Name __________________________________________________ Date ______________________________
Assessment: Mapping Lab: Canada and United States
1. On the map below, 12 states, provinces, or territories of the region are numbered from 13 to 24. Their
names are listed in the Answer Bank. Write the name of each place on the line next to each number.
Answer Bank: Alaska Alberta Arizona Georgia Michigan Montana New York Nunavut Ontario
Oregon Prince Edward Island Quebec
13. Alaska
14. Nunavut
15. Alberta
16. Quebec
17. Ontario
18. Prince Edward Island
19. Montana
20. Oregon
21. Michigan
22. New York
23. Arizona
24. Georgia
2. On the map below, 12 important physical features of the region are numbered from 1 to 12. Their names are
listed in the Answer Bank. Write the name of each physical feature on the line next to each number.
Answer Bank:
Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Canadian Shield Colorado River Great Plains Hudson Bay
Mississippi River Mount McKinley Pacific Ocean Rocky Mountains Sierra Nevada Vancouver Island
1. Arctic Ocean
2. Mount McKinley
3. Hudson Bay
4. Canadian Shield
5. Vancouver Island
6. Rocky Mountains
7. Great Plains
8. Atlantic Ocean
9. Sierra Nevada
10. Colorado River
11. Pacifi c Ocean
12. Mississippi River
Assessment Continued
Use the information and skills you learned from the Mapping Lab to answer Questions 3-8.
3. What is the most common type of vegetation
in the central area of both southern Canada and
the United States?
A. temperate grasslands CORRECT
B. desert scrub
C. deciduous forest
D. coniferous forest
4. Which resource is most abundant in Texas, Alaska, and Alberta?
A. coal
B. hydroelectric power
C. petroleum CORRECT
D. precious metals
5. Which of the following is the largest urban center in Canada?
A. Calgary
B. Montreal
C. Toronto CORRECT
D. Vancouver
Map: Climate Zones of Cananda and the United States
Use this map to help answer Questions 6-8.
6. Which of these climate zones covers most of Canada?
A. subarctic CORRECT
B. humid continental
C. marine west coast
D. tundra
7. Which of these states, provinces, or territories is mostly located in a tundra climate zone?
A. Alaska
B. Ontario
C. Nunavut CORRECT
D. Quebec
8. Which of these places has a humid continental climate?
A. Florida
B. Massachusetts CORRECT
C. Prince Edward Island
D. Texas