US and Canada Brief History and Geography

One challenge facing Canadian and American Indians is ?

• adapting to a life of isolation.

• developing more manufacturing jobs.

• building their own education system.

• the right to protect their ancestral lands.

Over the past 100 years mining for copper and iron-ore in the Canadian Shield has contributed to

• strained relations between Canadians and Americans.

• improved water and soil content

• civil rights.

• water and soil pollution.

According to climatologists a reason for rising temperatures world-wide is due to

• better thermometers.

• El Nino winds currents

• the greenhouse effect

• government interference.

By spending on education the U.S, and Canada are helping their workforce be 

• more productive.

• lose their individuality.

• better able to immigrate.

• poor workers.

The Eastern region of the United States is characterized by

• the Great Plains, the Appalachian Mountain Range, and the New England Coast

• the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the St. Lawrence Seaway

• the Appalachian Mountain Range, the St. Lawrence Seaway, and the Atlantic Coastal Plain

• the Appalachian Mountain Range, the New England Coast, and the Rocky Mountain Range

One of the earliest groups to settle in the Eastern United States were the

• French

• British

• Spanish

• Vikings

What is the name used to refer to the indigenous peoples of Canada?

• Native Americans

• Dakota

• First Nations

• Comanche

Which of the following mountain ranges is located in North America?

• Rocky Mountains

• The Himalayas

• Andes Mountains

• Ural Mountains

Which of the following is the Head of State of Canada?

• Canada's Parliament

• The Canadian Prime Minister

• The British Monarch

• Canada has no Head of State

Which of the following officials has a role that is closest to the job of a Canadian Prime Minister?

• The Speaker of the US House of Representatives

• The British Monarch

• The United States President

• A United States Senator