USA and Canada
What is the capitol of the United States?
Washington DC
Most people today in Central/South America and Mexico are followers of what religion?
Catholicism
What is the name of the large island country that is 90 miles off the coast of Florida?
Cuba
What is the capitol of Mexico?
Mexico City
What is the name of the large rainforest in South America?
The Amazon
What is the capitol of Canada?
Ottawa
What language is spoken in Brazil?
Portuguese
Because of its location by a tectonic plate and the Ring of Fire, much of Central America is mountainous with _______ ________.
Active Volcanoes
What two animals are on the middle of the Mexican Flag?
Snake and Eagle
Throughout South America, Carnival is celebrated in the week before the ______________ observance of Lent.
Catholic
What direction is Alaska in relation to Canada?
West
People whose ancestry includes both indigenous and Spanish heritage are _________.
In Central America, most industrial employment occurs in ____________.
cottage industries
Mexico's location on the Gulf of Mexico enabled what large industry to develop?
Fishing
What is the sparsely populated desert along the coast of Peru and Chile?
Atacama Desert
Most people in Canada live within _____ miles of the United States border.
100
Most people in South America live where?
Near the coasts and along major rivers
What climate zone is the most densely populated in Central America?
Tierra Templada
What ancient people left ruins on the Yucatan Peninsula?
Maya
Rainforests are home to what percentage of all the plant and animal species on earth?
50%
What mountain range stretches more than 3000 miles from New Mexico into Canada?
Rocky Mountains
When highly educated and highly skilled workers emigrate to other countries, their native country suffers a ______________.
Brain Drain
_____________ agriculture has destroyed huge swaths of rain forest.
Slash-and-burn
Regional high-pressure systems in northern Mexico occasionally cause __________.
Droughts
What two countries in South America have large South Asian populations?
Suriname and Guyana