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Unit 1 - United States and Canada
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1
Which quadrant is North America located?
Southwest
Northwest
Southeast
Northeast
2
Which latitude line is located, in the tropics, south of the Equator?
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
3
What is the Canadian Shield?
An inlet of water
A stretch of mountains
A mineral rich area
The "arm" of the Atlantic Ocean
4
Most of Canada's population live near...
the middle of the country
the far northern parts of Canada
the Great Lakes
the Hudson Bay
5
Why are the Great Lakes so important to both Canada and the United States?
They form the boundary with Alaska
They are major shipping routes
They form the entire border between both countries
They form the Continental Divide
6
How do the plains in the United States affect the way people live there?
The volcanic soil hardens into new landforms
The rugged land makes settlement difficult for people
The mountains provide lumber
The rich soil is good for farming
7
Which continent is the most populated?
Antarctica
South America
Asia
North America
8
Ways of life of people who share similar beliefs, customs and traditions is known as...
geography
demographics
culture
population
9
Geographers study regions because...
they want to know how cultures change
they want to understand cultural music traditions
they want people to move to another region
they want to make comparisons between areas
10
The United States of America is on which continent?
South America
North America
Africa
Europe
11
What is the most populous city in the United States?
Houston
Los Angeles
New York City
Chicago
12
How much sunlight that the Northern and Southern hemispheres receive during the year depends...
on the location of the moon
on the Earth's tilt
on the Equator
on the number of planets in the solar system
13
Which ocean links North America and Asia?
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Antarctic Ocean
14
Which of the following is a large landmass that rises above the ocean?
County
Country
State
Continent
15
Any half of the Earth is known as...
a latitude line
a hemisphere
a longitude line
a landform
16
Which quadrant is the majority of South America located?
Southwest
Southeast
Northwest
Northeast
17
Which of the following oceans is not near Canada?
Atlantic
Indian
Pacific
Arctic
18
What is the largest continent in the world by land?
Asia
North America
Africa
Europe
19
Along with oceans and mountains ____________, helps influence the climate of the US and Canada.
natural disasters
population
agriculture
latitude
20
A map of the United States that shows only state lines is a...
geographic map
political map
road map
topographic map
21
What imaginary lines circle the globe north and south - parallel to the equator?
Latitude
Longitude
22
How do latitude and longitude lines help geographers?
By identifying relative location
By identifying absolute location
By identifying Earth's rotation
By identifying Earths distance from the sun
23
What is the largest state in the United States?
California
Alaska
Wyoming
Texas
24
Which of the following is NOT an example of movement?
Migration
Trade
Education
Natural disasters
25
The purpose of a topographic map is to show...
layers of the Earth
roads
elevation
latitude/longitude coordinates
26
Which latitude line is located, in the tropics, north of the equator?
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Prime Meridian
27
Geographers organize information according to what themes?
Location, population, and longitude
Region, population, and place
Latitude, longitude, and placement
Location, regions, place, movement, and human-environment
28
How many time zones are in the contiguous United States?
4
6
5
7
29
At which point do rivers change their directional flow?
Equator
Prime Meridian
Continental Divide
Country Divide
30
One major landform that is found in both the United States and Canada is...
the Kilauea Volcano
the Great Basin
Mount Logan
the Rocky Mountains
31
What is "place?"
Ideas, fads, goods, resources, and communication
Physical characteristics of an area
The relative location of a place
Absolute location of a place
32
Which of the following is not a part of region?
Functional Region
Language Region
Formal Region
Absolute Region
33
Which quadrant is Australia located?
Northwest
Southeast
Northeast
Southwest
34
How many Great Lakes are there?
1
2
5
4
35
What can be learned by studying human-environment interactions?
How people and the environment affect each other
How people migrate from one location to another
How culture affects and define a location
How regions differ from one another
36
This horseshoe shaped feature is known as the...
St. Lawrence Seaway
Great Lakes
Canadian Shield
Rocky Mountains
37
What imaginary lines circle the globe east and west of the Prime Meridian?
Latitude
Longitude
38
Which quadrant is Asia located?
Southwest
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
39
What landform lies between the Rockies and the Appalachians?
The Laurentian Highlands
The Canadian Shield
The Great Plains
The St Lawrence lowlands
40
Canada has how many provinces?
10
50
13
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