U.S. and Canada Climate, Topography and Beginnings
The trend in the United States' history has been a great shift from (urban/rural) to (urban/rural).
rural, urban
Nurses, doctors, teachers, and drivers are all examples of workers in the ___________ economic sector.
tertiary
Also known as suburban downtowns, they are areas of dense urban population development outside the boundaries of the traditional city.
nSu tBel
Sun Belt
The three main colonizers of the United States were the British, Spanish and whom?
French
Farmers, miners, and lumberjacks are workers in the __________ economic sector.
primary
Most African Americans were concentrated in the (North/South) before the Civil War, where they worked as slaves in the cotton and tobacco plantations that supported the region.
South
Found in the U.S.,the coming together (or mixing) of a diverse group of immigrants to form one society or to share common ideals.
melting pot
American Dream
True or False: One of the challenges brought about by urbanization is traffic congestion brought on by the necessity of owning a car.
True
Information specialists, information managers, and survey takers are all representative of the __________ economic sector.
quaternary
The Great Migration refers to the movement of which minority group?
African-Americans
The belief that it was the duty and destiny of Americans to continue to move westward and conquer all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Manifest Destiny
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Which is the only climate type not mentioned as being prevalent in the area covered by Canada and the United States?
Type H Climate (Highlands)
Activities that involve the processing of raw materials through manufacturing and which has been the mainstay of most developed countries takes place in the ___________ economic sector.
secondary
The Great Migration refers to the movement of a particular minority group towards which two directions?
North and West
Money sent home by immigrants.
Remittances
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The western United States and the entire Great Plains are greatly affected by the ___ _______ _______.
rain shadow effect
Which are the only two economic sectors which produce actual physical products?
primary and secondary
True or False: There is only one religion in the United States: Catholicism
A model that seeks to predict agricultural land use in a closed economic system, with only one market surrounded by land of uniform quality.
von Thünen model
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