Chapter 3

Northern New England is tied culturally and economically to:

Atlantic Canada

The major mountain range of the Pacific Northwest is the:

Cascades

A technopole is an urban area that emphasizes traditional industry.

False

Megalopolis is the name for the large region around Washington, D.C. that includes the Beltway freeway corridor.

False

Nunavut is a new aboriginal province in northern Quebec.

False

The Las Vegas area is the fastest growing part of the Northern Frontier.

False

The peoples called Native Americans in the U.S. are called __________ in Canada.

First Nations

Nunuvat has over 80%

Inuit

Which of the following states of the USA is the likeliest place for the further development of ethanol and other biofuel production?

Iowa

A continental climate is most likely to be found in:

Kansas

Between 1990 and 2000, this was the fastest-growing large metropolitan area in the U.S..

Las Vegas

Which of the following is one of Canada's Prairie provinces?

Manitoba

The Southwest is a tricultural region comprised of:

Native Americans, Hispanics, and Anglos

Which of the following States contains territory located in the Intermontane Basin and Plateau physiographic province?

Nevada

Which of the following is one of Canada's Atlantic provinces?

New Brunswick

These locales typify the New South except:

North Carolina's Research Triangle

The North American region that is most dependent upon the extraction of raw materials is the:

Northern Frontier

The Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut are all part of the:

Northern Frontier

The capital of Canada is:

Ottawa

The Western Frontier includes the States of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and western Colorado.

false

The natural vegetation where rainfall is less than 20 inches per year is forest.

false

The rain shadow effect has its greatest influence on the climate of Los Angeles and other Pacific-bordering cities.

false

The North American Free Trade Agreement:

includes only the United States, Canada, and Mexico

The physiographic region called the Canadian Shield:

is the geologic core of North America

Which statement best defines the North American Core?

it encompasses a great rectangle from Boston to Washington to St. Louis to Milwaukee and includes southernmost Ontario.

Which of the following jobs belongs to the tertiary sector of the U.S. economy?

office receptionist

The North Slope of Alaska contains large quantities of:

oil

Technological breakthroughs now allow for the major exploitation of which of the following Albertan resources?

tar sands

Which of the following is false?

the Cree in the Northern Quebec have launched their own movement aimed at independence from Canada

One of the conditions of the entry of British Columbia into Canada was:

the building of the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway

Another name for the American Manufacturing Belt is the Continental Core Region.

true

California is the most populous State in the U.S.

true

Like the U.S., Canada is a federal state.

true

Miami is the "Gateway to Latin America."

true

New England has a strong cultural and economic affinity with the Atlantic provinces of Canada.

true

Physically homogeneous regions are called physiographic provinces.

true

The Canadian Shield is located in the Northern Frontier.

true

The Northern Frontier has significant quantities of raw materials, including oil.

true

The Northern Frontier is the largest region in North America.

true

The San Andreas Fault is located in California.

true

The Spring Wheat Belt is located to the north of the Winter Wheat Belt.

true

The Telecom Corridor is a technopole in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

true

The cost of doing business in New England is higher than in the South or the Southwest.

true

Unlike much of the rest of the western parts of the U.S., the Pacific Hinge has adequate rainfall.

true

Vancouver is the most Asianized metropolis in North America.

true

Wheat farming is, in general, located to the west of corn farming in the U.S.

true

Which of the following is not part of North America's leading Francophone area?

western New York State

Increasing numbers of Hispanics are found throughout the South.

True

The urbanization of the French within Quebec has led to weakening ties with the Roman Catholic church and to decreases in birth rates.

True

_________ is the metropolis that contains the most Asians in North America

Vancouver

The area of the U.S. with the greatest recent growth in high technology industry is

Virginia's suburbs

The Core Region metropolis that has gained the most from post industrialization is:

Washington, D.C.

Utah, Nevada, Idaho, and western Colorado are all part of the:

Western Frontier

Which of the following is not located in California?

Willamette Valley

Which of the following is a secondary economic activity?

beer brewing

The most important factor in the growth of the Pacific Northwest has been:

cheap hydroelectric power

Canada's large cluster of Francophones in New Brunswick is known as the

Acadians

Canada's primate city is:

Canada has no primate city

The Great Lakes' main outlet to the sea is the:

St. Lawrence River

__________ is the second most populous US state.

Texas

Most of the development in the Pacific Hinge region occurred:

after world war II

A unique form of rural settlement developed in French Canada is called:

long lots