Chapter 3 Flashcards
What are the primary compounds found in acid rain?
Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides
What type of pollution is the greatest cause of acid rain?
Atmospheric pollution
Which North American region is complex, and is made up of drowned river valleys, bays, swamps, and low barrier islands?
Atlantic Coastline
Which North American region lies west and north of the Piedmont and is an internally complex zone of higher and rougher country reaching altitudes of 3,000-6,000
Appalachian Highlands
In what region of the United States is the Piedmont located?
a) southeast
b) southwest
c) northeast
d) northwest
A. Southeast
Which North American region features mountain-building, alpine glaciation, and erosion?
a) east
b) north
c) west
d) south
C. West
Which North American region is the transition zone between nearby flat lowlands and steep mountain slopes?
Piedmont region
What do we call the bioregion that is dominated by tall native grasslands, short grasses, or scrub vegetation in North America?
Prairie
What areas of North America would be most vulnerable to climate change?
Coastal localities - especially low lying zones in the Arctic, along the East Coast, and in the Gulf of Mexico
Currently, how many people live in the North American Region?
345 million
What region of the United States contains the country’s densest population settlement?
Megalopolis
Name four cities where the megalopolis is located
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore
The settlement of North America by Europeans took place in how many stages?
3
When did the third stage of North America’s settlement end?
Just after 1910
Cultural geographers estimate that Native American populations in 1500 c.e. had ________ for the continental United States and another 1.2 million for Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, and Greenland
3.2 million
What migration trend was caused by the mechanization of farming?
Rural to Urban
Beneath which part of the United States is its largest aquifer, the Ogallala Aquifer, located?
Great Plains
Vocab: industrially produced sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere that damage forests, poison lakes and kill fish.
Most produced in the Midwest and Ontario
Atmospheric pollution comes from motor vehicles and power plants
Acid rain
Vocab: people leave large cities and move to smaller and affordable towns and rural areas
Counterurbanization
The process in which immigrants were absorbed by the larger society
Cultural assimilation
A group of people with a common background and history identify with one another, often as a minority group
Ethnicity
Both nations allocate considerable political power to units of government beneath the national level
Federal state
Power is centralized at the national level
Unitary states
The process involves the displacement of lower-income residents, the improvement of deteriorated inner-city landscapes, and the construction of new shopping complexes, entertainment attractions, or convention centers in selected downtown locations
Gentrification
