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World Geo Unit 3: Canada and US Review

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 2hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where can the Rocky Mountains be found?

a)

A. in the eastern part of Canada

b)

B. only in the southern part of the U.S.

c)

C. in the western region of North America (U.S. and Canada)

2.
Which waterway forms the border with Canada?
a)
Great Lakes
b)
Rio Grande River
c)
St. Lawrence River
d)
Colorado River
3.

Which physical feature is located at "D"

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Hebra Mountains

d)

Lanayru Mountains

4.
This mountain range runs from Maine to Georgia.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Cascade Mountains
d)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
5.

Which two physical features do the United States and Canada share?

a)

Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River

b)

St. Lawrence Seaway and Rocky Mountains

c)

Mississippi River and the Great Lakes

d)

Rocky Mountains and the Great Lakes

6.
Which western mountain range runs from Canada to The United States?
a)
Sierra Nevada
b)
Cascade
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Appalachian Mountians
7.
What are the main languages of Canada?
a)
English 
b)
French
c)
English and French
d)
Spanish
8.
Where is the majority of Canada's population density? 
a)
Northern Territories
b)
Near the US border
c)
West Coast
d)
The Canadian Shield
9.
Which of the following physical features do the US and Canada share? 
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Sierra Madres
c)
Great Basin
d)
Mississippi River
10.
Canada is composed of ________.
a)
a. 50 States
b)
b. 10 Provinces and 3 Territories
c)
c. 26 Cantons
d)
d. A bunch of moose
11.

What states are not part of the contiguous U.S.?

a)

Maine and Florida

b)

Alaska and Texas

c)

California and Florida

d)

Alaska and Hawaii

12.

Where is the continental divide located in the U.S.?

a)

Near the Mississippi River valley

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Alaska near Denali

13.

What is the primary language of the U.S.?

a)

Indian

b)

English

c)

American

d)

French

14.

Most people who live in the Gulf Coast (Gulf of Mexico) work in this.

a)

Mall

b)

FIshing

c)

Commercial

d)

Housing

15.

What are two reasons why 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S. border?

a)

More job opportunities, and more resources.

b)

Warmer climate, and closer to Canada’s main trade partner.

c)

Better transportation systems, and Natural boundaries.

d)

Similar language and religion along the border.

16.

The Native Americans that traveled the land bridge across the Arctic are referred to as what term?

a)

Inuit

b)

Cherokee

c)

First Nations

d)

Metis

17.

In what region do most Canadians live?

a)

The northern territories

b)

The western territories

c)

In the interior of the country

d)

Near coasts and the United States border

18.

In what region is the United States population most densely concentrated?

a)

The south

b)

The midwest

c)

The northwest

d)

The northeast

19.

Which geographical feature explains why the St. Lawrence river flows east?

a)

The Continental Divide

b)

The Appalachian Mountains

c)

Plate tectonics

d)

The Ring of Fire

20.
Which of the following best explains why the United States is Canada's largest trading partner?
a)
climate
b)
population distribution
c)
location
d)
Gross Domestic Product
21.
What important industry is supported by the oceans bordering Canada?
a)
mining
b)
steel manufacturing
c)
fishing
d)
paper production
22.
A body of water that separates the continents of Asia and North America.
a)
Land Bridge
b)
The Americas
c)
Bering Strait
d)
Climate
23.

How were the people able to cross the Bering Strait?

a)

They walked on the frozen water.

b)

They walked on dry land that had been covered up by the Bering Strait before the Ice Age.

c)

They sailed in a boat.

d)

They walked on the ice.

24.
a resource formed in the Earth by plant and animal remains; coal and oil are examples and are found in abundance in the US and Canada
a)
tar sands
b)
fossil fuel
c)
dry farming
d)
dominion
25.
sand or sandstone naturally impregnated with petroleum
a)
aqueduct
b)
tar sands
c)
old-growth forest
d)
fishery
26.
The territory of Nunavut was given to which group of people by the Canadian government in 1999?
a)
First  Nations
b)
Metis
c)
Inuit
d)
Cherokee
27.
Boswash, the urban corridor from Boston to Washington D.C., is the first observed________.
a)
megalopolis
b)
timberline
c)
dominion
d)
acid rain
28.
__________ Migration is migration from the Rust Belt (Manufacturing Belt) and to the southern states where the cost of living is lower and the climate is warmer.
a)
Loyalist
b)
postindustrial
c)
foreclosure
d)
sunbelt
29.
elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow
a)
timberline
b)
chinook
c)
tar sands
d)
fishery
e)
overfishing
30.
a seasonal warm wind that blows down the Rockies in late winter and early spring
a)
timberline
b)
chinook
c)
tar sands
d)
fishery
e)
overfishing
31.
an area in which fish and other sea animals are caught
a)
timberline
b)
chinook
c)
tar sands
d)
fishery
e)
overfishing
32.
one of the indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis
a)
aquaculture
b)
Inuit
c)
First Nation
d)
dominion
e)
Quebecois
33.
the breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate, independent country
a)
separatism
b)
Loyalist
c)
emigrate
d)
old-growth forests
34.

Ella and Shala went on a fishing trip. They noticed that a certain area of the ocean had very few fish. Shore, a marine biologist, explained that this could be due to a certain practice. Which term refers to this practice that excessively depletes fish populations and disrupts the ecosystem?

a)

overfishing

b)

aquaculture

c)

fishery

d)

timberline

35.

Process of developing towns and cities

a)

Rural Areas

b)

Urban Area

c)

Suburbs

d)

Urbanization

e)

Percent Urban

36.

involves the process of people moving to residential areas outside of cities

a)

Social heterogeneity

b)

Pedestrian Cities

c)

Streetcar suburbs

d)

Suburbanization

e)

Sprawl

37.
What did Metis want from the Manitoba Act?
a)
More English speaking government
b)
To move east and establish farms.
c)
Protection of land and French culture
d)
To build a railway to BC
38.

What name was given to the children of French and native peoples?

a)

Metis

b)

Manitoba

c)

Bilingual

d)

Territory

39.

What does the word "Indigenous" mean?

a)

originating or occurring naturally in a particular place

b)

foreign

c)

friendly

d)

indivisible

40.

a large population concentration made up of several larger and smaller cities, such as an area between Boston and Washington DC

a)

dry farming

b)

Manufacturing Belt

c)

megalopolis

d)

foreclosure

41.
...a factory in Mexico run by a foreign company and exporting its products to the country of that company.
a)
Maquiladoras
b)
Ecotourism
c)
Llanos
d)
Pampas
42.

Define 'Multicultural'.

a)

A word to describe a society of people from different cultures and races where all the cultures are respected.

b)

A society of people from different cultures and races that merge into a homogeneous society.

c)

A person from a foreign country who may stay and work in a county for their personal safety.

43.

A melting pot is an expression often associated with

a)

places where we can find people of various religions

b)

places where we can find great diversity of cultures

c)

a place where many different people and ideas exist together, often mixing and producing something new

44.

Which of the following is one of Canada's three territories?

a)

Manitoba

b)

British Columbia

c)

Nunavut

d)

Ontario

45.

Canada is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

a)

True

b)

False

46.

Which of the following is NOT a territory in Canada?

a)

Northwest

b)

Newfoundland and Labrador

c)

Yukon

d)

Nunavut

47.

In what province is the French language and heritage the strongest who have language police?

a)

Quebec

b)

Nova Scotia

c)

Metis

d)

Ontario

48.

Which of the following provinces is highlighted above?

a)

British Columbia

b)

Yukon Territories

c)

Manitoba

d)

Newfoundland

49.

True or False: The territory above is the Northwest Territories in Canada

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Which state is highlighted?

a)

Ohio

b)

Oregon

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Kansas

51.

Which province is highlighted above?

a)

Alberta

b)

Ontario

c)

Quebec

d)

Nova Scotia

52.

True or False: The province above is Ontario, Canada

a)

True

b)

False

53.

Which of the following territories/provinces is highlighted above?

a)

Yukon Territory

b)

Saskatchewan

c)

Nunavut

d)

Northwest Territories

54.

True or False: The state highlighted is New York

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Is this Texas?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

No

d)

No

56.

Canada's economy is a combination of several economic systems like most democratic countries in world. We call that a

a)

Market Economy

b)

Mixed Economy

c)

Traditional Economy

57.

The economic system currently used by the United States is

a)

Mixed

b)

Command

c)

Market

d)

Traditional

58.

Identify feature #1

a)

Lake Winnipeg

b)

Hudson Bay

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Arctic Ocean

59.

Identify feature #5

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Baffin Bay

d)

Arctic Ocean

60.

Identify feature #13

a)

Canadian Shield

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Mount Alberta

d)

Monarch Mountain

61.

Identify feature #11

a)

Greenland

b)

Denmark

c)

Alaska

d)

United States

62.

Identify feature #7

a)

St. Lawrence River

b)

Gulf of St. Lawrence

c)

Great Lakes

d)

Niagara Falls

63.

Identify feature #6

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Baffin Bay

d)

Atlantic Ocean

64.

LAME COW is used to identify factors that affect climate.

What does LAME COW mean?

a)

Latitude, Air Pressure, Mountain, Elevation, Continent, Ocean Currents, Wind Currents

b)

Location, Aqueducts, Mountain, Earth, Climate, Ocean, Wind

c)

Longitude, Air Pressure Mass, Elevation, Climate, Oceans, World

d)

Latitude, Air, Meridian, Equator, Continent, Ocean, Wind

65.

Adam is studying the political movement advocating for the separation of Quebec from the rest of Canada. What is the term for this movement?

a)

separatism

b)

Loyalist

c)

Emigrate

d)

dominion

66.
a partially self-governing country with close ties to another country
a)
aquaculture
b)
Inuit
c)
First Nation
d)
dominion
e)
Quebecois
67.
complex forest that has developed over a long period of time and is relatively untouched by human activity
a)
separatism
b)
Loyalist
c)
emigrate
d)
old-growth forests
68.
to leave one's own country to settle permanently in another
a)
separatism
b)
Loyalist
c)
emigrate
d)
old-growth forests
69.
an American colonist who remained loyal to the British government
a)
separatism
b)
Loyalist
c)
emigrate
d)
old-growth forests

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