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3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 7

North America

Countries, mountains, rivers and regions.

What your child practices

Practices reading maps of North America: its countries and oceans, the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains, the Great Plains and Great Lakes, major rivers, the 50 states and the Pacific Northwest.

Washington State Learning Standards learning standard: G1.3.1; G1.3.2; G3.3.1 · using maps to understand the regions, landforms and places of North America

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    The wide, flat grasslands in the middle of North America are the…

    • Grand Canyon
    • Great Plains
    • Great Lakes

  2. Question 2

    Which river forms much of the border between Washington and Oregon?

    • the Rio Grande
    • the Columbia River
    • the Mississippi River

  3. Question 3

    A map that shows the borders of states and countries is a…

    • star map
    • political map
    • weather map

  4. Question 4

    Which river forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico?

    • the Columbia River
    • the Hudson River
    • the Rio Grande

  5. Question 5

    Which country is south of the United States?

    • Mexico
    • Greenland
    • Canada

  6. Question 6

    Which island, the largest in the world, is part of North America?

    • Greenland
    • Hawaii
    • Cuba

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