Reading Maps and Graphs
According to the World Climate Zones map, this cold, treeless biome is found in the far north of Canada.
What is Tundra
This term describes communities in prairie lands that are NOT in cities and are often focused on agriculture.
What is rural?
A rural community in Nebraska would most likely have an economy based on this activity.
What is agriculture?
Language and religious beliefs are two examples of these "factors" that can be used to define a region.
What are human factors?
The U.S. government is this type, which is characterized by freedoms like free speech.
What is a democracy?
As shown on maps of major U.S. cities, many are located near these two types of water features for transportation and trade
What are rivers and oceans?
Physical features like the Rocky Mountains or the Sahara Desert tend to have this type of population density.
What is low population density
The Transcontinental Railroad made travel more affordable and made this "easier" between the east and west coasts.
What is trade?
The spread of democratic government ideas from Europe to the U.S. and Canada is a prime example of this
What is cultural convergence
Climate, river systems, and vegetation are all examples of these "factors" of geography.
What are physical factors?
According to the Barrow, Alaska climograph, this two-month period is both the warmest and the rainiest.
What are March and April
The population distribution of the U.S. and Canada is similar because most people are concentrated in these.
What are large urban centers?
Population growth and these have worked together to cause the rapid expansion and landscape changes seen in many modern U.S. cities.
What are technological advancements?
A positive effect of Canada passing bilingual legislation was the preservation of this culture in Quebec.
What is French culture?
This is the process of cultures mixing and becoming more similar by sharing ideas and customs.
What is cultural convergence?
Based on the World Climate Zones map, you would expect to find the most farms growing wheat and grain in this biome.
What is Temperate Grassland
This 19th-century transportation advance rapidly accelerated the settlement of the western United States.
What is the construction of railroads
The "Rust Belt" is considered this type of region because it's defined by shared beliefs about its economic history.
What is a perceptual region?
This term, the opposite of convergence, describes cultures growing apart or becoming less similar.
What is cultural divergence?
This type of region, like "The Rust Belt," is defined by shared beliefs and attitudes, not official boundaries.
What is a perceptual region?
A climograph showing high, stable temperatures and constant, heavy rainfall year-round indicates this equatorial biome.
What is a Tropical Rainforest?
This is the term for the mass movement of people from rural areas to cities, a trend that defines modern U.S. and Canadian settlement.
What is urbanization?
Modern "post-industrial" economies (like Silicon Valley) are based on this economic sector, which deals in services and information.
What is the tertiary (or service/information) sector?
Quebec’s effort to preserve its unique French culture, separate from English-speaking Canada, is a powerful example of this.
What is cultural divergence?
Unlike a perceptual region, this type is defined by official, set boundaries, such as a state, country, or city.
What is a formal region?