Culture
Central America
The U.S.
Canada and Climate
Geography terms
100
A group of people that share a common culture and ancestry
What is ethnic group?
100
This country currently controls the Panama Canal.
What is Panama?
100
The mountain range in the eastern part of the U.S.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
100
The reason Canada has a cold climate.
What is because of its northern latitude.
100
This type of geographer studies landforms.
What is a physical geographer?
200
Cultural Diversity can lead to an interesting mix of ideas and...
What is conflict
200
List 3 native foods of Central America
What are tomatoes, corn, and peppers?
200
The people elect leaders and rule by majority in this type of government.
What is a democracy?
200
The two main processes of the water cycle
What are evaporation and preciptation?
200
The two main branches of geography
What is human and physical?
300
Define population
What is the total number of people in a given area?
300
The official language of most of Central America.
What is Spanish?
300
The first western settlers in the U.S. were called this
What are pioneers?
300
This drives the water cycle
What is energy from the sun?
300
A tool that geographers use to study the planet
What are maps and globes?
400
A problem that can result from a high rate of population increase.
What is it makes it difficult to become a developed country?
400
Define mestizo.
What is a person of mixed European and Indian heritage?
400
The U.S. government is based on this document.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
400
These two countries are reflected through Canada's history
What is French and British?
400
List the 5 themes of geography
What is Place, Location, Region, HEI, and Movement
500
A large number of religious celebrations in America demonstrate this vocabulary word.
What is cultural diversity?
500
Define archipelago.
What is a large group of islands?
500
The Great Lakes are important for these 3 reasons
What is the largest freshwater lakes in the world, trade with Canada, and they form part of the border between Canada and the US.
500
Canada has this type of leader.
What is a prime minister?
500
The seasonal relationship between the Northern and Southern Hemphispheres.
What are opposite seasons?
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