The United States, Region by Region, Introduction, Chapters 1-2

The author’s purpose for writing this book is to

  1. entertain
  2. persuade
  3. inform
  4. describe

The word megalopolismeans

  1. the city where Superman lived
  2. a long strip of end-to-end cities
  3. a city in Minnesota
  4. a disease discovered at the Mayo Clinic

Which city is called “the city that never sleeps?”

  1. Philadelphia
  2. Washington D. C.
  3. New York City
  4. Manhattan

Which state is notin the Northeast Region?

  1. Maine
  2. Rhode Island
  3. West Virginia
  4. Connecticut

Which state is a peninsula?

  1. Georgia
  2. Louisiana
  3. Mississippi
  4. Florida

A list of words and their meanings in a book is called

  1. glossary
  2. index
  3. table of contents
  4. title

Compare and contrast the shorelines of the Northeast and Southeast Regions.

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The United States Region by Region, Chapters 3-6

The Middle West is called the Heartland of America because

  1. it is shaped like a human heart
  2. it sends blood to all other states
  3. it’s farmers grow crops and raise animals to feed the rest of the country to keep it alive
  4. it has extreme weather and fierce storms

Which product is notproduced in the Middle West?

  1. fried clams
  2. breakfast cereals
  3. frozen pizza
  4. beef

The world’s first skyscraper was built in what city?

  1. Chicago, Illinois
  2. Ames, Iowa
  3. Detroit, Michigan
  4. St. Paul, Minnesota

The photographs in the book are included in the book to

  1. fill up the pages so the author didn’t have to write so much
  2. show features of each region
  3. show national parks
  4. show maps to find national parks

One thing the Southwestern Region is known for is

  1. barbeque
  2. cowboys
  3. oil deposits under the ground
  4. mesquite trees

The Southwest Region has the largest ______population

  1. Cuban
  2. American Indian
  3. Swedish
  4. European

What piece of working machinery stands on the grounds of the Oklahoma State Capitol?

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Which two regions have beautiful beaches?

  1. Northeast and Southeast
  2. Middle West and Northeast
  3. Southeast and West
  4. West and Northwest

One of the features of the West region is

  1. rain forest
  2. caves
  3. swamp
  4. sink holes

Which sentence is an opinion?

  1. Northeastern Arizona has the Petrified Forest.
  2. The Southwest contains some of the most beautiful sights.
  3. In 2002 the Winter Olympics were held near Salt Lake City, Utah.
  4. The Continental Divide zigzags through the Rocky Mountains.

The West has huge glaciers, which are sheets of ice that cover the land. It has rainforests in the wettest spot on Earth and the wettest spot in North America. It also has a desert so dry that many people died while crossing it. Think of a main idea statement for these details.

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