Canada and the United States Blue Text pgs. 71-79

Read Sacagawea on page 71

What Native American tribe did Sacagawea come from?

• Apache

• Shoshone

• Arapahoe

• Navajo

Read Sacagawea on page 71

What explorers were Sacagawea helping?

• Lewis and Clark

• Watson and Holmes

• Stanley and Livingston

• Tesla and Einstein

Read Sacagawea on page 71

What were Lewis and Clark exploring?

• The Yukon

• The Louisiana Territory

• The Western Plains

• The Northwest Passage

Look at the top insert on page 71

When did the bald eagle become the national bird of the United States?

(a)  

Look at the bottom insert on page 71

Sailors have used the sextant to navigate since (a)   .

Read Canadian Shield or Laurentian Plateau on page 73

According to the text what minerals are found in the shield?

(a)  

According to page 73, when were the Rocky Mountains formed?

• 30-80 million years ago

• 20-50 million years ago

• 10-30 million years ago

• 40-70 million years ago

According to the map Vegetation Zones of Canada and the United States on page 77, what kind of vegetation zone covers most of Canada?

• Temperate rain forest

• Coniferous forest

• Tundra

• Tropical grassland

Read Neighbors and Leaders on page 79.

How many cross the U.S.-Canadian border every year?

• 200 million

• 100 million

• 50 million

• 10,000

What did John F. Kennedy write about the U.S-Canada relationship?

• That it is was volatile and Canada may want to attack the United States some day

• That is was friendly and Canada is an ally to the United States.

• That the USA-Canada relationship needed improvement

• The the USA needs to never trade with Canada