.

6. ____

7. New York City stands on the Hudson River, the Harlem and the East River. The capital of the USA is situated on the Potomac River between Virginia and Maryland

8. Being crossed by the mountain ranges from North to South, the country is unprotected from blasts of cold air from the North and warm air from the South. This is the cause of great fluctuations of temperature.

1. The USA is washed by the ________ Ocean in the West.

a) Atlantic b) Pacific c) Arctic

2. The five Great Lakes are joined by Canals and cut by ________.

a) bridges b) rapids c) hydroelectric stations.

3. The Mississippi-Missouri System, the longest waterway in the country, has a lot of tributaries, ________ is one of them.

a) the Yukon b) the Colorado c) the Ohio

4. The climate of the USA is ________ on the whole.

a) continental b) severe c) temperate.

5. The Interior Plains include ________.

a) the Great Plains b) the Rocky Mountains c) Death Valley

6. The Colorado Plateau, drained by river, forms ________, one of the world's wonders.

a) The Grand Canyon b) the Great Basin c) the Gulf Stream.

7. Vegetable and fruits are sent from ________ all over the country as well as to other parts of the world.

a) California b) Florida c) Texas

8. Most of the ________ is empty and covered with short dry grass.

a) Central Basin b) Great Plains c) Salt Lake Desert

9. The cold air from ________ lowers the temperature in the Easter part of the country.

a) Chesapeake Bay b) Hudson Bay c) San Diego Bay

10. The Gulf Stream of the Atlantic Ocean has little influence upon the climate of the USA because the winds blowing ________.

a) to the continent b) from the continent c) from the north.

(see key 6)

1. b), c)

2. b)

3. c)

4. c)

5. a)

6. a)

7. a)

8. c)

9. b)

10. b)

1. What states border the five Great Lakes?

2. What serves as the boundary between the United States and Canada?

3. What is the smallest of the Great Lakes?

4. What is the largest of the Great Lakes?

5. What is the longest river in the USA?

6. What river has been called the “father of waters”?

7. What does the word “Niagara” mean?

8. Which river flows backward?

9. Which river is the Missouri River a tributary of?

10. Which river forms a natural boundary between Mexico and the United States?

1. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

2. Great Lakes

3. Lake Erie

4. Lake Superior

5. the Missouri River

6. the Mississippi

7. “roaring waters”

8. the Chicago river flows south towards the Gulf of Mexico

9. the Mississippi River

10. the Rio Grande

1. Which valley is located in the southernmost tip of Texas?

2. Which valley actually consists of two valleys?

3. What is the location of the lowest elevation in North America?

4. How is a very colourful, steep-sided gorge, carved by the Colorado River called?

5. Who was a major proponent of the Grand Canyon area?

6. Which mountains divide the country into two parts, the East and the West?

7. Which mountains form the eastern chain of the Cordilleras?

8. Which subdivision of the Cordilleras extends from the Canadian border to the Mexican boundary?

1. The Rio Grande Valley

2. The Central Valley (the Sacramento Valley, the San Joaquin Valley)

3. Death Valley

4. the Grand Canyon

5. Theodore Roosevelt

6. the Rocky Mountains

7. the Rocky Mountains

8. Cascade Range

1. Which US state is the most densely populated one?

2. Which US state is the least densely populated one?

3. Which US state is the most populous state

4. When did the United States purchase Alaska from Russia?

5. What state is the largest in the USA?

6. What state is the smallest in the USA?

7. Which American state on the mainland borders only on one other state?

8. Which US state was founded as a refuge for Catholics?

9. Which US state was founded as a refuge for Quakers?

10. What US state is known as a “Puritan State”?

11. What US state is known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes” or “Lake State”?

12. What US state is known as “the Mother of Presidents”?

13. Where is Dixieland situated?

14. To what states do the following nicknames belong: “Golden State”, “Silver State”, “Granite State”, “Diamond State” and “Uncle Sam's Handkerchief”, “Oil, Coal, Steel State”, “Nutmeg State”, “Magnolia State”?

15. What cities are considered to be the most populous?

16. What city is the movie theater capital of the USA?

17. What parts does New York consist of?

18. What city is known as “the Athens of America”?

19. What city is considered to be the “Entertainment Capital of the World”? What is the meaning of its name?

20. What nicknames of Las Vegas do you know?

21. What is New Orleans famous for?

22. What town was the center for country music?

23. What US state is assumed to be the capital of the “New South”?

24. What cities were the first capitals of the USA?

1. New Jersey (413 people per km²).

2. Alaska (0.3 people per km²).

3. California (31,957,300 people).

4. In 1867 under the Russian tsar Alexander II Alaska was sold to the USA for $7.2 million, 2 cents per acre.

5. Alaska (1,500,000 km²).

6. Rhode Island (1,214 miles²).

7. Maine. It borders on New Hampshire.

8. Maryland.

9. Pennsylvania.

10. Massachusetts. Its other nicknames are “Old Colony”, “Bay State” and “Baked Bean State”.

11. Minnesota.

12. Virginia. It is an official name of Virginia, the birthplace of eight presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, Zachary Taylor, Woodrow Wilson, John Tyler, Harrison William.

13. Dixieland is an American name for the Southern slave states, esp. those that were formerly part of the Confederacy. “Dixie” is a corruption of the name Dixon. Dixon and Mason were the two land surveyors in the South in the 18^th century, who were the first to draw a line on the maps, thus separating the slave states from the rest of the country.

14. South Dakota, Nevada, New Hampshire, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Mississippi.

15. New York (7,333,253 inhabitants), Los Angeles (3,480,000), Chicago (2,800,000), Philadelphia (1,600,000), Detroit (1,028,000)

16. New York.

17. Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Richmond (Staten Island).

18. Boston.

19. Las Vegas. It means “the meadows” in Spanish.

20. “Sin City”, “Lost Wages”, “the City of Lights”, “Adult Disneyland”.

21. It is famous for its night life, jazz and the Mardi Gras Carnival.

22. Nashville, Tennessee.

23. Atlanta, Georgia.

24. New York (1776-1790), Philadelphia (1790-1800), Washington (1800-present)