U.S & Canada Physical Features, Climates, Economies, Governments
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| show | Pacific Ranges, Sierra Nevadas, Cascades, Alaska Ranges, Rocky Mountains
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| show | Mt. McKinley
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| show | have SHARP peaks
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| show | Death Valley
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| What is another name for the Interior Lowlands of the U.S.? | show 🗑
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| What is the largest grain-growing region in the U.S.? | show 🗑
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| Appalachian Mountains are old mountains. TRUE or FALSE? | show 🗑
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| show | Canadian Shield
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| show | Coastal Plains
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| What state is comprised of islands in the Pacific forming an volcanic archipelago [chain of islands]? | show 🗑
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| show | Greenland
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| show | Manhattan in N.Y.C.
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| What is another name for the "Great Divide"? | show 🗑
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| What is the 2,350 miles long river with headwaters in Minnesota and mouth in Gulf of Mexico? | show 🗑
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| Which river forms part of the border between U.S. & Canada? | show 🗑
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| show | Confluence-an example is the three rivers Allegheny, Ohio, and Monongahla Rivers merging in Pittsburg, PA
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| show | Fall Line Cities-examples are Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia
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| What dam border the U.S. & Canada and provides hydroelectric power to Ontario, Canada and New York, U.S.? | show 🗑
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| show | Great Lakes-Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario
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| Name 2 states with large oil reserves. | show 🗑
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| show | Timber-half of Canada is forest
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| show | Gold, silver, copper, and iron
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| show | Fishing
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| Name one of the world's richest fishing areas. | show 🗑
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| show | Sub-Arctic
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| What climate type brings warm winds from the Pacific Ocean? | show 🗑
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| show | Highland
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| show | Timberline
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| What effect causes an area to get little precipitation due to a mountain barrier causing winds to lose moisture? | show 🗑
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| show | Humid Continental
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| What part of the country is prone to tornados due to grassy, but mostly treeless, plains? | show 🗑
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| What two states have a Tropical climate? | show 🗑
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| show | Humid Sub-tropical
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| show | Mobility
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| show | Urbanization
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| What are outlying communities surrounding a city? | show 🗑
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| show | Megalopolis-examples are NYC, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., in U.S. and Vancouver in Canada]-also, are FUNCTIONAL regions
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| What is the primary cause of population growth in the U.S. now? | show 🗑
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| Name 3 U.S.cities with population growth along waterways. | show 🗑
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| What was built by immigrants in the late 1800's to transport manufactured goods across the country? | show 🗑
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| What process changed America and fueled urbanization? | show 🗑
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| show | U.S./Canadian border
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| When was the Dominion of Canada formed? | show 🗑
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| show | Manifest Destiny
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| What 4 events caused the doctrine of Manifest Destiny? | show 🗑
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| show | 1-factories in Northeast run by coal & steam; 2-cotton production in Southeast fueled need for slaves and supplied textile factories
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| show | Civil War
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| show | Underground Railroad-was not a literal railroad, that was the name used for the route
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| What similar type of government does U.S. & Canada share? | show 🗑
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| What are 3 common cultural characteristics that U.S. a & Canada share? | show 🗑
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| What is a primary difference between U.S. & Canada? | show 🗑
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| What is the name of the economic system that has producers who privately own businesses that sell to consumers? | show 🗑
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| What type of economic activities do developed countries [U.S/Canada] derive most of their income from? | show 🗑
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| show | Agriculture-taking products like grains, livestock, and animals and selling them [dairy milk, corn, beef]-called "agribusiness"
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| What is SECONDARY [two levels] economic activity? | show 🗑
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| show | Service Industries-sales, technology support, high tech field, teaching, nursing, providing a service using a skill, not a product
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| What is the term for what Rust Belt areas do in changing over from a secondary manufacturing economy to a tertiary service economy? | show 🗑
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| show | Infrastructure [means "inside the structure" of a country-only developed countries have]
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| When a country buys [imports] more than it sells [exports], it creates a ___________? | show 🗑
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| When a country sells [exports] more than it buys [imports], it creates a ____________? | show 🗑
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| What is the organization of 3 North American countries that trade freely with no barriers? | show 🗑
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| show | 1-Tariffs/taxes on imports; 2-Embargos/punishing a country by blocking their imports; 3-Quotas/limiting amounts of imports to low levels
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| show | Environmental Degradation
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| What is the group of Canadians who want to separate from Canada and form their own French-speaking independent country? | show 🗑
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