Geography
What is the capital of Canada?
Ottawa
What is the capital of Mexico?
Mexico City
One of the largest Mississippian culture settlements was what nearby ancient city?
Cahokia
The holiday of Day of the Dead is celebrated in what country?
Mexico
Mauna Kea is located in what U.S. State?
Hawaii
Denali (Mt. McKinley formerly) is located in what U.S. State?
Alaska
Much of the population of Mexico follows what religion?
Christianity (Roman Catholic)
What explorer group discovered Canada, in articular Newfoundland and Labrador?
Name two cities that are at risk of rising sea levels.
Houston, Miami, and New Orleans
What large Bay in northern Canada is an important location for fishing?
Hudson Bay
What river separates the United States (At Texas) from Mexico?
Rio Grande
What is the name given to a major urban center that is an important point of political, economic, and cultural activities.
Global City
What civilization in Mexico's city of Chichen Itza is considered a modern wonder.
Mayans
Name two goods that Canada extracts from trees.
Paper and Maple Syrup
What is the official language of the United States?
There is no official language
What is the name given to the large collection of exposed Precambrian rock in Canada?
Canadian Shield
What is the largest freshwater lake in this region, and also in the world?
Lake Superior
The holiday of Cinco De Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory over what European country's military?
France
Besides the Yucatan, what is the other prominent peninsula in Mexico?
Baja California
The highest temperature ever recorded in the United States was 134 Degrees in what location?
Death Valley
What Great Lakes share a border between the U.S. and Canada?
Huron, Superior, Ontario, Erie
What is the presence of, or support for the presence of several distinct cultural or ethnic groups within a society?
Multiculturalism
What good became a popular commodity in Canada during its early colonial years?
Furs
Name two companies we discussed that are headquartered and located in the U.S.
Tesla, Microsoft, Apple, Boeing, Facebook (Meta)
What U.S. city's airports is one the busiest airports for pedestrian traffic (nearly 100 million use it yearly).
Atlanta