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Mediterranean

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Warm summers, mild winters

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What are the climate types?

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Mediterranean, subtropical, subtropical desert, humid continental, humid subtropical,

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Subtropical desert

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Mild winters and dry summers

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Humid continental

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Warm summers cold winters

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Humid subtropical

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Warm and rainy summers, mild winters

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Where do most of our immigrants come from?

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Europe

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What does NAFTA stand for

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North American free trade agreement

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Why have people moved from the Proust belt to the sun belt

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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.

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Why are people mostly catholic in Chicago?

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Immigrants from Europe brought their catholic religion after immigrating and coming to Chicago in search of opportunity.

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What countries have shaped U.S. History

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France, Europe, Spain

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Where was the BP oli spill?

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Gulf of Mexico

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Where does the St Lawrence seaway start and end?

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From the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes

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Whee is Death Valley

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In California next to the Nevada boarder.

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Where is the corn belt

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Illinois area

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Where is the milk belt?

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Michigan, Wisconsin, north east states

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Where is the wheat belt?

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From North Dakota to Texas

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Where is the San Andrés fault line?

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California

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How does Canada divide it’s country vs how u.s. Divide it’s country

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Canada has provinces and U.S. has states

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What’s Quebec’s main religion and what country does it take after

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It is mainly catholic and resembles France

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Where do most Canadians live

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75% of Canadians live by the U.S. boarder because of the climate and job opportunities

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Where is the heartland and hinterland in canada

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Quebec is the heart land, everything else is hinterland

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Where do Inuits live?

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Nunavut

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Wha is the Canadian Shield?

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It is much colder up north and is pretty much everything left over by glaciers

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Where is Canada warmest climate?

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Wes coast

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What does the Canadian city, Alberta, provide?

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Oil

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What is the Canadian Common Weath of Nations?

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Parliamentary democracy

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What does Ontario resemble in the US

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The Midwest

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What city does Toronto resemble in the us

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Chicago

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What is the prairie Provence like in the us

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It resembles the U.S. Great plain

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Where is the Canadian wheat belt

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Saskatchewan

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What does Alberta resemble in the us

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The Rockies

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Why is the Canadian north territories

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Their population is too low to be provinces

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