Ch. 6 A Profile of the US
NE/South
MW/West
Atlantic/Great Lake & St. Lawrence Provinces
Prairie/British Columbia/Northern Territories
100
Majority of Americans lived on these types of land during the 1790s.
What are farmlands?
100
Northeast's major resource?
What is water?
100
Major industry of the Midwest?
What is agriculture/farming?
100
Nickname for the Atlantic Provinces; term meaning bordering on or related to the sea.
What is maritime?
100
Prairie Provinces known for these two resources.
What are wheat lands and railroads?
200
Areas that large cities influence.
What are hinterlands?
200
An area that is comprised of a major city and its surrounding suburbs.
What is megalopolis?
200
Historical event that attracted people to move Westward to develop cities near the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Gold Rush?
200
Main industry in Atlantic Provinces.
What is commercial fishing?
200
Provinces that make up Prairie Provinces.
What are Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan?
300
What act inspired people to move and farm the Midwest in 1862?
What is the Homestead Act of 1862?
300
The reason why the South stands out from the rest of the country.
What are its humid tropical climate and lush forests?
300
Midwest's nickname.
What is the Nation's Breadbasket?
300
Enclosed area on a canal that raises or lowers ships from one water level to another.
What are locks?
300
Name for the Native people of Canada.
What is the Inuit?
400
Resource that was a major source of energy for industry, transportation, and homes
What is coal?
400
Imaginary line between the Appalachian Mountains and Atlantic coastal plain.
What is the fail line?
400
Large pipes that carry water over long distances.
What are aqueducts?
400
Quebec and Ontario known as Canada's _______.
What is Heartland?
400
One reason why Vancouver has grown rapidly.
What are increased trade with Asia, increased immigration from Asia, and retirement paradise?
500
Invented the telephone in 1876.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?
500
One reason why industries are attracted to the South.
What are cheaper land, cheaper labor, and newer, more efficient factories?
500
Major problem facing majority of Western states.
What is water shortage?
500
National capital of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
500
Trade agreement that created a free-trade zone across North America.
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)?
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