Rivers Deep, Mountains High
Geological boundary separating the Piedmont region from the Coastal Plain in Georgia
The Fall Line
The 48 adjoining states and the District of Columbia located on the central North American mainland.
The contiguous United States
Established in 1607 in Virginia, THIS colony became the first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
THIS French explorer traveled along the St Lawrence River seeking fur/fishing, a Northwest Passage, and converting Natives to Catholicism
Jacques Cartier
The unique geographic and political characteristic that defines the international boundary between the United States and Canada
World's longest undefended border
Rocky Mountains...acting like THIS that causes water to flow away from them on either side, east AND west!
The Continental Divide
The climate profile that characterizes South Florida and the Florida Keys
Tropical
The major historical event in 1849 that triggered rapid westward migration across the US seeking wealth on the west coast
California Gold Rush
Approximate percentage of the Earth's surface freshwater supply that is contained within the Great Lakes
20%
A US-Canadian cross-border manufacturing model where components cross borders in the processing of finished goods
Shared Supply Chain
Canada's Treasure Chest...thanks to all those great minerals and ores!
The river that serves as part the northern boundary of the Southeastern United States
The Ohio River
The economic system that led European monarchs to strictly control colonial trade to build national wealth at the expense of rivals
Mercantilism
The geographic zone that contains approximately 50% of Canada's total population
The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor
Economic concept that describes two countries RELYING on one another for products and resources they cannot easily produce alone
Interdependence
The watershed that drains 41% of the United States into the Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River Basin
The historic line that serves as part the northern boundary of the Southeastern United States
Mason-Dixon Line
The European group that established the earliest documented short-term settlement in North America around 1000 CE in Newfoundland
Vikings
The highest point in North America
Mt Denali
Trade agreement that was officially implemented on July 1, 2020, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement)
Montreal and Quebec City...two major Canadian cities that lie directly along THIS river
St Lawrence River
The primary factor attracted high-tech businesses to the Research Triangle in North Carolina
Concentration of skilled computer and software engineers
The historic agreement that concluded the Seven Years' War in 1763, resulting in France ceding its Canadian territories to Great Britain
Treaty of Paris
Two of the three Niagara waterfalls that are located entirely within the United States
American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls
Currency exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. Dollar (USD) and Canadian Dollar (CAD) can affect trade between the two nations by impacting THIS
Price/affordability of goods and services