Online daily test 2018 for GS Geography Mapping - North America

Online daily test 2018 for GS Geography Mapping - North America


TEST QS : GS Geography Mapping - North America

1. The Canadian Shield is basically
(a) A plateau
(b) A plain with hard rocks
(c) Filled up Geosyncline
(d) A peneplain formed by worn down rocks of mountains
Ans. (d)

2. Mt. Mckinley is located in
(a) Brookes Ranges (b) Alaska Ranges
(c) Rocky Mountains (d) Kamchatka Ranges
Ans. (b)

3. Which place is known as “ The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes”.
(a) Manitoba (b) Northern Minnesota
(c) Sault St. Marie (d) St. Lawrence
Ans. (b)

4. In the USA the spring wheat belt is separated from the winter wheat belt
by
(a) Mississippi River
(b) Western half of corn belt
(c) Isotherm of 23o C
(d) None of these
Ans. (b)
5. The place marked X in the map shows

(a) Strait of Florida (b) Cape Hatteras
(c) Cape Cod (d) Mississippi
   Ans. (a)
Some Facts
THERE ARE FIVE MAJOR PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA-
Canadian Shield
The largest physiographic region in North America.
The Shield refers to the exposed portion of the continental crust underlying North America.
The crust, also known as the North American Craton, consists of rock from:
o Archean and Proterozoic eons
o Extends from Mexico to Greenland.
o Repeated advances of glacial ice have scoured its surface and left it.
o strewn with countless lakes, rivers, streams and ponds: Along its edge lie many of the great lakes and waterways of Canada:
o The eastern shores:
  1. Great Bear Lake, 
  2. Great Slave Lake, 
  3. Lake Athabasca and 
  4. Lake Winnipeg; 

o The northern shores:
  1. Lake of the Woods, 
  2. Lake Superior and 
  3. Lake Huron; and the north shore of the 
  4. St Lawrence River.

The main minerals are copper, iron, lead, nickel, gold, silver, uranium, and zinc.

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