NatGeo N. America (A- Key Terms/General)

To send to other countries for aid or profit:

• export

• immigrant

• colonize

• subsistence farming

Which was NOT one of the major European nations to colonize North America?

• Spain

• Italy

• Britain/England

• France

When a mountain range blocks the moisture on one side of the mountains and leaves the other side mostly dry:

• abolition

• indigenous

• drought

• rain shadow effect

An extended period of time with below average rainfall:

• rain shadow effect

• abolition

• export

• drought

What caused the United States to join WWII (World War 2)?

• The stock market crash started the Great Depression

• Britain, France, and Russia asked for help

• Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii

• The United States tried to stop the Holocaust

A type of farming that produces crops to sell:

• peninsula

• subsistence farming

• immigrant

• commercial agriculture

Narrow strip of land that extends out into a body of water:

• export

• peninsula

• immigrant

• subsistence farming

What 3 nations make up the region of North America?

• France, Britain, & Spain

• Canada, United States, & Mexico

• United States, Brazil, & Cuba

• Texas, California, & New York

A type of farming that grows just enough food to feed their families:

• commercial agriculture

• abolition

• subsistence farming

• drought

Which of the following was NOT an early Native American civilization in Mexico?

• Spanish

• Aztec

• Olmec

• Maya