WorksheetsGeography of US and Canada
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which statement most accurately describes Canada’s military?
It is much smaller than that of the United States.
It is rarely involved in United Nations peacekeeping missions.
It declines to send combat troops to other regions.
It accounts for a large percentage of the country’s total spending
Which statement best describes the U.S. government’s system of separation of powers?
It gives some groups the power to stop the actions of others.
It divides power between the president and Congress
It divides power among three branches of government.
It divides power among the 50 states.
The national government of Canada is concentrated into one primary governing body called the
Congress
General Assembly
Provincial Council
Parliament
Which statement explains why the United States imports energy resources despite being a major producer of energy itself?
The United States produces types of energy that are unable to fuel automobiles.
The United States made prior commitments to purchase energy resources from many other nations.
The United States is currently the world’s largest consumer of energy resources.
The United States has tighter environmental restrictions on energy production than its neighbors.
Which practice is most common in market-based economies such as the United States and Canada?
The government owns and manages businesses.
A government agency sets the prices of goods and services.
Individual businesses decide for themselves what and how to produce.
Private businesses cooperate to set prices and quality standards
The headquarters of the United Nations is in
Vancouver
Toronto
New York City
Chicago
The United States is often called a “superpower” because it
spends more money on its military than any other nation
has won the most Olympic medals and world athletic championships
manufactures electronic devices that are used all over the world
is home to companies that finance major global construction projects
A country has a trade deficit when
it spends more on foreign goods than it earns by selling goods to other nations
its port taxes and shipping rates are higher than those of other countries
prices on its goods are so low that it loses money selling them
it has borrowed money to buy foreign goods and not yet repaid the debt
U.S. and Canadian companies often establish plants and hire employees in foreign countries because
the labor costs are lower
foreign workers are more skilled
domestic workers increasingly work for themselves
their business focuses on overseas markets
In both the United States and Canada, the national government owns and controls
oil and natural gas production
the postal service
most radio and television stations
the food-service industry
Which statement best describes how the governments of both the United States and Canada distribute power between the central government and local governments?
Power is divided between the central and local governments.
A written constitution determines how power is to be divided.
The central government holds most of the power
The local governments hold most of the power.
Which term best describes the governments of both the United States and Canada?
direct democracy
absolute monarchy
constitutional monarchy
representative democracy
Which factor is primarily responsible for the 99 percent literacy rates in both the United States and Canada?
compulsory public education
a free-market economy
government-funded health care
abundant energy resources
Which statement best describes the role of women in today’s U.S. and Canadian workplace?
They are entirely employed in traditional women’s professions
Their status has not changed since the 1950s.
They have achieved full workplace equality with men
They are achieving success in all fields of work.
Which American tradition is an example of cultural diffusion?
observing Memorial Day
speaking English
eating pizza
driving on the right side of the street
Which religious faith currently has the most followers in the United States?
Islam
Judaism
Roman Catholicism
Protestant Christianity
Which statement describes an immediate result of Canada’s abolition of slavery in 1800?
Canada became a destination for enslaved persons who escaped from other countries.
The African American population of the United States dramatically decreased.
The United States and other nations also abolished slavery.
Canada’s society quickly became more urbanized and industrial.
A funnel-shaped cloud on the Great Plains is likely to be a
tornado
hurricane
thunderhead
monsoon
Which policy is most likely to address the causes of climate change?
setting annual catch limits on commercial fishing
placing taxes on the use of carbon-based fuels
ending construction of nuclear power plants
authorizing energy companies to drill for oil in national forests
Yellowstone National Park was created as
an experimental project based on models from other nations
an initiative to mine resources in an environmentally responsible way
a response to industrial development in scenic areas of the country
an attempt to gradually urbanize a previously unsettled wilderness area
