Unit 3 - U.S. Canada Quiz Review

Canada has an economic freedom score of 81%. This is mostly because of its business friendly environment. However, it also has government run healthcare. These characteristics show that Canada has which type of economic system?

• Command

• Market

• Mixed

• Traditional

As technology has advanced, the United States has increased outsourcing of jobs. Around 300,000 jobs are outsourced from America to India every year. This means people who live in India are hired to do jobs based in the U.S. These jobs can be done from their homes in India using their computers and/or phones. For example, a company might hire someone in India to take phone calls and answer customer questions. The customers would call from America, but someone in India would answer and help them.

• The cost of hiring people in India is cheaper than hiring in America.

  
  

• Internet connection in India is fast, so they can take many phone calls.

  
  

• People in India understand the companies better than Americans.

  
  

• India outsources the same number of jobs to America each year.

  
  

How did the automobile impact the American landscape?

• Houses were built with the inclusion of garages.

  
  

• The automobile led to the construction of paved roads.

  
  

• Rural families could travel to cities for entertainment.

  
  

• More people were able to make a living through agriculture.

  
  

The most significant obstacle in building the Transcontinental Railroad was

• crossing the Appalachian Mountains.

  
  

• laying track across the Great Plains.

  
  

• removing hostile Native Americans from the region.

  
  

• crossing the Sierra Nevada Range and the Rocky Mountains.

  
  

Because Canada is a parliamentary democracy, its political leader

• is whoever is the eldest child of the current reigning monarch.

  
  

• is elected by the majority of the popular votes of its citizens.

  
  

• is elected by an electoral college chosen by the unicameral legislature.

  
  

• is chosen by the party with the majority of members in the legislature.

  
  

The Governments of Mexico and Canada
• Each have established Constitutions
• Each have 3 branches of government
• Each have a head of state: the President or Prime Minister

It can be concluded from the characteristics listed that BOTH Canada and Mexico

• are autocratic and punitive.

  
  

• believe in freedom and democracy.

  
  

• are likely to start a war with each other.

  
  

• ignore the rights and freedoms of their citizens.

  
  

In U.S. History, 19th Century use of the term "American Frontier" refers to

• any territory beyond the thirteen original colonies.

  
  

• the territory east of the Appalachian Mountains.

  
  

• the Atlantic or Pacific coast of North America.

  
  

• the area where pioneer settlement ended.

  
  

Why do cultural groups settle in specific physical environments?

• It is impossible for groups to move to new areas.

  
  

• The physical environment has little impact cultural groups.

  
  

• There is some benefit to living there.

  
  

• Cultural groups settle only in areas where it is very easy to live.

  
  

Canada is considered a Developed - or "Industrial"- Economy. Which of these would MOST likely be used to support this claim?

• Canada is an exporter of oil.

  
  

• Canada has a 97% literacy rate.

  
  

• Canada has a parliamentary democracy.

  
  

• Canada has an undefended border with the U.S.

  
  

Based on the map, in which continent do people enjoy the BEST quality of life?

• North America

• South America

• Antartica

• Africa

• Asia