Physical Geography
Human Geography
North America
Region
Demographic Data
100
A location using coordinates of a map using longitude and latitude
What is Absolute Location
100
A friend offered me a place to live and a job in Portland, Oregon
What is Pull Factor
100
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It double the size of the United States and gave control of the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans.
What is the Louisiana Purchase
100
What region do we live in?
What is the Southwest
100
The total value of all goods and services produced within a country over a certain period of time.
What is GDP Gross Domestic Product
200
This hypothesis proposes that the earth was once a supercontinent that divided and slowly drifted apart over millions of years.
What is Continental Drift
200
A political system in which the head of state is a king or queen ruling to the extent allowed by a constitution.
What is Constitutional Monarchy
200
Midwest became the hub of American industry
Growth of secondary level of economic activities (steel manufacturing, automobiles)
What is the Rust Belt
200
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What region is Niagara Falls located?
What is the Northeast
200
Term used to describe countries with a high standard of living or HDI based on a number of criteria.
What are Developed Countries
300
Near the equator (Tropical)
Mostly grass, few trees
What is Grasslands (Savanna)
300
Kim Jong-Il (North Korea)
2.King Fahd and Prince Abdullah (Saudi Arabia)
3.Charles Taylor (Liberia)
6.Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenistan)
7.Muammar Gaddafi (Libya)
Are examples of
What are Dictators
300
Who is the head of the government in Canada?
What is the Prime Minister
Who is Justin Trudeau
300
The Goldrush of 1849 took place in
What is the Western Region
300
Low Literacy rate
Low Life Expectancy rate
Low GDP
Non-Industrialized
Are all examples of
What are Developing Countries
400
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1.Chemical – water dissolves some of the chemicals in rocks. Causes them break apart
2. Physical – water seeps into the rocks freezes expands and causes the rocks to break apart
What is Weathering
400
Is an intergovernmental organization aiming to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations.
What is the United Nations
400
What document clearly outlines the powers of the President of the United States
What is the U.S. Constitution
400
he region of the United States that grew rapidly in population after the invention of the A/C, is known as the
What is the Sun Belt
400
What is Stable growth
500
Displays BORDERS between places
Separates 2 different regions
Ex. Continent borders, country borders,
and state borders
What is Political Map
500
Provides raw materials for secondary sector.
Provides approximately 10% employment, tax etc..
What is Primary Sector
500
Why did Europeans colonize in the Northeast?
What is proximity (nearness) to Europe
500
What is Coniferous Forest
500
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measures a country’s standard of living in three basic aspects of human development
What is HDI- Human Development Index