6th Grade World Geography

Focus: Chapter 3 Review

Class Work: Write the review questions from the PowerPoint. As soon as students have that completed they can use their books and the computers to check and verify their answers. We will work on this in class tomorrow to verify the answers. These questions and answers become the study guide for the test.

Home work: Study chapter 3 for test on Monday

Study Guide Questions:
Chapter 3 –Review Questions
1. Identify regions of the U.S. and Canada.
2. Explain the physical processes that shape the land.
3. Why do geographers study the U. S. and Canada separately from Mexico?
4. How does location in the middle latitudes help a country’s economy?
5. What is the difference between weather and climate?
6. What determines the type of vegetation that can grow in a region?
7. What vegetation zones are found in N. America?
8. In which vegetation zone does the the temperature rise above freezing for only 2 months per year?
9. Where is the N. American rain forest vegetation zone located?
10. What power resources does the U.S. and Canada have?
11. Why did the early settlers tend to live near rivers?
12. How do the U.S. and Canada cooperate with each other?