TCI: North America Test

Front

What best defines Canada's ecumene? Options: the plains region, the border region, the tundra region, the subarctic region

Back

the border region

Front

Why were lighthouses first built in the Atlantic Region?

Back

to prevent shipwrecks

Front

Name this region: Eastern Canada north of the Great Lakes. Includes Ontario and Quebec.

Back

Core Region

Front

Canada is considered this because different cultural groups keep their own identity, beliefs, and traditions.

Back

plural society

Front

Found or living in a city

Back

urban

Front

An area of land with common features such as its own geography, history, and way of life.

Back

region

Front

How were the Great Lakes created?

Back

by the melting of glaciers

Front

Insects feed on the algae and plants that grow in the Great Lakes. Tiny fish eat the insects. Larger fish feed on the small fish. Eagles and otters eat the larger fish. Which term best fits this description?

Back

Great Lakes food chain

Front

The sea lamprey and zebra mussel are part of which of these Great Lakes ecosystem problems?
Options: wetland loss, invasive species, algae explosions, point-source pollution

Back

invasive species

Front

Why are the Great Lakes often called "the fourth seacoast"?

Back

Because the Great Lakes are so large that they look and act like oceans