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The lowland area of the United States stretching from Maine to Texas is the
1. North American plain
2. coastal plain
3. Gulf of Mexico
4. lowest spot in the country
The western section of the interior plains region of the United States is called the:
1. Gulf Coastal Plain
2. Atlantic Coastal Plain
3. Central Plains
4. Great Plains
The coastal area of the eastern United States ends with the highlands of the:
1. Rocky Mountains and the Black Hills
2. Piedmont and the Appalachian Mountains
3. Coastal Range
4. Ozark Plateau
The Sierra Nevada, the Cascades, and the Coast Ranges are in the region of the:
1. Great Basin
2. Rocky Mountains
3. Pacific West
4. Grand Canyon
In the Pacific West, areas well-suited to farming are found in a number of fertile:
1. highlands
2. deltas
3. canyons
4. valleys and plains
Dense tropical forests on rain-swept mountain slopes are found in:
1. Oregon
2. Montana
3. Hawaii
4. Florida
The region just west of the Rocky Mountains in the United States is made up of a large
1. plateau
2. broadleaf forest
3. valley
4. lowland
The first people who lived in the Americas probably came across the Bering Strait from:
1. The East Indies
2. Europe
3. Canada
4. Asia
When Europeans first arrived in the Americas, they found the land settled by groups of:
1. Africans
2. Russians
3. Indians
4. Arabs
Between the early 1600's and the early 1800's, the ancestors of many black Americans were enslaved and taken from their homes in:
1. The Philippines
2. Southeast Asia
3. Africa
4. India
The most recent immigrants to the United States come mainly from Latin America and:
1. Africa
2. Canada
3. Western Europe
4. Asia
The system of government established by the Constitution of the United States is:
1. a federal democracy
2. a monarchy
3. a dictatorship
4. a junta
The northernmost states of the Northeast region are known as:
1. the Middle Atlantic States
2. New England
3. the Great Lakes region
4. Boswash
Areas along the Atlantic coast, the Great Lakes, and certain rivers are the Northeast's centers of:
1. fishing and forestry
2. entertainment and recreation
3. greatest population density
4. agricultural production
Most of New England is a region of:
1. winds, mountains, and frequent rain
2. moist climate conditions and flat land
3. poor soil, long winters, and hilly land
4. short growing season and rich soil
Many of the Northeast's clothing and shoe factories closed during the 1970's because of:
1. a shortage of labor
2. shortages of resources
3. old, inefficient equipment
4. competition from Japan

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