North America
What are Canada's two official languages?
English and French
What country contains most of the Amazon Basin?
Brazil
What does a population density map show?
the average number of people per square mile living in a given area
What is the pattern of weather in a place over a typical year called?
Climate
What is the national capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What is the longest mountain system in North America?
What two South American countries are landlocked?
Bolivia and Paraguay
Which continent's population density is generally lower across much of its interior? North America or South America?
South America
What is the average number of people per square mile called?
Population density
What is the capital of Alberta?
Edmonton
Which Great Lake is the shallowest?
Lake Erie
What large forest surrounds much of the Amazon River?
The Amazon Rainforest or tropical rainforest
What type of climate is found in the Amazon Basin?
Tropical
What is farming crops to sell to others called?
Commercial farming
What is the largest city in British Columbia?
Vancouver
What major bay lies west of Quebec and east of Manitoba?
Hudson Bay
What mountain range runs along the western edge of South America?
The Andes Mountains
What can population and transportation maps together reveal about settlement?
Many cities are located near transportation routes like highways
What is moving from the countryside to the city called?
Urbanization
What is located west of Chile?
Pacific Ocean
What Canadian province borders the Pacific Ocean?
British Columbia
What two capital cities are associated with Bolivia?
Sucre and LaPaz
The maps show patterns between climate an population distribution. Generally people live in nicer climate regions.
What is the removal of plant life for economic purposes called?
Deforestation
What is the only North American country that borders South America?
Panama