Culture & Immigration
Most Americans who belong to an organized religion practice this faith.
Christianity (mostly Protestant)
An economy based mostly on services and technology instead of factories.
A postindustrial economy
Haze that forms when sunlight reacts with chemicals from car exhaust and factories.
Smog
Solar, wind, and hydroelectric power are examples of this kind of energy.
Renewable energy
Fossil fuels include coal, petroleum, and natural gas.
True
This music developed in African American communities in the early 1900s, blending African rhythms with European harmonies.
Jazz
Silicon Valley, Austin, Dallas, and Seattle are leaders in this industry. A) Fishing B) Software and high-tech C) Coal mining D) Textiles
B) Software and high-tech
This polluted precipitation corrodes stone and metal buildings, damages crops, and can make lakes biologically dead.
Acid Rain
This 1972 federal law has done much to restore water quality across the U.S.
The Clean Water Act
The Manufacturing Belt has been gaining population since the 1960s.
False. It has been declining, while the Sunbelt has been gaining.
Give TWO reasons immigrants come to the United States.
Any two of: political freedom, religious freedom, economic opportunity, escaping war or natural disasters
Define offshoring, then give one benefit and one drawback.
Setting up plants in other countries to make goods for the U.S. Benefit: it lowers the cost of goods. Drawback: it may take jobs from American workers.
Levees built around this city destroyed the wetlands that once protected it from flooding. A) New York City B) Chicago C) New Orleans D) Atlanta
C) New Orleans
The U.S. signed the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in 1972 with this country. A) Mexico B) Canada C) Great Britain D) Japan
B) Canada
Headwaters are where a river empties into the sea.
False. Headwaters are where a river starts; the mouth is where it empties.
In 2012, more than half of the foreign-born U.S. population came from this region. A) Europe B) Asia C) Latin America D) Africa
C) Latin America
The 2008 downturn was caused by too many risky loans of this type, which led to record foreclosures.
Home mortgage loans (the subprime mortgage crisis)
Name TWO ways industries pollute water, and define thermal pollution.
Ways (any two): dumping wastes into rivers and streams, leaks into groundwater, thermal pollution. Thermal pollution means releasing heated industrial wastewater into cooler lakes and rivers.
Name TWO ways Americans or car makers are reducing smog.
Any two of: hybrid, fuel-cell (hydrogen), biofuel, or solar-powered cars; walking, biking, subways, or buses; laws limiting sulfur in fuel; clean-air practices
A postindustrial economy is based mostly on factories.
False. It is based mostly on services and technology.
Name TWO cultural roots of American music AND TWO music styles that began in the U.S.
Roots: Native American traditions, European folk and religious music, African rhythms. Styles: any two of jazz, country, rock-and-roll, blues, punk, hip-hop.
Explain why the 2008 U.S. downturn spread to other countries, AND name two other effects it had inside the U.S.
The U.S. economy and financial system are so important to the global economy that other countries were dragged down too. U.S. effects (any two): an unstable stock market, rising unemployment, failures of some big banks, and large government spending to save other banks.
Explain eutrophication step by step, and name the Florida wetland it has badly damaged.
Extra nutrients enter the water, so algae grow out of control, use up the oxygen, and fish suffocate. Over time the lake can turn into a marsh. The damaged wetland is the Everglades.
The California State Water Project uses aqueducts. Explain what problem it solves, AND tell how many people and how many acres of farmland it serves.
California’s growing population needs more water than is available where people live, so aqueducts carry it hundreds of miles. They serve more than 25 million people and 750,000 acres of irrigated farmland.
The fall line is located in the Rocky Mountains.
False. The fall line is in the eastern U.S., where the Piedmont drops to the Atlantic Coastal Plain. The Continental Divide is the feature in the Rockies.