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