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Unit 2 North America Geo Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Excessive farming, overgrazing, deforestation and poor irrigation cause _______; the degradation of dry lands.

a)

Dam building

b)

Suburban Decay

c)

Desertification

d)

Deforestation

2.

What is the main cause of urbanization (people living in large towns or cities)?

a)

Weather

b)

Wages

c)

Mining

d)

Migration

3.

When a city falls into disrepair and has empty homes, failing schools & infrastructure & abandoned businesses & factories, this is known as

a)

Urban decay

b)

Urban sprawl

c)

Rural disrespect

d)

Rural downsizing

4.

When studying geography, spatial analysis shows patterns, regularity and order to the ______________ of humans.

a)

Adaptations

b)

Locations

c)

Intellect

d)

Weaknesses

5.

Primary sources like interviews, maps, satellite images and land surveys can all provide information that would give geographers visual patterns of regularity and order, aka

a)

Spatial Analysis

b)

Spatial Acuity

c)

Human Geography

d)

Physical Geography

6.

Which North American country has a population of 33 million, has a mixed market economy, moderate to subarctic climate and is a Constitutional Monarchy & a Parliamentary Democracy?

a)

Mexico

b)

Jamaica

c)

United States

d)

Canada

7.

Which North American country has 109 million people, mostly Christian (75% Catholic), has tropical and desert climates, has free market economy and has 31 states?

a)

Haiti

b)

Mexico

c)

Canada

d)

United States

8.

What is the population of the United States

a)

33 million

b)

109 million

c)

310 million

d)

500 million

9.

The reversal of oceanic currents in the equatorial Pacific, affects climate in North & South America, usually during winter is known as

a)

La Nina

b)

El Nino

c)

El Diablo

d)

Tsunami

10.

Long, narrow coastal valleys that were originally carved out by thick glacial ice are called

a)

Trenches

b)

Valleys

c)

Fjords

d)

Archipelagos

11.

Changes in the Earth's climate 15,000 years ago caused Canada and the US to be covered in

a)

fresh water

b)

glacial ice

c)

salt water

d)

swamps

12.

The Sierra Nevada lakes are very sensitive to changes in climate because they have extensive _____ and little soil.

a)

Bedrock

b)

Tributaries

c)

Glaciers

13.

What percentage of land is covered by forest in the United States

a)

25%

b)

36%

c)

50%

d)

76%

14.

What percentage of the world's lumber harvest go towards paper production?

a)

25%

b)

36%

c)

50%

d)

76%

15.

What carries the warm equatorial winds & waters to the western coasts of continents?

a)

La Nina

b)

East Australian Ocean Current

c)

Westerlies

d)

West Australian Ocean Current

16.

On what natural resource is Mexico's economy based?

a)

Lumber

b)

Iron Ore

c)

Oil

d)

Metals

17.

On what natural resources is Canada's economy based?

a)

Lumber & oil

b)

Fishing & Solar power

c)

Nuclear energy & Iron Ore

d)

Metal & Salt

18.

War, famine, drought, persecution, limited freedoms & job opportunities are all examples of

a)

Pull Factors

b)

Push Factors

c)

Human Impact

d)

Spatial Analysis

19.

Land, job opportunities, educational opportunities & personal freedoms are all examples of

a)

Pull Factors

b)

Push Factors

c)

Physical Geography

d)

Spatial Indicators

20.

The event when plants, animals, slaves, ideas & diseases were spread/traded between the Eastern & Western hemispheres was known as

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Australian Trade Current

d)

Columbian Exchange