Businesses such as banks, education, restaurants, etc., offer services to customers, rather than physical goods. What category of industry do these belong to?
100
The Rocky Mountains
What mountain range runs through Canada and the United States?
100
A constitution
What do we call the document that establishes and describes a country's government and the rights of its citizens?
100
France
What European power was the first to explore and settle in Canada?
100
The Aztecs
What Native American empire in Mexico had as its capital city, "Tenochtitlan", which later became "Mexico City"?
200
Primary Industries
Fishing, lumbering, and mining are important to the Canadian economy. Are these, primary, secondary, or tertiary industries?
200
Ten
How many provinces does Canada have?
200
Spain
Which European power was the first to establish permanent colonies in the Western Hemisphere (the Americas)?
200
Mt. McKinnley
What is the highest mountain in North America?
300
Free Market (also known as Market, Free Enterprise, and Capitalism)
What type of economy allow people and businesses free choice with only limited government involvement?
300
The border between the U.S.A. and Canada.
What is the longest undefended border between two countries in the world?
300
Parliamentary Democracy
What system of government calls its Legislative Branch, "Parliament", and is headed by a "Prime Minister"?
300
The government of Great Britain
The founding fathers of the United States created a three-branch government. Where did they get the idea for such a division of power?
300
The Inuit
What is the newer tribal name of the people formerly known as Eskimos?
400
A Command Economy (Communism is the primary type)
What is the term for an economic system in which the government controls all of the important economic activities?
400
Death Valley, California
What is the hottest place on Earth?
400
The Executive Branch
Which branch of American government is responsible to execute and enforce the laws?
400
The Federal System
What do we call the system of power sharing between the national and state governments?
400
Alaska and Hawaii
Name the 49th and 50th state of the United States (both became states in 1959:
500
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
What economic treaty between the U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico removed trade barriers and was signed in 1994?
500
Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario
Name three of the five Great Lakes:
500
The Articles of Confederation
What is the name of the original constitution of the United States, which proved to be inadequate, and was replaced by the current Constitution of the United States?
500
The French and Indian War
What war was fought between Great Britain and Canada in which the peace treaty caused France to lose all of its land in North America to the British?
500
The Vikings (Northern Europeans)
Who were the first Europeans to set foot on the continent of North America?