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Chapter 19: The United States
      
  1.Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., all lie in the __________.  
  a.   Gulf Coastal Plain  
  b.   Atlantic Coastal Plain  
  c.   Central Lowland  
  d.   Interior Plains  
      
  2.The tallest mountain peak in North America is __________.  
  a.   Mt. Rogers  
  b.   Pikes Peak  
  c.   Mt. Mitchell  
  d.   Mt. McKinley  
      
  3.The United States’ economic system is based on the __________.  
  a.   command system  
  b.   Marxist system  
  c.   free enterprise system  
  d.   socialist system  
      
  4.The largest part of the United States economy is __________.  
  a.   services  
  b.   agriculture  
  c.   manufacturing  
  d.   mining  
      
  5.The oldest mountain range in the United States is the __________.  
  a.   Rocky Mountains  
  b.   Appalachian Mountains  
  c.   Coast Range Mountains  
  d.   Sierra Nevada  
      
  6.The United States is the __________ populous country in the world.  
  a.   most  
  b.   second most  
  c.   third most  
  d.   fourth most  
      
  7.Since the 1970s, the fastest-growing area of the United States has been __________.  
  a.   New England and the Midwest  
  b.   the West Coast  
  c.   the Southeast  
  d.   the South and Southwest  
      
  8.Most of the United States lies in the __________.  
  a.   high latitudes  
  b.   tropics  
  c.   mid-latitudes  
  d.   steppes  
      
  9.What document set the form of government used in the United States?  
  a.   Declaration of Independence  
  b.   Articles of Confederation  
  c.   Constitution  
  d.   Bill of Rights  
      
  10.The United States’ government is divided into __________ branches.  
  a.   two  
  b.   three  
  c.   four  
  d.   five  

 






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