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1
Why is Quebec both British and French?
The Native Americans forced a compromuse.
The British were friendly to the French
The Quebec Act allowed both cultures.
The French fled Quebec after losing the war.
2
Why is it important to save the underwater Pools of the yucatan?
They are an important source of fresh water.
The region needs a sewage drain area.
Tourists want to visit them
The are sacred to Mexicans
3
Capable of being continued without damaging the environment or using resources permanently.
Nonrenewable resource
Sustainable
Raw material
Subsistence farming
4
Why were there more slaves in the south than the north?
Slaves worked the large plantations in the south.
Northerners were too poor to own slaves.
Native Americans worked for Europeans in the north.
Few immigrants went to the southern states.
5
Farming to grow only enough food for families to eat, not sell
Commercial agriculture
Plantation
Subsistence farming
Sustainable
6
Why did United States finally joined WWI?
American industrial leaders wanted war.
The United States wanted to control parts of Europe.
France and Britain convinced the US to join.
A German submarine sank a ship carrying US passengers.
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The business of producing crops to sell.
Subsistence farming
Land reform
Plantation
Commercial agriculture
8
A US naval base in Hawaii that the Japanese bombed in 1941 and that brought the US into WWII?
Pearl Harbor
Midway island
Iwo Jima
Washington DC
9
The process in which moist air rises up a mountain and leaves the other side mostly dry.
subsistence farming
annexation
rain shadow effect
temperate
10
Where is the Great Basin Located.
An area that the Great Lakes drain into.
An area in Mexico that is a desert.
An area between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada mountains.
An area in Louisiana where the Mississippi empties.
11
The business of producing crops to sell
Plantation
Commercial agriculture
Secede
Subsistence farming
12
What Aztec ruler did the Spanish defeat.
Cortez
Hildago
Morelos
Montezuma
13
What increased the speed of transportation in the 1800’s?
Paved roads and highways.
Canals and railroads.
Cars and trucks.
Covered wagons and horses.
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A layer of rock beneath earth that contains water.
Aquifer
Cenote
Contiguous
Cordillera
15
What describes the Great Basin?
Swampy area with many lakes.
Dry desert area.
Cool area with much moisture.
Area of many rivers.
16
The shift to large-scale production using machines.
Terrorism
annexation.
Industrialization
Civilization
17
To formally withdraw
Industrialize
Annexation
Tax
Secede
18
What is true of the Great Lakes?
Serve as a border between the US and Mexico.
Make it easy to transport goods to the west coast.
Combine to make the largest body of fresh water in the world
Cause the climate around them to be warm and dry.
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What was Hernan Cortez goal?
To learn from Aztec astronomers.
To introduce horses and dogs to Mexico.
To explore and conquer the Americans.
To make peace between the Maya and Aztecs.
20
Why did the British bring African slaves to their colonies?
To defeat Native Americans.
To fight against French colonies.
To hunt for furs and do craft work.
To work on big Plantations.
21
An underground pool of water
Aquifer
Oppose
Percipitation
Cenote
22
Which Mexican civilization studied the stars,developed a calendar, amd had a system of writing.
Toltec
Olmec
Mayan
Aztec
23
An organized society who lived along the southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico in 1000 b.c.
Maya
Inca
Olmec
Aztec
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A civilization that lived in the Yucatán and Northern Central America from 100B.C-A.D 900.
Maya
Inca
Aztec
Olmec
25
Connected in one block.
Cordillera
Modify
Contiguous
Annexation
26
Whose rights are protected by the bill of rights?
American citizens
large corporations
The military
Elected officials
27
The mass slaughter by the Nazis of 6 million Jews during WWII.
World War I
Hitler
Holocaust
Land reform
28
A type of warfare using violence to achieve political results
Tyranny
Terrorism
Dictator
Republic
29
How did Texas first join the United States?
The United States captured it from Pancho Villa.
Its territory was annexed to the United States.
The United States fought Spain for it.
Mexico sold it to the United States.
30
What created the aquifers in the Yucatán.
Pollution rotted the limestone rock
Earthquakes caused caverns to form.
Mexican engineers drilled tunnels under mountains.
Seeping water formed underground caves and pools
31
Why did North America’s major cities develop along rivers?
Rivers lay in the tropical climate.
Rivers flowed near the mountains and deserts.
Rivers created physical boundaries between countries.
Rivers were important for transportation and a water source.
32
Why was Britain able to conquer New France?
The British convinced Spain to be their ally.
The British had more money and a stronger army.
The British were fur trappers who knew the land
The British had better relations with Native Americans
33
Who were the leaders of the Mexican revolution?
Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.
Sam Houston and Antonio Lopez de santa Anna
Benito Juarez and Porfirio Diaz
Augustine se iturbide and father morales.
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A harsh government
Dictator
Tyranny
Republic
Democracy
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A system of several parallel mountain ranges.
Cenote
Aquifer
Contiguous
Cordillera
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A people who settled in the area of modern Mexico City, A.D. 1325-1525.
Aztec
Inca
Olmec
Maya
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A ruler with complete control
Dictator
Tyranny
Republic
Terrorism
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What caused the Dust Bowl?
Commercial farms took over small farms.
A period of drought and soil erosion occurred.
The natural gas underground was tapped.
Rivers and railroads could not transport goods.
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Mild, in terms of climate
Cordillera
Cenote
Temperate
Temperature
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Where are the major oil fields in the US?
California and Oregon
The Great Lakes
The rocky mountains
Southern Great plains
