US and Canada Test Review

What are the main languages of Canada?

• English 
• French
• English and French
• Spanish

Which of the following physical features do the US and Canada share? 

• Appalachian Mountains
• Gulf of Mexico
• Canadian Shield
• Great Lakes

Which of the following physical features do the US and Canada share? 

• Rocky Mountains
• Sierra Madres
• Great Basin
• Mississippi River

The __________, the indigenous people of the Canadian Arctic, were once known as Eskimos.

• a. First Nations
• b. Quebecois 
• c. Inuit
• d. Metis

What major river flows some 2,350 miles from its source in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, making it an important route for trade?

• a. The Colorado River
• b. The Allegheny River
•  c. The St. Lawrence River
• d. The Mississippi River

Because of its immigration history, ____________ in the United States.

• a. many different religions are practiced
• b. a postindustrial economy emerged
• c. there are abundant natural resources
• d. cities are the most ethnically uniform areas

Canada is composed of ________.

• a. 50 States
• b. 10 Provinces and 3 Territories
• c. 26 Cantons
• d. A bunch of moose

What are the Great Plains of the United States?

• a. the flat, desolate area in central Alaska
• b. a flat area between the Pacific Ranges and the Rocky Mountains
• c. the flat region surrounding the Great Lakes
• the flat landscape between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River

_____________ is an environmental problem in the United States because it erodes stone and metal buildings, damages crops, and pollutes the soil.

• a. acid rain
• b. smog
• c. ozone depletion
• d. agricultural runoff

The Labrador Current creates a ________ climate in parts of Canada while the Gulf Stream creates a ____________ climate in other parts.

• cold; cool

• cold; warm

• warm; hot

• warm; cold