The Land
Trees cannot grow above _____.
(a) the timberline (b) the fall line (c) latitude lines (d) boundaries
the timberline
The percent of people who can read or write is the _____.
(a) literacy rate (b) immigration (c) Sunbelt (d) bilingual
literacy rate
This is a tax on imported goods.
(a) monopoly (b) tariff (c) arable (d) megalopolis
tariff
The largest groups of immigrants to the United States come from _____.
(a) Europe and Oceania (b) Europe and Asia (c) Africa and Oceania (d) Asia and Latin America
Asia and Latin America
What country is directly north of the United States?
(a) Mozambique (b) Latvia (c) Jupiter (d) Canada
Canada
_____ were formed in the Earth millions of years ago and can be burned for energy.
(a) renewable resources (b) minerals (c) fossil fuels
fossil fuels
(a) dry farming (b) bilingual (c) jazz (d) Underground Railroad
bilingual
_____ is the total control of a type of industry by one person or one company.
(a) oligopoly (b) partnership (c) monopoly (d) theocracy
monopoly
Enslaved persons escaped from the South through a series of safe houses known as the _____.
(a) Underground Railroad (b) metropolitan area (c) urban sprawl (d) immigration
Underground Railroad
What are Canada's two official languages?
(a) Franch and Spanish (b) French and English (c) English and Spanish (d) English and Inuktitut
French and English
Thunderstorms that can cause tornadoes are _____.
(a) hurricanes (b) supercells (c) prairies (d) cold fronts
supercells
A type of music that blends European melodies with African rhythms is called _____.
(a) country (b) rock (c) hip-hop (d) jazz
jazz
Setting up plants abroad to produce parts and products for domestic use or sale is known as:
(a) retooling (b) eutrophication (c) outsourcing (d) clear-cutting
outsourcing
(a) urban sprawl (b) suburbs (c) a megalopolis (d) immigration
a megalopolis
In which province of Canada will you find people who primarily speak French?
(a) Ottowa (b) Manitoba (c) Newfoundland (d) Quebec
Quebec
At the _____ are rapids and waterfalls that blocked ships from traveling farther upstream.
(a) Piedmont (b) coastal plain (c) Appalachian Mountains (d) fall line
fall line
Which of the following contributes to urban sprawl?
(a) high cost of living in rural areas (b) over crowding in cities (c) new roads being built in cities (d) restrictions on real-estate development in rural areas
over crowding in cities
A country has a _____ when it earns more from exports than it spends for imports.
(a) trade deficit (b) trade surplus (c) tariff (d) market economy
trade surplus
_____ moved from the newly independent United States to Canada after the American Revolution.
(a) Inuit (b) Loyalists (c) Parliament (d) dominion
Loyalists
A partially self-governing country with close ties to Great Britain, like Canada used to be, is called a _____.
(a) territory (b) Loyalist (c) Parliament (d) dominion
dominion
Water pollution speeds _____, the process by which a body of water becomes rich in dissolved nutrients.
(a) gentrification (b) retooling (c) clear-cutting (d) eutrophication
eutrophication
Who is a dude?
(a) I'm a dude (b) He's a dude (c) She's a dude (d) We're all dudes yeah
Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger.
Both the United States and Canada have a _____ economic system.
(a) socialist (b) pure capitalist (c) market (d) command
market
Why is the United States one of the most ethnically diverse countries in the world?
(a) The land over which European settlers spread contained powerful kingdoms of many nationalities. (b) Immigrants came to the United States from many countries (c) Ancestors of Native Americans probably arrived about 20,000 years ago. (d) Most people in the United States speak English
Immigrants came to the United States from many countries.
How does Canada contrast with the United States?
(a) Canada had almost no settlers from Great Britain, while the United Sates had many. (b) Canada has two official languages, while the United States does not. (c) Canada has more people than the United states. (d) The United States is a parliamentary democracy, while Canada is a federal republic.
Canada has two official languages, while the United States does not.