North American History/Gov/Econ/Trade (test review)

People in Canada and the U.S. live near abundant resources and cropland.

• True

• False

People live and work near urban areas (good jobs, business opportunities, better education) in (check all that apply)

• Canada

• U.S.

• Mexico

• Central America

• Caribbean

Which country has a long land and water border with Mexico, sending the largest number of immigrants north?

• Guatemala

• Honduras

• United States

• United Kingdom

Push factors, including poverty, violent crime, and government corruption cause people in which of the following regions to move?

• Canada & U.S.

• Mexico & Central America

• Mexico & U.S.

• Canada & Central America

Natural disasters, like hurricanes and tropical cyclones, cause people in the ________ to move.

• Central America

• U.S.

• Canada

• Caribbean

Which countries have presidential democracies?

• Mexico

• U.S.

• Belize

• Cuba

• Dominican Republic

The only country in the Western Hemisphere that is a communist dictatorship is

• Belize

• Dominican Republic

• Cuba

• Nicaragua

The total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year divided by total population is

• GDP per capita

• GDP

• GDP PPP

Canada and the U.S. have a higher GDP per capita than Haiti and Costa Rica.

• True

• False

Which factor about where people live and work is described here?

Few people live in the sub-arctic regions of Canada and Alaska. People in Mexico are concentrated in the central plateau rather than the arid and semi-arid north.

• abundant resources

• arable land

• moderate climate