Questions and Answers
Which countries touch the Tropic of Cancer?
Mexico, Bahamas
What two bodies of water separate Greenland from Baffin Island in Canada?
Baffin Bay, Davis Strait
What body of water separates the West Indies from South America?
Caribbean Sea
What two peninsulas border the Gulf of Mexico?
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What countries border Mexico?
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What province and territory lies adjacent to Alaska?
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What Canadian island is closest to the North Pole and to Greenland?
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What bay lies to the north of Ontario and west of the Ungava Peninsula?
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What large island belongs to the province of British Columbia?
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Into what body of water does the Mackenzie River empty?
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List the provinces that border the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Which territory contains the Great Bear and Slave Lakes?
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Which of the Great Lakes does not border Canada? Which states border this lake?
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The Mississippi River serves as a boundary for what states?
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What seas and Gulf border Alaska?
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In what state does the Missouri River join the Mississippi?
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Which states border Mexico?
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List the states that border Canada.
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What river forms the boundary between Mexico and the United States?
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The Panama Canal links what two bodies of water?
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What two countries share an island in the Caribbean Sea?
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What gulf separates Baja California from the rest of Mexico?
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Which Middle American countries border the Pacific Ocean?
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Name the large Caribbean island that guards the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Study Notes
Geography of North America
- The Tropic of Cancer touches Mexico and the Bahamas.
- Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait separate Greenland from Baffin Island in Canada.
- The Caribbean Sea separates the West Indies from South America.
- The Gulf of Mexico is bordered by the Florida and Yucatan peninsulas.
- Mexico is bordered by the United States, Guatemala, and Belize.
- Alaska borders the Yukon Territory and British Columbia.
- Ellesmere Island is the Canadian island closest to the North Pole and Greenland.
- Hudson Bay lies north of Ontario and west of the Ungava Peninsula.
- Vancouver Island is a large island belonging to the province of British Columbia.
- The Mackenzie River empties into the Beaufort Sea.
Borders and Waterways
- Provinces bordering the Gulf of St. Lawrence include Newfoundland, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
- The Northwest Territories contain the Great Bear and Slave Lakes.
- Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that does not border Canada, bordered by Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana.
- The Mississippi River serves as a boundary for multiple states including Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
- Alaska is bordered by the Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Bering Sea, and the Gulf of Alaska.
- In Missouri, the Missouri River joins the Mississippi River.
- States bordering Mexico include Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Islands and Canals
- The river forming the boundary between Mexico and the United States is the Rio Grande.
- The Panama Canal links the Caribbean Sea (Atlantic) with the Pacific Ocean.
- Haiti and the Dominican Republic share an island in the Caribbean Sea.
- The Gulf of California separates Baja California from the rest of Mexico.
- Middle American countries bordering the Pacific Ocean include Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
- Cuba is the large Caribbean island that guards the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico.
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