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The United States is the world’s biggest consumer of _________ _________ Its need for these fuels is so great that it is a major importer. In fact, most of Canada’s energy exports go to its neighbor to the south.
Energy Resources
______________________ contributes to the marine west coast climate from southern Alaska to northern California
Prevailing Westerlies
The subregion of the United States also known as the "_______________” is the Midwest.
Rust Belt
Texas’s distinctive cultural patterns and landscapes shape the region. In geography, the movement of people, goods, and ideas from one place to another is part of a process called ____________.
Diffusion
The ________ ___________ are located in eastern Canada and consist of: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Atlantic Provinces
____________________ is the land bridge over which early nomads traveled from Asia to North America
Beringia
The _____________ flows across the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean.
MacKenzie River
The United States is a federal republic, which divides power among national, state, and local governments, but it is also a ________ _______ , which means that the people rule through elected representatives
Representative Democracy
Texas’s varied geography is matched by ____________ in its human population.
Diversity
When the _________ __ _____________was created in 1867, it established a confederation of the Canadian provinces, and allowed self government but remained part of the British Empire.
Dominion of Canada
The ____________________________ encompasses over 4,000 square miles of tall grasses, trees, and swampland.
Everglades
Along with human migration, Europeans were also involved in the _____________________ between the Eastern and Western hemispheres, which included the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases.
Columbian Exchange
_____ __________ consists of Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
New England
The________________________________________________________ of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta are Canada's center of agriculture.
Prairie Provinces
____________ and ___________ make up Canada’s core provinces.
Quebec and Ontario
The ______________________ connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by a series of locks that raise or lower water levels
St. Lawrence Seaway
Where is the Continental Divide in the United States?
Rocky Mountains
The United States is currently in what is called a _______________ ____________because manufacturing is no longer the country's most important industry
Postindustrial Economy
The ________ __________ refers to the Native American peoples of Canada.
First Nations
The majority party’s leader in Parliament becomes ________ ___________.
Prime Minister
___________________ helps explain why human population is sparse in the subarctic regions of Alaska and Canada
Permafrost
What separates a continents river systems?
Continental Divide
A region that includes several large cities, their suburbs, and nearby towns is called a _____________________.
Megalopolis
What was a source of conflict for the French and English that settled in Canada?
Culture (Religion/Language)
What industry has grown out of Canada’s natural beauty?
Tourism