United States & Canada Test

Alaska is part of which country in North America?

• The United States of America

• Canada

The United States is divided into ______ states, each with their own government and sets of laws.

• 50

• 55

• 25

• 10

Yukon, Northwest, and Nunavut are the 3 ____________ in Northern Canada.

• territories

• provinces

Based on the graph showing mountain elevation, which North American mountain range is higher? Rocky Mountains (grey) or Appalachian Mountains (green)

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

Locate the Rocky Mountains

The United States and Canada can be considered to have

• limited governments

• unlimited governments

• absolute monarchs

• dictators

• communist politburos

Label the following

b

c

d

e

a

Great Lakes

Florida

Mississippi River

California

Texas

Canada has how many provinces?

• 50

• 39

• 10

• None--they are a huge island nation

• 7

The (a)   War was a time where the United States and the U.S.S.R. had tension between each other and tried to better each other with stronger weapons, but no real warfare was conducted. Please capitalize the answer.

What is the capital of the United States?

• Washington D.C.

• Houston

• New York

• Chicago