North America Chapter 6 Map Study – Flashcards
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Which countries touch the Tropic of Cancer
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Mexico, Bahamas
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What two bodies of water separate Greenland from Baffin Island in Canada?
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Baffin Bay, Davis Strait
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What body of water separates the West Indies from South America?
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Caribbean Sea
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What two peninsulas border the Gulf of Mexico?
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Florida, Yucatan
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What countries border Mexico?
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United States, Guatemala, Belize
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What province and territory Alaska?
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Yukon Territory, British Columbia
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What Canadian island is closest to the North Pole and to Greenland?
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Ellesmere Island;
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What bay lies to the North of Ontario and west of the Ungava Peninsula?
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Hudson Bay
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What large island belongs to the province of British Columbia?
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Vancouver Island
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Into what body of water does the Mackenzie River empty?
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Beaufort Sea
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List the provinces that which border the Gulf of St. Lawrence?
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Newfoundland, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward island
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Which territory contains the Great Bear and Slave Lakes?
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Northwest Territories
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Which of the Great Lakes does not border Canada? Which states border this lake?
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Lake Michigan; Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana
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The Mississippi River serves as a boundary for what states?
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Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois,Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota
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What seas and gulf border Alaska?
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Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska
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In what state does the Missouri River join the Mississippi?
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Missouri
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Which states border Mexico?
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Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California
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List the states that border Canada.
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Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine
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What river forms the boundary between Mexico and the United States?
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Rio Grande
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The Panama Canal links what two bodies of water?
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Caribbean Sea (Atlantic), and Pacific Ocean
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What two countries share and island in the Caribbean Sea?
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Haiti and Dominican Republic
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What gulf separates Baja California from the rest of Mexico?
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Gulf of California
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Which Middle American countries border the 'Pacific Ocean?
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Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
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Name the large Caribbean island that guards the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Cuba
