Unit 2-Geography

Unit 2-Geography

A quiz on the United States and Canada. This is great for studying before a final exam.

published on December 17, 2012
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What is a biological weapon that was found in letters sent to some members of Congress and the new media?

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What are some of Canada's energy exports?

Hint: 8 choices
coal
natural gas
petroleum
oil
iron ore
nickel
hydroelectric power
copper
gold
uranium
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What is Canada's westernmost province, located within the Rocky Mountain range?

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What types of climates are shared between US and Canada?

Hint: 6 choices
tropical wet & dry
tundra
mediterranean
humid continental
humid subtropical
marine west coast
tropical wet
subartic
highland
desert
semiarid
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What is an economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses, and can operate them for profit with little control from the government?

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What are problems of Atlantic Provinces?

Hint: 3 choices
small population from rugged terrain and severe weather
Nova Scotia has the worst weather
New Brunswick has forest that cover 90% of the land
Newfoundland has fierce storms that roar up the Atlantic seaboard
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What is poorly planned development that spreads a city's population over a wider and wider geographic area?

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What is New England made up of?

Hint: 6 choices
Maine
Massachusetts
Delaware
Vermont
Maryland
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Connecticut
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Who hunted, fished, and gathered edible plants while adapting to natural environments?

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What is not a negative effect on infrastructure?

commuter traffic
cost of things
higher income residents become isolated in inner-city areas
separates classes of people
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What is a corporation that engages in business worldwide?

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What is the term used for separate identities in Canada that encouraged immigration from all over the world?

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What is one of two major mountain chains in the eastern US and Canada, extending 1,600 miles from Newfoundland south to Alabama?

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What is the line of the highest points in North America that makes the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward?

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What is the loose confederation of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, created by the British North America Act in 1867?

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What is the Middle Atlantic states that have declining and abandoned traditional industries?

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What is a process whereby a minority group gradually gives up its own culture and adopts the culture of a majority group?

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What contains the Appalachian Mts, Green and Catskill Mts, and the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mts?

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What is home to many of Canada's Inuit and was carved out of the eastern half of the Northwest Territories in 1999?

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What is a community where residents can live and work in harmony with the environment?

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What contains the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Gulf Coastal Plain, and Appalachian Highlands?

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What was enacted to protect and promote diversity?

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What is Canada's longest river?

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Why are Canada and US so successful?

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What is the category of the majority of American workers?

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What was established to coordinate antiterrorist efforts and for protection?

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What are Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta?

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Who is the head of the government and the majority party's leader in parliament?

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Who is a person of mixed French-Canadian and Native American ancestry?

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What is North America's most important deepwater ship route, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by its river?

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Where is Canada's low population area? (separate with /)

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What is when people place their loyalty to their region, or section, above loyalty to the nation?

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What are the Rocky Mountains, Continental Divide, and Mt. McKinley?

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What contains the Interior Plains, Great Plains, and Canadian Shied?

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What is the movement of plants, animals, and diseases between the Eastern and Western hemispheres during the age of exploration?

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What is an economic phase in which manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role?

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What is a nation whose powers are divided among the federal, or national, government and various state and local governments?

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What kind of government does Canada have?