Unit 2 North America Review

A person’s social standing or class, which is often measured as a combination of education, income, and occupation

• Ethnicity and race

• Immigration status

• Rate of urbanization

• Socioeconomic status

Which group are considered to be indigenous to North America?

• Colonial settlers

• Native Americans

• Conquistadors

• Europeans

North America’s most populated city is _____.

• New York

• Chicago

• Los Angeles

• Mexico City

The climate zone that has four distinct seasons and a wealth of plant life including both tall and short trees that shed their leaves in the autumn

• Taiga

• Temperate

• Tundra

• Rainforest

This climate zone is characterized by a layer of permafrost. Winters are very cold. Only short grasses and shrubs can survive.

• Rainforest

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Temperate

Climate zone that has high temperatures and high rainfall throughout the year. It consists of dense, wet forest.

• Temperate

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Rainforest

Cold and dry climate zone with snowy winters and warmer summers. It contains evergreen forests.

• Taiga

• Tundra

• Temperate

• Rainforest

Deserts have _______ precipitation.

• Minimal (little)

• Moderate (average)

• Heavy

In which of these countries would you find tundra?

• Canada

• Brazil

• Jamaica

• Mexico

What languages are the official languages of Canada?

• French and Spanis

• English and German

• English and French

• French and German