Climate
The reason that the marine west coast climate zone is as wet as it is and located where it is.
Rain shadow effect
Landform created when a block of rock is suddenly raised or dropped below surrounding rock (usually of a different density).
What is a plateau?
City at the point where the St. Lawrence River narrows from its wide bay into a single channel
What is Quebec City?
Region in which most U. S. and Canada Asian trade is based.
What is the West Coast?
What prevailing winds affect climate patterns in the U. S. and Canada the most?
What are the westerlies?
Name for a climate zone characterized by evergreen forests.
What is the subarctic?
The point at which a tributary flows into a larger river.
What is a confluence?
Subregion of the U. S. and Canada characterized by corn production and (old) heavy manufacturing areas.
What is the Midwest Heartland?
Major way of making a living in the Midwest High Plains.
What is wheat farming?
Term that describes an economy with mostly tertiary workers.
What is postindustrial?
What are the Appalachians?
What is the Basin-and-Range?
What is New York City?
Francophone province in Canada
What is Quebec?
State which got more water from the Colorado Water Compact of 1922 than any other.
What is California?
This is the kind of climate you'd associate with steppe vegetation, like that in our Great Plains.
What is semi-arid?
World's busiest river system.
What is the Mississippi?
What sub-region's population is almost entirely Native American?
What are the Inuit High Plains?
What is "federal"?
In what landform region is Houston located?
What is the Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain?
What area is in the rain shadow of the Rocky Mountains?
What are the Great Plains?
Name two Canadian provinces whose landscape is mostly covered by the Canadian Shield.
There are various answers!
What sub-region is characterized by ranching and mining as the leading industries?
What is the Interior West?
What is the nickname for the area of the United States to which aging people from the U. S. and Canada like to move?
What is the Sunbelt?
Regions of the United States that have LOST population during the postindustrial transformation.
What are the Middle Atlantic and the Midwest (especially Heartland)?