Canada
What attracted the French to the region that would become Canada?
Fur trade
What is the heart of the Midwest region known as?
Great Plains
What canal cuts through the isthmus that once connected North and South America?
Panama Canal
What 3 provinces make up the Prairie Provinces?
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
What is the largest island in the West Indies/Greater Antilles?
Cuba
What Communist leader came to power in Cuba in 1959 and established a totalitarian state similar to the Soviet Union?
Fidel Castro
What is the capital of Florida?
Tallahassee
What is Canada's highest peak?
Mount Logan
What low mountain range is the most prominent landform of Eastern America?
Appalachian Mountains
What is the highest peak on the continent of North America and where is it located?
Mount McKinley, Alaska
What is Canada's most populated province?
Ontario
What is the name of the slender peninsula off of the West coast of Mexico?
Baja California
What is the smallest mainland country in Central America?
El Salvador
What US state's "saintly" name replaced the former name of the city which was 'Pig's Eye Landing', named after a tavern?
St. Paul, Minnesota
What are Canada's largest islands off of the East and West coasts?
East: Newfoundland
West: Vancouver Island
What is America's largest desert area known as?
Great Basin
Name the 5 Great Lakes
Huron, Ontario, Erie, Michigan, Superior
What is Canada's most westward Pacific province called?
British Columbia
What Spanish conquistador discovered Mexico in the 1500's?
Hernando Cortes
What Central American country is the most populous?
Guatemala
Which US state's capital is derived from the areas official name and means "holy faith" in Spanish?
New Mexico
Santa Fe
What is the name of the world's largest inland seaway?
St. Lawrence Seaway
What rugged mountain range dominates the Western United States?
Rocky Mountains
What North American country is the largest in surface area? Which is largest in population?
Surface Area: Canada
Population: United States
What is Canada's largest province?
Quebec
What is the largest inland body of water in Middle America?
Lake Nicaragua
What is the only Central American country where English is the official language?
Belize
Which US capital means "red stick" in French?
Baton Rouge, LA
What saucer-shaped basin surrounds Hudson Bay?
Canadian Shield
The Grand Canyon is located in the _____________ an area known for its mesas, gorges, and canyons.
Colorado Plateau
What is the world's largest freshwater lake by surface area?
Lake Superior
What major city in British Columbia has been called: "Canada's Gateway to the Pacific"?
Vancouver
Most Mexican people today are Amerindians known as what?
Mestizos
What is the largest country in Central America?
Nicaragua
Which US state's capital was named after Princess Anne of Great Britain and the Greek word for city?
Maryland - Annapolis
"polis" = city or 'City of Anne'
In what Canadian province is the largest population of French speaking Canadians found?
Quebec
What body of water separates Russian form Alaska?
Bering Strait
Name the world's largest gulf, canyon, and island.
Gulf: Gulf of Mexico
Canyon: Grand Canyon
Island: Greenland
What first made the Yukon Territory famous in 1897?
Klondike Gold Rush
What Aztec city and emperor did Cortes conquer in 1521?
Tenochtitlan, Montezuma
The only part of the United States ever actually visited by Christopher Columbus.
Puerto Rico
Which four US state's capitals are named after US presidents? (Name the capital & state)
Jackson, Mississippi
Lincoln, Nebraska
Jefferson City, Missouri
Madison, Wisconsin