Chapter 6 Social Studies

Because Canada is a long way from the equator, its climate tends to be what?

The major natural resources of the US are soil, water, timber, farmland, and what?

So few people live on the Canadian shield because why?

This is the major mountain range in the Western US and Canada.

Factors that influence the climate in The US and Canada are oceans, mountains, and what?

The rivers of the Quebec Province are used to make what?

This is power produced by moving water.

Which statement compares the climates in the US and Canada?

The Great Lakes are very important to both the US and Canada because why?

Where are the largest oil reserves in North America?

This is a river or stream that flows into a larger river.

The US and Canada look like one large ________ from outer space.

Four major kinds of plant life are what?

Much of Canada's mineral wealth is found where?

This is a permanently frozen layer of ground that thaws only during the Arctic summer.

This is a cold, dry region that is covered with snow for more than half the year.

Why are the prairie provinces and the St. Lawrence Lowlands important to the economy of Canada?

A huge slow-moving mass of snow and ice is a called a what?

This is the fertile topsoil left by a river after a flood.

This is a region of flat or rolling land covered with grasses.

Four major kinds of plant life in North America are tundra, grassland, desert scrub and what?

These are the political divisions of land in Canada.

A major landform that is found in both the US and Canada is what?

The landform that lies between the Rockies and Appalachians is what?

Areas near oceans generally have what type of climate?

Factors that influence the climate zones are latitude, mountains, and what?

How do the huge plains in the US affect the way people live there?