world geography
What is Canada's economy based on?
Market economy and high standard living & its the most important trade partner in the US.
What are the 5 regions of the US?
Midwest, West, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest
What is Canada's 2nd largest city?
Montreal
What 2 provinces are the heartland provinces?
Ontario and Quebec
Canada's capital is....
Ottawa
Name 4 environmental issues of the US
Population/ growth, fertilizers, automobile exhaust, US consumes more energy than any other country
What country is the second largest in the world?
Russia
What is the U.S old industrial region called and where is it located?
Rust Belt Southwest
Canada's largest city is....
Toronto
What states make up the Wheat Belt?(7)
Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Texas.
Name 4 natural hazards of the US
Earthquakes,flood, tornados,hurricanes
Who were the first europeans to sail to Canada's eastern shores?
Viking adventures
The dairy belt includes...
Wisconsin and most of minnosota and michigan
A metropolitan area is...
a city and its surrounding built up areas
What is a megalopolis?
a group of cities that have grown into one large built up area.
A hinterland is....
a region that lies far away from major population centers.
A colony is...
a territory controlled by people from a foreign land
Separatism is the belief that....
certain parts of a country should be independent.
Textiles are....
cloth products
Silicon Valley is the countries leading center of
computer technology
Regionalism refers is...
feeling of strong political and emotional loyalty to ones own region
When land is arable, it is....
fit for growing crops
Consensus means...
general agreement
What does the US economy largely rely on?
globel trade
What two ethnic groups are the most rapidly growing in the US?
hispanic and asians
A superpower is..
huge powerful country
Plantations are....
large farms that produce one major crop
Parliament is....
legislature
Another word for minister is....
prime minister
What does commonwealth mean?
self governing territory associated with any other country
A person who has bilingual can...
speak 2 languages
What happened in the US in the 1960's?
the civil war/ many people migrated back to there region.
A trade deficit is when a country's...
the value of its exports is less than the value of the imports.
Describe the US during the civil war
theUS suffered and for the south it wrecked the economy it became the poorest region
Gentrification is when people...
who buy run down houses and restore them
How many religious groups are there in the US?
1,200
Name the french's 3 goals in exploring canada
1- to find the northwest water passage 2-expolit nearby fishing water and to develop fur trade 3- to want to convert Canadian Indians to Romans Catholic
Smog results from chemical reactions involving (1), (2)
1-sunlight and pollution 2- automobiles and industries
Canada has home many provinces and how many territories?
10 provinces and 3 special territories
How many American's are of African descent? Native American?
12% and Native Amercians less than 1%
The settlement of Quebec City was in...
1608- Quebec
KY became a state in....
1742
The U.S. has ___ times the population of Canada
9
Who were US's first inhabits? what was the first settlement?
Native Americans and Jamestown
The corn belt stretches from..
Nebraska to ohio
NAFTA stands for...
North american free trade agreement
