The descendants of this first settlers were called ___________?

How long ago did the first immigrants move into North America?

How many people in the U.S. today are Native American?

The main culture of the United sates and Canada come from which three groups of settler who arrived after 1500 AD.

It's the mixing of different peoples and cultures that has given the United States and Canada unique __________?

Why do immigrants come to the U.S.? (Pull factors)

Today where do most immigrants come from?

About ____% of the worlds population-more than 366 million people live in the United States and Canada

since the 1970s, the fastest-growing areas in the United States have been the mild climate areas of the South and the Southwest called the _______?

Why is the South and South west (Sunbelt area) the fastest growing area since the 1970?

_____% of Canadians live in a narrow strip of land along the US-Canada border.

Most Canadians live in the Great Lakes region and along the St. Lawrence River in Canada's two major industrial provinces of ______ and _______.

Pockets of population are also found in the southern sections of Canada in the ___________ and Pacific coast of ________?

What is the population density of the United States?

What is the population density of Canada?

Why is the population density of the United States much higher than that of Canada?

is the growth of cities

_________ allowed /forced people to move to the cities

The North American regions have large _____ population, with about 3/4 of the people living in or near ________ and small towns.

Many of the urban areas in the United Sates and Canada consist of a central city, nearby neighborhoods, and outlying communities called ________?

A central city and its surround suburbs are often called a _________ ?

Home to about 44 million people, this megalopolis—nicknamed ______ includes the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C

Home to about 44 million people, this megalopolis—nicknamed Boswash—includes the cities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. These cities ae so close to one another that their surrounding areas overlap to form a single urban area called a ________?

How did mechanized agriculture allow or force people to move to the cities?

Define urban sprawl?

List negative impacts of urban sprawl?

The largest East Coastal city is ______, an is one of the world's leading center for ______?

_________ located on the west coast, is the largest ______ city in North America?

_________, the largest city in British Columbia, is a year round warm water port, and handles nearly all the trade between Canada and Asia.

The _____ separates the Northwestern part of North America from the northeastern part of Asia

A _______ is a narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water.

Who were the first people that lived in the cold tundra of the Arctic, relied on animals such a caribou for fur and food.

What shaped the lives of Native Americans PRIOR to European immigration on the Pacific Coast?

What shaped the lives of Native Americans PRIOR to European immigration in the high desert regions of present day Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah?

What shaped the lives of Native Americans PRIOR to European immigration in the Great Plains?

European migration to the United States and Canada begun in the late _____?

What did most early European settlers came from England, France, and Spain in search of what?

Is the widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metal, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases and ideas between the New World (the Americas) in the Western Hemisphere and the Old World (Africa-Eurasia) in the Eastern Hemisphere.

The settlers in the ______ English colonies made their living by fishing, shipbuilding and manufacturing and trade.

The first permanent English settlement is _________, Virginia in 1607

The _______ English colonies were agricultural, raising cash crops grown to be sold or trade.

By the 1600's these southern English colonies produced surpluses of cash crops on large plantation using _______ labor.

The French came to North America not to settle, but to make money in the _______ and then return to France.

The French founded _______ and settled along the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and in New Orleans.

The lands _______ of the Mississippi River were part of the Spanish Empire that included much of South America and all of Central America and Mexico.

In 1565 Spain set up the first European settlement in present day _________ , Florida.

Most Spanish settlements in the present U.S. were in the ______-Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.

Why did the New England colonies depend on shipbuilding and fishing rather than agriculture?

How are the pull factors for the English settlers and French settlers different?

In 1787 a group of leaders drafted a plan of government for the U.S. called the _______.

the Constitution created a national government and gave it certain powers while reserving other powers for the ________.

Name the three parts of the Constitution?

What are the goals of the Constitution according to the Preamble?

Besides the structure of the government, what other topics do the Articles outline?

The government of the United States is a ____________ in which people elect those who govern them.

The national government of the United States has ______ separate and distinct branches of government.

Name the three branches of government?

America sustains a _____________ economic system: privately owned resources, technology, businesses; businesses operate for profit with little government control

America is an agricultural and industrial giant due to _______ soil and early farm _________.

Advances in ______ and computers revolutionized industry in the 1990s.

America has a _________ economy, one where the production of goods/manufacturing declines and the production of services goes up. Manual labor jobs and blue collar jobs are replaced with technical and professional jobs.

What are some of the post-industrial economy jobs.

(Manual labor jobs and blue collar jobs are replace with technical and professional job)

The U.S. accounts for more than 10% of the worlds ________ (goods sold to another country), such as raw materials, agricultural products, manufactured goods.

American is know for _______ automobiles, electronics, machinery, and apparel(clothing).

America is the home of many _________ (corporations that conduct business all around the world)

What does NAFTA stand for?

The __________ (NAFTA) was established in 1994. Between the United States, Canada and Mexico, NAFTA eliminated trade barriers among the three countries.

In 2020 NAFTA was ______ by the Unites States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a more balanced trade agreement with great benefits for American workers.

America is consider to be a _______ country.

What is gross domestic product (GDP)?

What determines developed and developing countries?

when did terrorism become a concern for the U.S.?

Why were Afghanistan and Iraq targets for the U.S. post 9-11.

According to many experts, what is the biggest threat to America today?

America is a nation of ________, which make it unique in the world setting.

________ ancestry accounts for 70% of the population followed by 18% Hispanic, 13% African American, 5% Asian and 1% Native American.

While there is no official language in America, English is dominant with _______ being the second most common language.

Why is Spanish the second most common language in America?

While there is no official religion in America, 85% of its people are ________, 56% Protestant, 28% Catholic, with Jews and Muslims accounting for 2% each.

The first artist in North America were the _________, with their pottery, weaving, and carvings.

True American styles flourish in the 1800s and can be seen via literature, landscape, ______ an _________ (skyscrapers).

_________ became the film-making center of the United States?

_______ become the center for theater and Broadway in the U.S.?

American music developed with influences from various groups. _________, blues, gospel, rock-n-roll have African American origins.

Almost _______ of working age American are employed, and almost half are women.

More than 10% of Americans live in ______?

Kids age 6-16 are ________ to attend school (compulsory education); 90% attend public schools, which are free though secondary school; America has over 2,300 4 year public and private colleges and universities.