💲Economy
What country is the largest goods importer in the world?
United States
Countries & Regions. United States Trade Representative. (n.d.-a). https://ustr.gov/countries-regions
What is the largest mountain system in North America?
The Rocky Mountain Range (Rockies)
Rocky Mountains. Britannica . (n.d.). https://www.britannica.com/place/Rocky-Mountains
What are the two most populous US cities?
New York & Los Angeles
Britannica. (n.d.-b). List of the largest U.S. cities by population. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Whats-the-largest-US-city-by-population
What is the only country in North America that is designated as one of the five permanent members on the United Nations Security Council?
United States
United Nations Security Council. (n.d.-i). United Nations Current members | security council. https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/content/current-members
What is the total number of US Representatives in the lower house of Congress (the House of Representatives)?
435 Total US Representatives
The House Explained. US House of Representatives. (n.d.). https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained
What were the top three countries for Canadian export goods? Name at least 2. (As of Jan/2026)
United States, the United Kingdom, and China.
Canada (CAN) exports, imports, and trade partners. The Observatory of Economic Complexity. (n.d.-a). https://oec.world/en/profile/country/can
What is the largest/tallest mountain in North America?
Mount Denali (McKinley)
Britannica. (n.d.). Mount McKinley | Denali. https://www.britannica.com/place/Denali
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottowa
Britannica. (n.d.-d). Ottawa. https://www.britannica.com/place/Ottawa
What massive international sporting event are the countries of Canada, the US, and Mexico are jointly hosting in the upcoming summer of 2026?
FIFA World Cup (2026)
FIFA World Cup 2026. Fifa.com. (n.d.). https://www.fifa.com/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/canadamexicousa2026
The Canadian legislative branch of government is called what?
Parliament
Legislative Process. Parliament of Canada, House of Commons. (n.d.). https://www.ourcommons.ca/procedure/our-procedure/LegislativeProcess/c_g_legislativeprocess-e.html
What were the top export(s) from Canada to the United States? (As of Jan/2026)
Petroleum (Crude, Gas, and Refined)
The observatory of economic complexity. (n.d.). https://oec.world/en/profile/bilateral-country/can/partner/usa
What is the name of this island, located off the coast of Washington State and British Columbia, on which is the capital (Victoria) of British Columbia, and is the largest island on the Pacific coast of North America?
Vancouver Island
Britannica. (n.d.-b). Vancouver Island. https://www.britannica.com/place/Vancouver-Island
What is the most populous city in North America?
Mexico City
Britannica. (n.d.-c). List of the world’s largest cities by population. https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-the-worlds-largest-cities-by-population
Which of the three North American nations, this is the only one that is not a member of NATO?
Mexico
NATO. (n.d.). NATO member countries. NATO. https://www.nato.int/en/about-us/organization/nato-member-countries
Canada is a constitutional monarchy; therefore, this individual serves as the formal "Head of State."
The British Monarch? (King Charles III)
Monarch and Governor General. Parliament of Canada. (n.d.). https://learn.parl.ca/understanding-comprendre/en/people-in-parliament/monarch-and-governor-general/
What country has been the current top U.S. trading partner since 2023?
Mexico
Mexico seeks to solidify rank as top U.S. trade partner, push further past China. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. (n.d.-a). https://www.dallasfed.org/research/economics/2023/0711
What is the name of the Great Lake that borders the US cities of Chicago, IL, and Milwaukee, WI?
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Lake Michigan
Daily Double: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, & Ontario.
Britannica. (n.d.-a). Great Lakes. https://www.britannica.com/place/Great-Lakes
What land deal in 1853 saw the U.S. pay Mexico $10 million for land that is now part of southern Arizona and New Mexico? It was the last substantial territorial acquisition in the contiguous United States.
The Gadsden Purchase
U.S. Department of State. (n.d.-b). Gadsden Purchase, 1853–1854. U.S. Department of State. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/gadsden-purchase
What is the name for this bi-national United States and Canadian military organization responsible for aerospace warning, aerospace control, and maritime warning for North America, established in 1958?
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
Home Page. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). (n.d.). https://www.norad.mil/
Who is the current President of Mexico?
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (the the 1st female and Jewish President of Mexico)
What free trade agreement replaced the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), on July 1, 2020?
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Mexico. United States Trade Representative. (n.d.). https://ustr.gov/countries-regions/americas/mexico
Name this peninsula that lies between the Gulf of Mexico its west and north with the Caribbean Sea to the east, which features popular destinations such as Progreso, Cancún, Cozumel, and large parts of Belize and Guatemala?
Yucatán Peninsula
Britannica. (n.d.-d). Yucatan Peninsula. https://www.britannica.com/place/Yucatan-Peninsula
What is the largest, northernmost, and newest, created April 1, 1999, territory (NOT province) of Canada?
Nunavut
Britannica. (n.d.-e). Nunavut. https://www.britannica.com/place/Nunavut
What is the name for this D.C.-based regional organization that all three countries are members of, the world's oldest regional organization, designed to foster cooperation across the Americas?
Organization of American States (OAS)
OAS: Who we are. Organization of American States. (n.d.). https://www.oas.org/en/about/who_we_are.asp
What Canadian province has twice held referendums, in 1980 and 1995, to decide whether to secede and become a sovereign nation?
Quebec
Smith, B. (n.d.). The Quebec referendums. House of Commons Library. https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/rp13-47/