Answer These Regional Geography Flashcards

The two leading language groups in Canada are: English and French The physiographic region called the Canadian Shield is the geologic gore of North America which state contains territory located in the Intermontane Basin and Plateau physiography region? Nevada The Great Lakes main outlet to the sea is the St. Lawrence River A continental climate is most likely to be found in Kansas The people called Native Americans in the U.S. are called what in Canada? First Nations An amenity is something pleasant in the environment The Continental Core of the U.S. is also known as the American Manufacturing Belt In 1900, the geographic form of the American city was most strongly shaped by the electric car which metropolitan are contains the U.S's largest cluster of Asians Los Angeles Which ethnic group does not fit with the are identified? Hispanics and Montana Which of the following is a secondary economic activity? Beer brewing The transformation of raw materials into finished products is associated with the second sector of a nation's economy What is a major natural gas producing state? Texas More than 75% of North Americans live in urban areas True The United States is slightly less than ten times larger in population size than Canada True Physically homogeneous regions are called physiographic provinces True The intermontane region of North America is found in eastern Canada False Yearly temperature ranges are much larger where continentality prevails True The rain shadow effect has its greatest influence on the climate of Los Angeles and other Pacific-bordering cities True The natural vegetation where rainfall is less than 20 inches per year is forest False The correct historical sequence of the intrametropolitan urban growth model is the Walking-Horsecar, Recreational Automobile, Electric Streetcar, and Freeway Eras False African-American's make up about 25% of U.S. population False Most Americans are employed in the primary sector of the economy False A technopole is an urban area that emphasizes traditional industry False Canada is a federal state True Which city is not located within the American Manufacturing Belt? Atlanta The capital of Canada is Ottowa the habitable zone of permanent settlement of a country is known as its ecumene hey its ok! cary loves you :) and hey this time next week you'll be gettin ready to go to portland the two European powers that fought over control of the territory that became Canada were the French and British Canada's primate city is Canada has no primate city A unique form of rural settlement developed in French Canada is called long lots The Kuwait of North America is the nickname of Alberta The North American region with the greatest disparity in income between rich and poor is the South The North Slope of Alaska contains large quantities of oil what valley is not located in california? willamette what is the metropolis that contains the most aisans in north america Vancouver A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land bodies is known as an isthmus which of the following is located in the greater antilles? cuba as a group the islands of cuba ,hispaniola, jamaica, and puerto rico constitute the greater antilles which country is located with the culture hearth known as mesoamerica? guatemala the idealized spanish town in meoamerica had cenetral square,girdiron layour, and a location near good land all of the above Middle American's largest country today in terms of both area and population is Mexico The current population of Mexico is 112 million transculturation is closely associated with the shaping of cultural traits in Mexico A maquiladora is a foreign owned factory in northern mexico that assembles duty-free goods what country does not have a common border with Guatemala? Nicaragua Which country was formerly known as British Honduras? Belize Which of the following is the smallest Central American country in terms of population Belize While other Central American countries were called banana republics, this country was a coffee republic El Salvador Central America's poorest country is Nicaragua The capital of Nicaragua located on the mountanious pacfic side of the country is managua The Switzerland of Central America, the region's oldest democratic republic is Costa Rica As one travels north leaving south america the first country encountered on the central american land bridge is Panama the panama canal was opened in 1914 Which Carribean island contains more than one state? Hispaniola The most important crop in Cuba before the fall of the Soviet Union was sugarcane middle americas largest city is mexico city which of the following colonial associations is incorrect? britain and the domincan republic In the americas the largest spanish speaking population can be found in mexico who is the largest exporter of bananas is americas ecuador what is the tallest watefall in the americas angel falls what is the hottest place in the americas death valley what is the largest lake in the Americas Superior What is the largest country by size in the Americas? Canada The largest desert in the America's is Patagonian More than 60% of all Canadians live in an urban region known as main street one of the conditions of the entry of British Columbia into Canada was the building of the transcontinental Canadian pacific highway Is Trinidad in the greater antilles no Which of the following countries is located within the culture hearth of meso america? Aztec The mayan civilizations arose in the highlands of mexico false The Caribbean coast of Middle America is part of the Rimland people who are of mixed European and American heritage Mestizos Transculturalation is most closely associated with the shaping of cultural traits in Mexico Transformation of raw materials into finished products is associated with the what sector secondary Montreal and the lower course of the st.lawrence seaway are located in the Canadian province of Quebec Is this association correct?Orange River and Nigeria No Which of the following is associated with the concept of continental drift? Pangea What is a disease called that spreads worldwide? pandemic land tenure refers to the way people own,occupy, and use land west africa showed a high degree of regional complementarity between the people of the tropical forest and the people of the dry interior before independence, the modern state of the congo was a colony of belgium which state was not a colony of France prior to its independence Ghana What country was not a British colony prior to its independence Ethiopia What was the last country to give up its African colonies South Africa