Socials 9: Amazing Race Canada Questions (topography)

Cordillera

1. What is one landform you will not find the the Cordillera region? a) volcano’s b) plateaus c) kettle lakes d) river valleys	Kettle lakes
2. The Cordillera is famous for what mountain range? a) Appalachians b) rocky mountains c) alps d) himalayans	Rocky mountains
3. How are the land form, trenches formed? a) rain b) erosion c) mother nature d) tectonic plates	Tectonic plates
4. The word “Cordillera” means __________ in Spanish. a) mountain ranges b) vast forests c) tall mountains d) cold weather	Mountain ranges
5. In the cordillera region what caused the mountainous landscape they have today? a) just like that b) erosion from glaciers and rivers c) earthquakes d) storms and rain	Erosion from glaciers and rivers

Interior Plains

*1. What landforms are found in the Interior Plains?* a) rolling hills b) river valleys c) bluffs d) all of the above	All of the above
2. How are bluffs formed? a) sea spray b) crashing waves c) erosion from wind d) all of the above	All of the above
3. The interior Plains include what landscape(s)? a) low mountains b) hills c) wide river valleys d) all of the above	All of the above
4. What are the Interior Plains mostly made of? a) flat grass lands b) rolling hills c) plains d) all of the above	Flat grasslands
5. What else are the Interior plains mostly made of? a) kettle lakes b) forest land c) fjords d) highlands	Forest land