Canada/USA Flashcards
Mediterranean
Warm summers, mild winters
What are the climate types?
Mediterranean, subtropical, subtropical desert, humid continental, humid subtropical,
Subtropical desert
Mild winters and dry summers
Humid continental
Warm summers cold winters
Humid subtropical
Warm and rainy summers, mild winters
Where do most of our immigrants come from?
Europe
What does NAFTA stand for
North American free trade agreement
Why have people moved from the Proust belt to the sun belt
Because all the factories and opportunities from the rust belt have left the country and people are going to the sun belt in search apof better weather as well as more opprotunity.
Why are people mostly catholic in Chicago?
Immigrants from Europe brought their catholic religion after immigrating and coming to Chicago in search of opportunity.
What countries have shaped U.S. History
France, Europe, Spain
Where was the BP oli spill?
Gulf of Mexico
Where does the St Lawrence seaway start and end?
From the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes
Whee is Death Valley
In California next to the Nevada boarder.
Where is the corn belt
Illinois area
Where is the milk belt?
Michigan, Wisconsin, north east states
Where is the wheat belt?
From North Dakota to Texas
Where is the San Andrés fault line?
California
How does Canada divide it’s country vs how u.s. Divide it’s country
Canada has provinces and U.S. has states
What’s Quebec’s main religion and what country does it take after
It is mainly catholic and resembles France
Where do most Canadians live
75% of Canadians live by the U.S. boarder because of the climate and job opportunities
Where is the heartland and hinterland in canada
Quebec is the heart land, everything else is hinterland
Where do Inuits live?
Nunavut
Wha is the Canadian Shield?
It is much colder up north and is pretty much everything left over by glaciers
Where is Canada warmest climate?
Wes coast
What does the Canadian city, Alberta, provide?
Oil
What is the Canadian Common Weath of Nations?
Parliamentary democracy
What does Ontario resemble in the US
The Midwest
What city does Toronto resemble in the us
Chicago
What is the prairie Provence like in the us
It resembles the U.S. Great plain
Where is the Canadian wheat belt
Saskatchewan
What does Alberta resemble in the us
The Rockies
Why is the Canadian north territories
Their population is too low to be provinces
