United States and Canada

Which mountain chain extends from the united states into canada?

• Rocky mountains

• ozark mountains

• smoky mountains

• sierra nevada mountains

Atlantic coastal cities and their suburbs form an almost continuous line of settlements called

• Piedmont

• Megalopolis

• Coastal plains

Much of the Great Plains is a ________, or rolling grassland

• Prairie

• Canyon

Ranchers in the dry steppe region east of the Rockies sometimes lose crops and animals

due to

• Blizzards

• Hurricanes

• Droughts

A country sometimes places _____ on imports to protect industries from foreign competition

• TRADE DEFICITS

• TARIFFS

• FREE MARKET

During the first three decades of the twentieth century, what was the main reason

many African Americans left the South?

• More factory jobs were available in the North

• Many white landowners refused to accept them as sharecroppers

Which U.S. region is not represented at the top of high school graduation rates in the

chart above?

• The West

• the south

The ________ Mountains stretch some 3,000 miles from British Columbia and Alberta

in Canada through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and down to New Mexico in

the U.S.

• Sierra Nevada

• Rocky

• Appalachian

"America began relying much more heavily on cheaper foreign products, and the

industrial centers of the American heartland started shutting down. By the 1980s,

industrial jobs in these areas had been reduced by roughly 50%."

What U.S. migration is described in the quote above?

• Urbanization

• Westward Expansion

• Rust Belt to Sun Belt

What is the greatest value of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway system?

• It allows materials to be transported to and from cities and towns

• It provides a source of water for many cities and towns

• It gives residents nearby recreational opportunities