Fun with Geography!!

Rivers Drains the Great Lakes Longest N. American river St. Lawrence R. Pittsburgh to Mississippi R. Missouri R. Through the Grand Canyon Ohio R. Minnesota to New Orleans, LA “Old Man River” Colorado R. U.S. – Mexico border Mississippi R. Rio Grande Pittsburgh to Mississippi R.

14th state Vermont Cape Cod Long Island Chesapeake Bay The Delta National Park, whose name means “River of Grass” The Everglades

Puget Sound, WA Four corners Columbia R. L and C SF Bay Rio Grande Co Ut G G Bridge; Alcatraz Colorado R Az NM Gulf of California Sea of Cortes

Quito, Ecuador Peru Bolivia, Paraguay Atacama Desert Chile Cape Horn Capitol city on the equator They speak Portuguese Brazil Incas lived here Peru Has 2 capitols Bolivia Bolivia, Paraguay 2 landlocked nations Atacama Desert VERY dry desert Rio de Jenairo 2016 Olympics Long narrow country Chile St of Magellan This straight Tierra del Fuego These islands Cape Horn This cape

meteor; mass extinction of 75% of Earth’s plants and animals Peninsulas Yucatan Dinosaur – ending meteor; mass extinction of 75% of Earth’s plants and animals

Peninsulas Scandinavian Iberian

Straights and Canals Rock of Gibraltar Gibraltar Black Sea Atlantic Ocean Black Sea Mediterranean Sea Spain Morocco Gibraltar

Russia Bering straight (land bridge) Bering Sea

Panama Canal (1904 – 1914) Straight of Magellan Tierra del Fuego Island Group

Suez Canal (1869)

Erie Canal, 1825 Niagara River

Locks