Presidents and Prime Ministers
This is a form of government where the citizens elect representatives to make decisions and lead the country.
What is a republic?
This is the continent in where the US and Canada both have background from.
What is Europe?
Out of the seven continents on Earth, North America holds this specific rank in terms of total land size. (Bonus points if you list the continents ahead)
What is third?
*Asia and Africa
The Appalachian Mountains rest on the _____ side of the US while the Rocky Mountains are on the _____ side.?
What is east and west?
This is where a majority of the Canadian population lives.
What is near the U.S. border?
This system allows the entire population to participate in decision-making, often through voting.
What is democracy?
This is what an economic system is:
What is the way a country produces goods and services, distributes resources, and decides how money is earned and spent.
These are the three massive bodies of saltwater that border the continent of North America.
What is Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic?
This vital body of water serves as the highway connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the St. Lawrence River?
Over 80% of the North American population is urban. Explain what urbanization is:
What is the growing of large cities?
This system of government is characterized by a single ruler who often inherits their power.
What is a monarchy?
What is mixed economy?
This mostly flat area with little trees is known as the _________ and sits in the _______ region of the United States.
What is the Great Plains and Midwest?
The _______ range is "old and eroded" while the ________ is "young and jagged"—these descriptions distinguish these two major U.S. mountain ranges.
What is Appalachian (old) and Rockies (young)
This is the significance of the U.S.-Canadian border
What is it is the longest border in the world between two countries?
This is the purpose of a government.
What is to make laws, provides services, and run a country?
This is how a free market economy operates:
What is individuals own businesses and make decisions with little government involvement.
This massive "core" of ancient rock forms the geological base of much of the North American continent.
What is the Canadian Shield?
This is the distance the Great Plains measure north and south in North America.
What is 2500 miles?
This is the area of the U.S. where population density is highest.
What is the Northeast?
In this political system, power is held by a central authority that demands total obedience and offers little individual freedom
What is authoritarian?
This is how a command economy operates.
What is the government controls production and distribution?
This is the impact glaciers have had on the North American continent.
What is remove soil and create lakes?
This is the specific order of the five Great Lakes when ranked from largest to smallest.
What is Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario?
List one climate and one physical feature of each of the four U.S. regions.
South - humid subtropical and Gulf Coast/forests/rivers
Northeast - four seasons and Atlantic Coast/forests/urban areas
Midwest - four seasons and plains/rivers/farmland
West - diverse climates and mountains/Pacific Coast/deserts