North America Geography Test Review

The movement of people within a country or region

Nunavut is home to who?

A trade agreement that phases out trade barriers between Canada, Mexico, and the United States (formally called NAFTA)

When did the early migrants start moving throughout Canada?

Which term does NOT describe Canada's climate?

Which are Canada’s “Core Provinces?”

Permanently frozen ground

Largest canyon in the world

The basic support systems needed to keep an economy going.

Which plain lies in both the United States and Canada?

The line of that marks the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward is called the:

Characteristic of, belonging to, or related to the countryside

What war was fought in North America in the 1770s that ended in the United States becoming an independent nation?

What are the two dominant languages in the United States?

Which ocean borders the WEST coast of the United States and Canada?

A group of Islands is called:

What is the name of the huge prairie in the center of the North American continent?

How do people change from one economic activity level to another?

Any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a product.

How were the Great Lakes formed?

What type of climate is found in the United States but not in Canada?

Largest river in North America

Who are two of the United States’ most important trade partners?

The following are Great Lakes (more than one):

What type of government does the United States have?

A community touching the borders of the central city.

What three oceans is North America bordered by?

A group of Canada’s Native American people

Why is the Midwest called “America’s Heartland?”

Why is the Northeast called “America’s Gateway?”

In the 1760s, France gave up most of its territory in North America to who?

A government where people rule through elected representatives.

The free, open land in the American West that was available for settlement.

Longest and largest mountain range

Where does most of Canada's population live?

What is NAFTA?

Where does most commercial agriculture take place?

What conflict divided the United States in the mid 1800s?

What two countries were rivals for Canadian Territory?

What made moving from the cities to the suburbs possible in the United States?

Public land set aside for Native peoples by the government

Canada’s longest river is called:

What mountain range lies along the east coast of North America?

What kind of industry are most people in the U.S. and Canada employed in?

A person with no permanent home who moves according to the seasons in search of food, water, and grazing land.

The head of a government; the majority party’s leader in parliament

Why are the northern provinces of Canada less densely populated?

What seaway was completed in the 1950s to transport goods from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?