U.S. Regions
What is the biggest city in the United States?
New York City
Which is Canada's smallest region, even though 60 percent of Canadians live there?
The St. Lawrence Lowlands
What is Latin America's largest region, home to the Amazon rainforest?
Brazil
Which empire was the largest when Europeans arrived and built Machu Picchu in the Andes?
The Inca
Which region is Minnesota in? It's mostly flat, with fertile soil for corn and wheat.
The Midwest
Which region is shaped like a horseshoe around Hudson Bay and covers about half of Canada?
The Canadian Shield
In which region does volcanic ash act as a natural fertilizer for the soil?
Central America
What do we call cutting flat ledges of dirt into a mountainside to grow crops?
Terracing
Which region has rocky soil, so people fish from its harbors and raise dairy and poultry?
New England
What is the cold, dry climate of the Arctic Islands called?
Tundra
Which region in western South America has the strongest Amerindian culture?
Andean South America
Which empire was great at math and astronomy but left its cities around A.D. 800?
The Maya
Which region is called the "wide open spaces" and raises most of the nation's cattle?
The Southwest
What is Canada's richest province?
Alberta
Which is the most European-style region of Latin America, home to two of the world's largest dams?
The Southern Cone
What was the Aztec island capital, built where they saw an eagle on a cactus eating a snake?
Tenochtitlan
Alaska and Hawaii are usually considered part of which region?
The Pacific Coast
What are the small inlets called where the ocean cuts through the mountains in the Pacific Ranges?
Fjords
What is the word for a two-way exchange of culture, like the mix of Spanish and Amerindian traditions in Mexico?
Transculturalization
Which Spanish explorer captured Montezuma and destroyed the Aztec nation?
Cortés