🖨️ North America geography worksheet (printable, with answers)
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Which of these animals is the heaviest?
- A. Grizzly bear
- B. American alligator
- C. Moose
Empire State Building: which country is it in?
- A. Canada
- B. United States
- C. Guatemala
Which of these is the oldest?
- A. Panama Canal
- B. Bank of America Plaza
- C. Independence Hall
Which of these animals flies the fastest?
- A. Scarlet macaw
- B. Atlantic puffin
- C. Brown pelican
Which of these countries has the most people?
- A. Nicaragua
- B. Costa Rica
- C. Cuba
What is the capital of the United States?
- A. Chicago
- B. Washington
- C. New York City
Which of these animals is the heaviest?
- A. Greater roadrunner
- B. American lobster
- C. Eastern gray squirrel
Grand Canyon: which country is it in?
- A. Canada
- B. United States
- C. Dominican Republic
Which of these is a legend that has never been proven to exist?
- A. Bigfoot (Sasquatch)
- B. Mountain goat
- C. American flamingo
Which of these animals can live the longest?
- A. Red fox
- B. Jaguar
- C. Bald eagle
Grand Canyon: which of these is closest to it?
- A. Moraine Lake
- B. Niagara Falls
- C. Chichén Itzá
Which of these is a legend that has never been proven to exist?
- A. Arctic fox
- B. Thunderbird
- C. Polar bear
Which of these is the deepest?
- A. Great Blue Hole
- B. Meteor Crater (Barringer Crater)
- C. Cave of the Crystals (Naica)
Which of these is the oldest?
- A. Washington Monument
- B. Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago)
- C. Vessel
Which of these is the oldest?
- A. Brooklyn Bridge
- B. Central Park Tower
- C. One Vanderbilt
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Answer key — North America
- C. Moose (Grizzly bear (220 kg) · American alligator (230 kg) · Moose (440 kg))
A bull moose sheds its antlers every winter and grows a new set the next year. - B. United States
It took only 410 days to build. - C. Independence Hall (Panama Canal (1904–1914) · Bank of America Plaza (1992) · Independence Hall (1753))
Both the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the US Constitution (1787) were adopted here. - B. Atlantic puffin (Scarlet macaw (56 km/h) · Atlantic puffin (88 km/h) · Brown pelican (48 km/h))
A puffin can carry a dozen or more small fish crosswise in its beak at once. - C. Cuba (Nicaragua (6.9 million) · Costa Rica (5.1 million) · Cuba (11 million))
- B. Washington
- B. American lobster (Greater roadrunner (380 g) · American lobster (800 g) · Eastern gray squirrel (500 g))
Lobsters keep growing all their lives by shedding their old shell. - B. United States
It is 446 km long and up to 29 km wide. - A. Bigfoot (Sasquatch)
The name 'Bigfoot' caught on in 1958 after giant footprints were reported in California, but no body or bones have ever been found. - C. Bald eagle (Red fox (15 years) · Jaguar (22 years) · Bald eagle (38 years))
The bald eagle is not bald: 'bald' comes from an old English word meaning white-headed. - A. Moraine Lake (Moraine Lake (1,722 km) · Niagara Falls (2,915 km) · Chichén Itzá (2,858 km))
Its view was shown on the back of an old Canadian $20 banknote. - B. Thunderbird
Some researchers think Pacific Northwest stories of Thunderbird battling Whale may remember the great Cascadia earthquake and tsunami of 1700. - C. Cave of the Crystals (Naica) (Great Blue Hole (124 m) · Meteor Crater (Barringer Crater) (170 m) · Cave of the Crystals (Naica) (300 m))
Its biggest crystal is about 11 m long and weighs around 12 tonnes, and the crystals grew for at least 500,000 years in hot mineral water. - A. Washington Monument (Washington Monument (1848–1884) · Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) (2009) · Vessel (2019))
It was the tallest structure in the world from 1884 until the Eiffel Tower in 1889. - A. Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge (1869–1883) · Central Park Tower (2020) · One Vanderbilt (2020))
When it opened in 1883 it had the longest suspension-bridge span in the world.