US/Canada Quiz

There are rapids and waterfalls that blocked ships from traveling farther upstream at the

• Piedmont.

• Appalachian Mountains.

• coastal plain.

• fall line.

Thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes are

• hurricanes.

• blizzards.

• supercells.

• cyclones.

Canada is a partially self-governing country with close ties to Great Britain; it is a

• parliament.

• dominion.

• territory.

• constitutional monarchy.

What are Canada's two official languages?

• English

• French

• Spanish

• Inuktitut

Which is NOT an effect of global warming that is occurring in Alaska and Canada?

• thawing of permafrost

• glaciation of mountains

• thinning sea ice

• receding glaciers

A country that spends more on imports than it earns on exports has a/an

• trade surplus.

• trade deficit.

• tariff.

• embargo.

As commercial fishing is declining, what activity is taking its place?

• conservation

• agriculture

• lumber jacking

• aquaculture

The ice cap climate is found in interior parts of

• Nunavut Territory.

• Alaska.

• Northwest Territory.

• Greenland.

The clear-cutting of forests in the US and Canada has caused

• a loss of fertile farmland.

• destruction of old-growth forests.

• the creation of new wetland areas.

• an increase in the wildlife population.

Besides large landforms, what other factor greatly influences climate in North America?

• trees

• grasslands

• rivers

• latitude