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What is the capital city of the US?
What is Washington D.C.
What is the most popular sport in the United States?
Who were the first European explorers in Europe?
Who were the vikings
What are the 3 branches of the US and Canadian governments?
What are executive, legislative and judicial.
What level of economic development are the U.S. and Canadian economies considered?
What is level 1
What physical feature creates a natural boundary between the U.S. and Mexico?
What is the Rio Grande River
English is the most commonly spoken language followed by ____ and _____.
What is Spanish and Chinese
What was the idea called when Americans believed we should own land from coast to coast?
What is Manifest Destiny
What group wanted a less powerful government to make sure our citizens had lots of freedom?
Who were the Anti-federalists
What type of economy do the US and Canada both have?
What is a free-enterprise economy
What is the oldest mountain range in the US?
What is the Appalachian Mountains
What was the first sport played by Native Americans on U.S. soil?
what is lacrosse
What are the 3 "G's" that European explorers were sent out by their mother country on missions for?
What are God, glory and gold.
What are 4 freedoms protected under the 1st Amendment?
what are speech, religion, press, assembly, petition
What group of people have a traditional economy in Canada?
who are the Inuit
What is the capital city of Canada?
What is Ottawa
Christianity remains the largest practiced religion, due to heavy influence from ________ times.
What is colonial
Which war did the U.S. fight in order to stop Hitler from ruling the world?
what is WW2
What is the head of the government called in Canada?
Who is the prime minister
what are service industries
What are the 4 borders of the United States?
What is Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Canada, and Mexico
What is the average life expectancy in the US?
what is 79
Why was the 13th Ammendment written?
to abolish slavery
What is the 8th Ammendment?
Freedom from cruel, or unusual punishment
The United States and Canada are also called a _______ _______, because they use their capital (money) to make even more money.
what is a capitalist society