Self-Assessment

Exercise 1. Fill in the chart.

USA

Capital
Location
Border Countries
Area (total, land, water)
Population
Rivers
Lakes
Mountain ranges

Exercise 2. Give the names of natural resources the USA is rich in.

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Exercise 3. Human geography of the USA. Group the following categories of people to denote five ethnic groups.

Caucasian, Korean American, Native American, White, American Indian, African American, Black, Indian American, Chinese American, Hispanic, Asian American, Latino.

Exercise 4. Continue the list of the US chief industries and main agricultural products.

various services	grains
petroleum	wheat
steel	corn
motor vehicles	vegetables
lumber	fruits
mining	cotton
chemicals	beef
telecommunications	pork
consumer goods	poultry
electronics	diary products
food processing	fish
aerospace	forest products

Exercise 5. Innumerate climatic regions of the USA and characterize them.

Exercise 6. Match the names of the following natural hazards to the regions where they may occur.

tsunamis	Alaska
earthquakes	Pacific Basin
swelling of volcanoes	Territories along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts
hurricanes	Western parts of the country
forest fires	California
permafrost	Midwest and Southeast of the USA
floods
mud slides
tornadoes