North American Geography and History

What is true of the Great Lakes?

• serve as natural border between the United States and Mexico

• cause the climate around them to be warm and dry

• combine to make the largest body of fresh water in the world

• make it easy to transport goods to the West Coast

What caused the Dust Bowl?

• A period of drought and soil erosion

• The natural gas underground was tapped

• Rivers and railroads could not transport goods

• Commercial farms took over small farms

What is the Great Basin?

• an area that the Great Lakes drain into

• an area between the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada Mountains

• an area in Mexico that is a desert

• an area in Louisiana where the Mississippi empties

What created the aquifers in the Yucatan?

• Pollution rotted the limestone rock.

• Seeping water formed underground caves and pools

• Earthquakes caused caverns to form.

• Mexican engineers drilled tunnels under mountains.

Why did the British bring African slaves to the colonies?

• to fight against French colonies

• to defeat Native Americans

• to work on big plantations

• to hunt for furs and do craft work

Why was Britain able to conquer New France?

• The British had a stronger army and more money than the French.

• The British were fur trappers who know the land.

• The British had better relations with Native Americans than the French.

• The British convinced Spain to be their ally.

What increased the speed of transportation in the 1800s?

• covered wagons and horses

• cars and trucks

• paved roads and highways

• canals and railroads

What was Hernan Cortes's goals?

• to learn from Aztec astronomers

• to explore and conquer the Americas

• to introduce horses and dogs to Mexico

• to make peace between the Maya and Aztecs

What Aztec ruler did the Spanish defeat?

• Cortes

• Hidalgo

• Morelos

• Montezuma

Why did the United States finally join World War I?

• A German submarine sank a ship carrying

  U. S. passengers.

• France and Britain convinced the United States to join.

• American inductrial leaders wanted war.

• The United States wanted to control parts of Europe.