Canada
Geo
Environment
Colonization
Modern Issues
100
What type of government allows citizens to elect legislative memebers, but not executive?
Parliamentary
100
Where do most of the people in Canada live?
Near the US border (south) where the climate is warmer
100
What is a major environmental issue in both Canada and Brazil?
deforestation
100
The introduction of African culture and tradition in the Caribbean is a result of what event?
Triangle Trade (Transatlantic slave trade)
100
Why do many Latin America emigrate to the US
To be safer and for better employement
200
What province has had two referendums to be its own nation?
Quebec
200
Where do most of the people in Cuba live?
In urban areas
200
What is the main cause of air pollution in Mexico City?
Transportation (Cars)
200
What is the main language and religion spoken in Latin America?
Spanish and Catholic
200
What almost causes a nuclear war between the US and USSR?
Cuban Missile Crisis- USSR put missiles in Cuba
300
What are the two factors pf production that countries can invest in to increase GDP?
capital goods and human capital
300
Why do most people live in Mexico's central plateau?
That is where the best climate and arable land is located
300
*plant and animal extinction
*loss of oxygen
*increase carbon dioxide levels
*mining run off pollutes lakes and streams
The above are all effects of environmental issues in the Canadian Shield?
Deforestation and mineral extraction
300
Why do most people in Brazil speak Portuguese?
Portugal colonized Brazil
300
What type of government did Fidel Castro bring to Cuba?
Communist
400
Would Canada be closer to command or market on the economic continuum?
Market
400
What is the name of the man-made waterway that makes trade faster between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Panama Canal
400
*Kills fish
*kills plant life
*pollutes water sources
*erodes infrastructure like statues, bridges, and roads
these are all effects of what environmental issue sin the Great Lakes?
Acid Rain
400
*Natives die from disease
*Catholic becomes main religion of Latin America
*Spanish and Portguese become main language of Latin America
These are effects of what event?
Colombian Exchange
400
How did the Cuban revolution change the US/Cuba relationship?
It caused it to be tense because Cuba became allies with the Soviet Union, and it was during the Cold War
500
What two trade barriers might Canada place on foreign nation to protect domestic businesses that would allow them to continue trading with those foreign businesses?
tariffs and quotas
500
Where do most people live in Brazil and why?
On the southeast coast becuase the interior is rainforest
500
How does the geography of Mexico make air pollution worse?
The higher elevation makes it hard for fossil fuels to burn cleanly, and the Sierra Madre trap pollution.
500
Why did Europeans begin using slaves from Africa?
The Native slaves had died from disease
500
How does the chart relate to emigration in Latin America?
Many people leave Latin America to escape narco-terrorism that is a result from the drug trade.