Geography of US and Canada

Which statement most accurately describes Canada’s military?

• It is much smaller than that of the United States.

• It is rarely involved in United Nations peacekeeping missions.

• It declines to send combat troops to other regions.

• It accounts for a large percentage of the country’s total spending

Which statement best describes the U.S. government’s system of separation of powers?

• It gives some groups the power to stop the actions of others.

• It divides power between the president and Congress

• It divides power among three branches of government.

• It divides power among the 50 states.

The national government of Canada is concentrated into one primary governing body called the

• Congress

• General Assembly

• Provincial Council

• Parliament

Which statement explains why the United States imports energy resources despite being a major producer of energy itself?

• The United States produces types of energy that are unable to fuel automobiles.

• The United States made prior commitments to purchase energy resources from many other nations.

• The United States is currently the world’s largest consumer of energy resources.

• The United States has tighter environmental restrictions on energy production than its neighbors.

Which practice is most common in market-based economies such as the United States and Canada?

• The government owns and manages businesses.

• A government agency sets the prices of goods and services.

• Individual businesses decide for themselves what and how to produce.

• Private businesses cooperate to set prices and quality standards

The headquarters of the United Nations is in

• Vancouver

• Toronto

• New York City

• Chicago

The United States is often called a “superpower” because it

• spends more money on its military than any other nation

• has won the most Olympic medals and world athletic championships

• manufactures electronic devices that are used all over the world

• is home to companies that finance major global construction projects

A country has a trade deficit when

• it spends more on foreign goods than it earns by selling goods to other nations

• its port taxes and shipping rates are higher than those of other countries

• prices on its goods are so low that it loses money selling them

• it has borrowed money to buy foreign goods and not yet repaid the debt

U.S. and Canadian companies often establish plants and hire employees in foreign countries because

• the labor costs are lower

• foreign workers are more skilled

• domestic workers increasingly work for themselves

• their business focuses on overseas markets

In both the United States and Canada, the national government owns and controls

• oil and natural gas production

• the postal service

• most radio and television stations

• the food-service industry