USA
Which of the following regions of the United States is most affected by hurricanes?
The Southeast
What is true of rivers and lakes in Northern Mexico?
There are few of them, and they are small.
What is the importance of the Panama Canal?
It drastically cuts transportation time from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Brazil's largest metropolitan area?
Sau Paulo
What is Yggdrasil?
. An immense tree that connects the Nine Worlds
What happened shortly after the United States gained independence from Great Britain?
The US doubled in size
Mexicans of mixed Spanish and indigenous heritage are
mestizos.
Most of Central America was colonized by
Spain.
Most of Brazil is located in the _____ zone, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.
Tropics
Who are the Aesir and the Vanir?
two groups of Norse gods
How has urbanization affected population distribution in the United States?
Populations of urban and rural areas have equaled out.
What is a primate city ?
a city that dominates a country's economy
What effect did colonization have on the Native American population?
It nearly wiped out the Native American population.
What was the purpose of NAFTA
to eliminate trade barriers between Mexico, the United States, and Canada
How did Odin lose his eye?
He traded it to gain wisdom
Which of the following factors has had the greatest influence on cultural diversity in the United States?
Immigration
What is an archipelago?
a group or chain of islands
The greater the number of different species of animals and plants in an environment, the greater the
biodiversity of the environment.
Brazil is the world's largest exporter of
beef
What was Fenrir?
An enormous wolf that bit off the hand of the god Tyr
Which of the following types of music developed in African American communities in the early 1900s?
Jazz
The value of goods and services produced within a country in a year is its
Gross domestic product.
Which is the largest country in the Tropical North region?
Colombia
What is cultural diffusion
the spread of knowledge between cultures
What is Gungnir?
Odin's spear