Human Geography of North America

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Who migrated from Siberia to North America by crossing a land bridge?

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the first North American people

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Which group followed the seasonal grazing and migration of the American bison? Options: Plains Indians, Korean-Canadians, Maya, Olmec

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Plains Indians

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Which group believed the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) were images of family and friends in the afterlife? Options: the first North Americans, Inuit, Aztec, Plains Indians

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Inuit

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Civil wars in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala in the 1970's and 1990's forced many civilians to immigrate ___ to Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.

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north

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What is the main reason people immigrate from underdeveloped nations to developed countries such as Canada and the U.S.A.?

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to escape poverty

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Which group created the ethnic neighborhood "Little Havana" in Miami, FL?

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Cuban immigrants

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Which group created the ethnic neighborhood "Little Mogadishu" in Minneapolis, MN?

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Somali immigrants

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North America was named after which Italian navigator?

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Which early civilization in North America created sophisticated calendars?

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Maya

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Which explorer landed in the Americas in 1492?

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Christopher Columbus