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2024 Midterm Review PART 2 (Canada & the US)

Total questions: 97

Worksheet time: 3hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name for number 1?

a)

Northwest Territories

b)

Yukon Territory

c)

Ontario

d)

Alberta

2.

What is the name for number 2?

a)

British Columbia

b)

Nova Scotia

c)

Northwest Territories

d)

Manitoba

3.

What is the name for number 3?

a)

Alberta

b)

Prince Edward Island

c)

Yukon Territory

d)

British Columbia

4.

What is the name of number 6?

a)

Ontario

b)

Quebec

c)

Nova Scotia

d)

Nunavut

5.

What is the name for number 7?

a)

Manitoba

b)

Quebec

c)

Ontario

d)

Alberta

6.

What is the name for number 8?

a)

Northwest Territories

b)

Prince Edward Island

c)

Yukon Territory

d)

Quebec

7.

What is the name for number 9?

a)

Newfoundland and Labrador

b)

New Brunswick

c)

Ontario

d)

Nova Scotia

8.

What is the name for number 10?

a)

Yukon Territory

b)

Newfoundland and Labrador

c)

Nova Scotia

d)

Nunavut

9.
What is the capital of Quebec?
a)
Toronto
b)
Winnipeg
c)
Regina
d)

Quebec City

10.
What is the capital of Ontario?
a)
Toronto
b)
Winnipeg
c)
Regina
d)
Quebec
11.
What is the capital of Manitoba?
a)
Toronto
b)
Winnipeg
c)
Regina
d)
Quebec
12.
What is the capital of British Columbia?
a)
Whitehorse
b)
Victoria
c)
Edmonton
d)
Yellowknife
13.
What is the capital of the Yukon Territory?
a)
Whitehorse
b)
Victoria
c)
Edmonton
d)
Yellowknife
14.
What is the capital of the Northwest Territories?
a)
Whitehorse
b)
Victoria
c)
Edmonton
d)
Yellowknife
15.

What is the capital of Nunavut?

a)

Whitehorse

b)

Iqaluit

c)

Edmonton

d)

Yellowknife

16.

What US state borders the Yukon Territory?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Alaska

c)

Ohio

d)

Michigan

17.

What body of water is north of the Canadian territories?

a)

Arctic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Hudson Bay

18.

What body of water is on the west side of Canada and the United States?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Antarctic Ocean

19.

What body of water borders the east side of Canada and the United States?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Hudson Bay

20.

What bodies of water is between the border of Canada and the United States

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

Great Lakes

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Gulf of Mexico

21.

What body of water is surrounded by Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Nunavut

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

The Great Lakes

c)

Bering Strait

d)

St. Lawrence River

22.
What is the national capital of Canada?
a)
Whitehorse
b)
Toronto
c)
Edmonton
d)
Ottawa
23.
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland & Labrador are part of a region called the _____.
a)
Prairie Provinces
b)
Northern Lands
c)
Atlantic Provinces
d)
Quebec & Ontario
24.

Which region has the highest Asian migrant population?

a)

Pacific

b)

Prairie

c)

Northern

d)

Atlantic

25.

Which region is the largest in land area but has the smallest population?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Core

d)

Northern

26.

Which region has farming as one of it's main economic activities?

a)

Pacific

b)

Prairie

c)

Atlantic

d)

Core

27.

Which region has most of Canada's population?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Core

d)

Prairie

28.

Which region was known for it's fishing but it has declined because it was done too much?

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Core

d)

Northern

29.

Which region has the most areas of trade and manufacturing (and therefore jobs)?

a)

Core

b)

Atlantic

c)

Pacific

d)

Prairie

30.

The two official languages of Canada are

a)

English and Italian

b)

English and German

c)

English and Portuguese

d)

English and French

31.

Which region has the harshest climates?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Northern

d)

Prairie

32.

An ecumene is a region that is well suited to permanent settlement. Which of these best defines Canada's ecumene?

a)

The plains region

b)

The tundra region

c)

The border region

d)

The subarctic region

33.

Ice skating on a frozen canal in winter is an example of how Canadians in Ottawa have

a)

created economic activity.

b)

adapted to their environment.

c)

celebrated their plural society.

d)

preserved founding peoples' culture.

34.

Why were lighthouses first built in the Atlantic Region?

a)

to store grain

b)

to attract tourists

c)

to generate electricity

d)

to prevent shipwrecks

35.

The castle-like buildings found in the Pacific Regions show the influence of which of Canada's founding peoples?

a)

Asian settlers

b)

British settlers

c)

French settlers

d)

American Indians

36.

Canada is considered this because different cultural groups keep their own identity, beliefs, and traditions.

a)

plural society

b)

an ecumene

c)

metropolitan country

d)

spatial inequality

37.

Which resource is abundant in Texas, Alaska, and Alberta?

a)

coal

b)

petroleum

c)

precious metals

d)

hydroelectric power

38.

People in British Columbia enjoy ________ in the Pacific Ocean

a)

ice hockey

b)

snow plowing

c)

winter surfing

d)

dog sledding

39.
Which is the largest French speaking province
a)
Saskatchewan
b)
New Brunswick
c)
Quebec
d)
Prince Edward Island
40.
What is a metropolitan area?
a)
A. a major city and its surrounding suburbs
b)
B. the downtown or central business district of a city
c)
C. a ring of suburbs surrounding a city's urban core
d)
D. the small towns, farms, and open spaces that lie just beyond a city's suburbs
41.
What mode of transportation allowed city workers to live in far away suburbs and commute to their jobs?
a)
A. streetcars
b)
B. horses
c)
C. cars
d)
D. trains
42.
Which of the following is a statement that a person opposing urban growth might say?
a)
A. Homeowners in new developments pay taxes which help fund roads, schools, and other city services.
b)
B. Houses in the suburbs cost less and are better places to raise a family.
c)
C. People in new developments spend money on furnishings, which is good for local stores.
d)
D. Developing rural areas destroys habitats for plants and animals.
43.
As Portland, Oregon began to expand in the 1960s and 1970s, people feared that
a)
A. federal highway funds would be withheld because of excessive air pollution.
b)
B. city planners would close down the public transit system.
c)
C. the rich farmland of the Willamette Valley would be covered by development.
d)
D. all of the above
44.
In Portland, the legal border that separates urban land from rural land is called
a)
A. a mixed-use development.
b)
B. an urban growth boundary.
c)
C. the Official Plan.
d)
D. MARTA.
45.
What is one benefit of a mixed-use development?
a)
A. Housing is kept far away from the noise and traffic of business districts.
b)
B. There is plentiful parking because the development is built around the need for cars.
c)
C. People can live, work, and shop in the same neighborhood.
d)
D. Housing density is lower, and there is plenty of land between homes.
46.
How did Toronto address its problems with a rundown urban core in the 1960s?
a)
A. It largely abandoned the city center and focused on building sprawling suburbs.
b)
B. It ignored the problem because city planners could not reach a resolution.
c)
C. It demolished most downtown buildings and converted the area to a city park.
d)
D. It rebuilt its downtown through infill projects, including many skyscrapers.
47.
What resulted from Atlanta's remarkable growth in the 1990s?
a)
A. urban sprawl
b)
B. traffic jams
c)
C. air pollution
d)
D. all of the above
48.
After violating the Clean Air Act, what did Atlanta do to improve air quality?
a)
A. It did nothing, and therefore it lost all of its federal highway funds.
b)
B. It cut pollution by creating a regional transportation system to get people out of their cars.
c)
C. It limited urban sprawl by denying all development permits for a period of 10 years.
d)
D. It created an urban growth boundary and limited development to the urban core.
49.
Which of the following statements about the United States and Canada is true?
a)
A. The populations of both countries are no longer growing.
b)
B. Development continues to push into the rural fringe in both countries.
c)
C. Urban sprawl is actually good for the environment.
d)
D. Both nations have agreed to bring a halt to all future development.
50.
This is the rapid, often poorly planned spread of development from an urban area outward into rural areas
a)
urban sprawl
b)
metropolitan area
c)
rural fringe
d)
whooping cough
51.
Which is a negative effect of urban sprawl?
a)
new, affordable homes
b)
more farmland
c)
destruction of habitats
d)
more people pass their geography quiz
52.
What part of the metropolitan area is A pointing to?
a)
urban core
b)
urban fringe
c)
rural fringe 
d)
metropolitan area
53.
What part of the metropolitan area is B pointing to?
a)
urban core
b)
rural fringe
c)
urban fringe
d)
mitochondria
54.
What part of the metropolitan area is C pointing to?
a)
rural fringe
b)
urban fringe
c)
urban core
d)
cell membrane
55.
What part of the metropolitan area is a suburb most likely to be located in?
a)
the rural fringe
b)
the urban core
c)
the urban fringe
d)
no
56.
In 1973, Oregon placed growth boundaries around its urban areas. What was the purpose of these boundaries?
a)
to prevent the development of farmland and forests  
b)
to build a new building on an old, abandoned lot
c)
to create bigger and better suburbs
d)
to kick all the people out of the city and let squirrels live in the apartments
57.
Toronto’s Official Plan encourages infill instead of urban sprawl. Which of these is the best  example of infill?
a)
getting a cavity filled in at the dentist
b)
eating ALL THE SWEETS
c)
replacing an abandoned factory with a new apartment building
d)
outfill
58.
Which is a positive effect of urban sprawl?
a)
there are more affordable houses
b)
increased pollution
c)
destruction of habitats
d)
more taco bells (this one's not the right answer, but it is true)
59.
How do immigrants benefit the United States?
a)
They work at many different kinds of jobs that help keep the economy going.
b)
They pay taxes that help pay for public services.
c)
They help Americans learn more about other cultures.
d)
all of the above
60.

To move FROM a country is called:

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

61.

To move TO a country is called:

a)

immigration

b)

emigration

62.

Something that encourages people to leave a place behind

a)

pull factor

b)

push factor

c)

migration stream

63.

Something that encourages people to move to a place

a)

pull factor

b)

push factor

c)

migration stream

64.

An example of an environmental push factor is

a)

no jobs available

b)

drought

c)

persecution

65.

An example of a political push factor is

a)

no jobs available

b)

drought

c)

persecution

66.

An example of an economic push factor is

a)

drought

b)

no jobs available

c)

persecution

67.

The explosion at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the Irish potato famine are examples of

a)

political push factors

b)

environmental push factors

c)

economic push factors

68.

The persecution and genocide of Jews during WWII is an example of

a)

political push factor

b)

environment push factor

c)

economic push factor

69.

Which of the following is a quality of life pull factor?

a)

safety

b)

free college

c)

family reunified

70.

Immigrants have helped the US economy by

a)

serving as soldiers in the military

b)

working as doctors, professors and computer programmers

c)

taking on jobs that native born citizens aren't eager to fill

d)

all of the above

71.

Immigrants have contributed many cultural traditions such as:

a)

food

b)

holidays

c)

music

d)

religion

e)

all of the above

72.

Many immigrants send money back to their home country to help family & friends who remain there. This money is called

a)

remittances

b)

a loan

c)

a payment

d)

credit

73.

Where did the majority of people in the 3rd great wave of immigration to the US come from?

a)

Australia

b)

Latin America & Asia

c)

Eastern Europe

d)

Africa

74.

Where did the majority of people in the FIRST great wave of immigration to the US come from?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Latin America

d)

Asia

75.
Brain drain occurs when which people emigrate?
a)
young, unskilled workers
b)
school-age children
c)
retired senior citizens
d)
well-educated professionals
76.
What state is that?
a)
California
b)
Utah
c)
Connecticut
d)
Hawaii
77.

What is the capital of Louisiana?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Baton Rouge

c)

Jackson

d)

Montgomery

78.

The state capital of Alaska is....

a)

Juneau

b)

Anchorage

c)

Fairbanks

d)

Wasilla

79.

The state capital of California is....

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Sacramento

c)

San Francisco

d)

Oakland

80.

What is the capital of New York?

a)

New York City

b)

Albany

c)

Harrisburg

d)

Augusta

81.

What is Tennessee capital?

a)

Baton Rouge

b)

Nashville

c)

Salt lake city

d)

Tallahassee

82.
What is the capital of Georgia?
a)

Montgomery

b)

Baton Rouge

c)
Atlanta
d)
Jackson
83.

What is the capital of Idaho?

a)

Boston

b)

Boise

c)

Bismark

d)

Albany

84.

Which state is red

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

New York

c)

New Jersey

d)

Virginia

85.

Which state is red?

a)

Kentucky

b)

Tennessee

c)

Virginia

d)

Missouri

86.

Which state is red?

a)

Louisiana

b)

Arkansas

c)

Mississippi

d)

Alabama

87.

Which state is red?

a)

Illinois

b)

Idaho

c)

Indiana

d)

Indiana

88.

Which state is red?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Alaska

c)

Canada

d)

Maine

89.

Which state is red?

a)

Iowa

b)

Illinois

c)

Indiana

d)

Idaho

90.
a)

Washington

b)

Oregon

c)

Montana

d)

Nevada

91.

Which state is red?

a)

Michigan

b)

Wisconsin

c)

Illinois

d)

Ohio

92.
a)

Washington

b)

Oregon

c)

Montana

d)

Wyoming

93.

What state is red?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

Mississippi

d)

Alabama

94.

What state is red?

a)

Arkansas

b)

Michigan

c)

Missouri

d)

Kansas

95.

What native group settled in the northern regions of Canada?

a)

Inuit

b)

Cree

c)

Cherokee

d)

Aztec

96.

What is the capital of Michigan

a)

Lansing

b)

Boise

c)

Detroit

d)

Madison

97.

What is the capital of Oregon?

a)

Seattle

b)

Salem

c)

Sarasota

d)

Sacramento

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