North America Study Guide cont.

North America Region

100

Southeastern Canada, the area with the largest population, has what type of climate

Humid continental

200

Since the 1970's the fastest growing regions of the US have been the South and the what

Southwest

300

The US is a ________ country because its people immigrated from many different countries

multicultural

400

Most of the people of the province of ____ are French-speaking Canadians who are proud of their language and culture.

Quebec

500

The economic region of the US bordered by the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean is the _____

South

Geography

100

Geographers divide both the US and Canada into economic regions based on

Economic activity

200

In the US, the Great Lakes, the Ohio River, and the Mississippi River are important bodies of water in the 

Midwest

300

In both Canada and the US, places of great scenic beauty are protected as

National parks

400

Canada is larger that the US in land area, but Canada has a population of only 31 million or 61 million?

31 million

500

The area in the Rocky Mts. that separates streams flowing toward the Pacific Ocean from those flowing toward the Atlantic Ocean is called the 

Continental Divide

Mexico terms

100

Mountain range in western Mexico near the Pacific Ocean

Sierra Madre Occidental

200

Tierra Fria means

cold land

300

Mountain range in eastern Mexico is the 

Sierra Madre Oriental

400

body of water that borders Mexico on the east

Gulf of Mexico

500

Body of water the borders Mexico on the east

Rio Grande