US Geography
the second largest mountain range in the U.S.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
the rocky region that makes up about 1/2 of Canada's land
What is the Canadian Shield?
the first settlers in America came from this country
What is Spain?
these two countries battled for rights to Canada for many years
What are Great Britain and France?
Canada and the United Stated both celebrate this holiday, but in different months
What is Thanksgiving?
English colonists established this many colonies along the eastern coast of the new world.
What is 13?
This percent of Canada is uninhabitable.
What is 80%?
This movement was started to fight racial inequality and social injustice in the South.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
Original French settlers wanted rights to Canada so they would have free access to this natural resource.
What is furs?
This form of Canadian government is modeled after British Parliament.
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
In 1803, this country offered to sell all of its land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains to the United States, doubling the size of the U.S.
What is France?
the longest international border.
What do the United States and Canada share?
In 1941, Japan attacked a Naval Base in this location, prompting the U.S. to enter WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?
What is 1982?
These two languages are both named as official languages of Canada.
What are English and French?
In 1877, Southern lawmakers voted this practice into law that required people of different races to have different access to many things such as schools, restaurants, even using different water fountains.
What is segregation?
Hudson Bay
What is an important shipping route shared by the US and Canada?
This government plan was created to help restore the U.S. economy following the Great Depression.
What is The New Deal?
Canadians who refused to pledge loyalty to Great Britain after the Seven Years War, were driven from their homes and moved here to settle.
What is Louisianna?
This word that describes an important part of culture in Louisiana is derived from a mispronunciation of the word Acadian, referring to the origin of many of people in that region.
What is cajun?
These people came to the new world and had to work for a period of years to work off the debt of their travel to America.
What are indentured servants?
This large mountain range extends from Canada to the U.S. and is the largest mountain range in North America.
What is the Rocky Mountain Range?
This famous novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, told the story of life in slavery, inspiring many Northern readers to become abolitionists.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The French and Indian War in the U.S., was known by this other name in Canada.
the Seven Years War
This waterway, shared by the U.S. and Canada, plays a vital role in the industrial industry of North America.
What is the St. Lawrence Seaway?