Geography North America

is moving from high birth rate and death rates to much lower birth rates and death rates.

A country is undergoing a demographic transition. This means that the country.....

False

Aerial photographic is computerized system designed for the storage, retrieval and analysis of geographically referenced data.

About 2%

Approximately what percent of the North American pop. is employed in agriculture?

50%

By 2008 as predicted by the United Nation, what percentage of the earth's population now lives in cities?

Its location in the far northern latitudes.

Canad's cold climate is related to...

Metropolitan areas

Close to 80% of North Americans now live in ________, cities of 50,000 or more plus their surrounding suburbs and towns.

Country X

Country X had a death rate of 15 and a birth rate of 40, while country Y has a birth rate of 20 and a death rate of 9. Which country has a higher natural increase rate?

Agricultural, service

Developing nations are usually characterized by _____ economies, while developed nations are usually characterized by the presence of _______ industries.

Having negative effects on the environment.

Development may decrease human well-being by...

Megalopolis

High population due to many services in the area.

Extraction

In which sector of the following economy is agriculture?

Continental Divide

Marks the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward.

Explain the Trail of tears

Military forced the native Americans to relocate in harsh conditions with no proper gear. Many native Americans died on the travel to their new location.

The Catskills Mountains

New York City obtains most of its water from....

True

Population growth depends on the rates of birth, death, immigration. And emigration.

Orographic rainfall

Precipitation due to the presence of a mountain.

True

Replacement levels is the amount of fertility needed to keep the pop the same from generation to generation.

More babies are being born in the country A then B

Suppose that country A has a TFR(total fertility rate) of 4.5 and country B has a TFR of 1.3. What statement best summarized the pop trend in these countries?

Air flowing from the cooling land onto the relatively warmer water.

Suppose you are on the beach at night, and you experience the breeze blowing from the land out to the ocean. The breeze is caused by?

Map Projection

Systematic representation of the three-dimensional earth surface on a two-dimensional flat surface is called...

Fewer people than New England

The Mid-Atlantic region of North America offered all of the following benefits except....

Interstate Highway System

The U.S. ________________ has made possible the dispersal of industry and related services into suburban and rural locales across the country.

Storm-water runoff

The chief source of river pollution in North America is...

26%

The five percent of the world's pop. that lives in North America produces what share of the greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere?

Reduction and removal of tariffs between Mexico, the US, and Canada.

The passage of the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA) has had which of the following effects?

Neolithic Revolution

The period of human history characterized by the expansion of agriculture and the making of polished stone tools is the....

Rural areas, cities

The push/pull phenomenom of urbanization pushes people out of _____ and pulls them into ______

Conflicting

The relationship between Canada and the United States is NOT characterized by....

French and Indian War

The rivalry in North America between france and England led to...

Frontal precipitation

The term the best describes rainfall that is caused by the interaction of large air masses of different temperatures and densities?

Urban Sprawl

The uncontrolled expansion of urban areas.

The Mississippi River Delta

What feature on the physical landscape CANNOT be explained by the theory of plate textonics?

By the 1700s, diverse industries were supplying markets in North America and also exporting to british plantations in the carribean.

What if the following is an accurate description of the area of North America known as the New England colonies?

A drought combined with dust storms that blew away the topsoil.

What led to the ecological disaster of the 1930s in the Great Plains region?

The Northeast and Great Lakes.

What region of the U.S. is considered to be the most populated?

Birth rates and death rates in given population

What relationship is accounted for the rate of natural increase?

Chain Migration

What term refers to the practice of immigrants from a common region settling near each other in their new country?

Gross domestic product (GDP)

Which measures indicates the total value of all goods and services recognized as produced in a country during a given year?

The effort to improve present standards of living without jeopardizing those of future generations.

Which of the following conveys the meaning of the term sustainable development?

The earth's surface is made up of large plates that float on molten rock.

Which of the following premises best supports the theory of plate tectonics?

Small bands of hunters came from eastern Siberia by crossing the Bering land bridge.

Which of the following statements best summarizes the story of how humans first came into North America?

False

With 36.29 million people living in Canada, 27% of them live within 200 miles of the US border.

Functional, Formal

___________ regions are characterized by a focus on some activity, while _______ regions are characterized by a clear defined boundary.