This is the ocean the British used to settle the colonies
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
These are three problems with urban sprawl
What are pollution, overcrowding and poor water supplies
100
These are three benefits of the LA (Louisiana) purchase
What is doubled the size of the country, access to MS River and created trade with Canada
100
These are three changes that occurred the US after WWII
What is movement from cities to suburbs, new immigrants arrived from Latin America and Asia, people began to move from NE and Midwest to South and West coasts
100
This is the word that means businesses are owned and operated by private individuals (US has this type of economy)
What is free enterprise?
200
These two rivers flow into the Ohio River and act as a gateway to the Western US
What are the MO (Missouri) and MS (Mississippi) rivers?
200
Canada has difficulty uniting because of this reaason
What is they are a bi-lingual country (English and French)?
200
Examples of this region of the US is NY, PA and VT
What are NE (Northeastern) states?
200
These are three reasons the US was able to become a world power after WWII
What is technology, leader of non-Communist nations and a strong economy?
200
This is the term that means corporations that operate around the globe
What are multi-national corporations? (MNCs)
300
These are three factors that influenced settlement
What is employment, stable economy and good communications?
300
Major major cities spring up because of this geography
What are close to waterways? (oceans, rivers, lakes)
300
LA, GA and SC are examples of states in this region
What is the Southeastern region?
300
This is the type of government that the US has that means we elect our representatives
What is representative democracy?
400
This is how the first people (Natives) arrived here from Asia
What is they walked across the Bering (Beringia) land bridge?
400
These are three ways distance was overcome
What is building locks for ships, canals and roads?
400
ND, KS and IL are examples of states in this region
What is the Midwest (MW) region?
400
This is the meaning of the word Canada
What is "village?"
400
This is the type of economy we have today which means a shift from manufacturing and agriculture to service-oriented jobs
What is a post-industrial economy?
500
This is what Montreal built to overcome their frigid temperatures
What is an underground shopping mall?
500
This was the most important invention that enabled people to move from the cities to the suburbs
What is the automobile?
500
WA, CO and ID are examples of states in this region
What is the Norwest (NW) region?
500
These are three official symbols of Canada
What are horse, beaver and maple leaf?
500
This is the exchange of plants, animals and diseases between Europeans and Natives