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WorksheetsUnit 2 North America Geo Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Excessive farming, overgrazing, deforestation and poor irrigation cause _______; the degradation of dry lands.
Dam building
Suburban Decay
Desertification
Deforestation
What is the main cause of urbanization (people living in large towns or cities)?
Weather
Wages
Mining
Migration
When a city falls into disrepair and has empty homes, failing schools & infrastructure & abandoned businesses & factories, this is known as
Urban decay
Urban sprawl
Rural disrespect
Rural downsizing
When studying geography, spatial analysis shows patterns, regularity and order to the ______________ of humans.
Adaptations
Locations
Intellect
Weaknesses
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
Spatial Analysis
Spatial Acuity
Human Geography
Physical Geography
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?
Mexico
Jamaica
United States
Canada
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?
Haiti
Mexico
Canada
United States
What is the population of the United States
33 million
109 million
310 million
500 million
The reversal of oceanic currents in the equatorial Pacific, affects climate in North & South America, usually during winter is known as
La Nina
El Nino
El Diablo
Tsunami
Long, narrow coastal valleys that were originally carved out by thick glacial ice are called
Trenches
Valleys
Fjords
Archipelagos
Changes in the Earth's climate 15,000 years ago caused Canada and the US to be covered in
fresh water
glacial ice
salt water
swamps
The Sierra Nevada lakes are very sensitive to changes in climate because they have extensive _____ and little soil.
Bedrock
Tributaries
Glaciers
What percentage of land is covered by forest in the United States
25%
36%
50%
76%
What percentage of the world's lumber harvest go towards paper production?
25%
36%
50%
76%
What carries the warm equatorial winds & waters to the western coasts of continents?
La Nina
East Australian Ocean Current
Westerlies
West Australian Ocean Current
On what natural resource is Mexico's economy based?
Lumber
Iron Ore
Oil
Metals
On what natural resources is Canada's economy based?
Lumber & oil
Fishing & Solar power
Nuclear energy & Iron Ore
Metal & Salt
War, famine, drought, persecution, limited freedoms & job opportunities are all examples of
Pull Factors
Push Factors
Human Impact
Spatial Analysis
Land, job opportunities, educational opportunities & personal freedoms are all examples of
Pull Factors
Push Factors
Physical Geography
Spatial Indicators
The event when plants, animals, slaves, ideas & diseases were spread/traded between the Eastern & Western hemispheres was known as
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Australian Trade Current
Columbian Exchange
