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US&Canada_HumanGeo

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is physical region 2?
a)
Pacific Coast
b)
Coastal Plains
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Interior Plains
2.

What is the main goal of a free enterprise system?

a)

Profit for business owners

b)

Helping others

c)

Making money for the government

d)

Continuing to do what our parents did for a living

3.
Who makes laws in the U.S.
a)
President
b)
Mr.Pettijohn
c)
Congress
d)
Middle Eastern Republic
4.
Who did the U.S. buy the Louisiana territory from? 
a)
Russia
b)
Canada
c)
Alaska
d)
France
5.
Individuals and business can make their own choices about what to buy and sell in a
a)
Market Economy
b)
Socialist economy
c)
Left Economy
d)
Strategic command 
6.
Another word for a representative democracy 
a)
Constitutional Monarchy
b)
President
c)
Republic
d)
Kingdom
7.
What kind of government does the U.S. have?
a)
President
b)
Kingdom
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Representative democracy 
8.

Which of the following technological innovations most helped Canadians and Americans settle westward across North America?

a)

Telegraphs

b)

Railroads

c)

Electricity

d)

Interstate highways

9.

What has been the long-term significance of French settlers in Canada?

a)

They established a command economy in Canada

b)

They created a strong culture region within Canada

c)

They created the universal culture for all of Canada

d)

They developed an armed conflict with the United States

10.

A common feature of the economic systems in the United States and Canada is that both

a)

allow people to own private property

b)

restrict factory ownership to the government

c)

place a salary cap on business leaders'earnings

d)

use government quotas to determine what to produce

11.

What is the name of the location circled?

a)

Baffin Sea

b)

Baffin Bay

c)

Atlantic Bay

d)

Hudson Bay

12.

Which mountain range is circled?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

13.

What is the Hudson Bay primarily used for in Canada?

a)

fishing and trading

b)

mining and minerals

c)

wheat and grains

d)

oil and natural gas

14.
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)
a. The Colorado River
b)
b. The Allegheny River
c)
 c. The St. Lawrence River
d)
d. The Mississippi River
15.

The government of this country is a parliamentary democracy...

a)

United States

b)

Canada

16.
 Immigration  pull factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
17.
Immigration push factors are…
a)
reasons people come to a new place
b)
reasons people leave their homelands
c)
reasons people begin working
d)
reasons people stop working
18.
What does Culture mean?
a)
Made up of different groups of people.
b)
A way of life shared by a group of people
19.

The languages most often spoken in the United States are

a)

English, followed by Spanish.

b)

Spanish, followed by English

c)

English, followed by Italian.

d)

French, followed by Latin.

20.
Cultural diffusion is best described as...
a)
sharing music from one culture to another
b)
Cultural margarine
c)
the spreading of religion
d)
the spreading of ideas, languages, and traditions from one culture to another
21.
The spread of McDonald’s into countries like India and Russia is an example of
a)
ethnocentrism.
b)
diffusion.
c)
a static culture.
d)
assimilation.
22.
As Americans, we enjoy many different kinds of food.  Eating these foods demonstrates the process of
a)
diffusion.
b)
innovation.
c)
assimilation.
d)
acculturation.
23.

What is acculturation?

a)

What a cultural group collectively holds to be important; a common belief.

b)

Psychological stress or other negative emotional outcomes that mayresult from the process of acculturation.

c)

The process of interacting with a new culture that can lead to change in an individual.

d)

In socialpsychology, this refers to how individuals form opinions of others based on superficial qualities(e.g. group membership), as opposed to characteristics of the individual.

24.

The Process of accepting, borrowing, and exchanging ideas is known as what?

a)

Acculturation

b)

Cultural Diffusion

c)

Cultural Landscape

d)

Culture