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1
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What are the primary compounds found in acid rain?

A

Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides

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What type of pollution is the greatest cause of acid rain?

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Atmospheric pollution

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Which North American region is complex, and is made up of drowned river valleys, bays, swamps, and low barrier islands?

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Atlantic Coastline

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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

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Appalachian Highlands

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In what region of the United States is the Piedmont located?

a) southeast
b) southwest
c) northeast
d) northwest

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A. Southeast

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Which North American region features mountain-building, alpine glaciation, and erosion?

a) east
b) north
c) west
d) south

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C. West

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Which North American region is the transition zone between nearby flat lowlands and steep mountain slopes?

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Piedmont region

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What do we call the bioregion that is dominated by tall native grasslands, short grasses, or scrub vegetation in North America?

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Prairie

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What areas of North America would be most vulnerable to climate change?

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Coastal localities - especially low lying zones in the Arctic, along the East Coast, and in the Gulf of Mexico

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Currently, how many people live in the North American Region?

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345 million

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What region of the United States contains the country’s densest population settlement?

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Megalopolis

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Name four cities where the megalopolis is located

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New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore

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The settlement of North America by Europeans took place in how many stages?

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3

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When did the third stage of North America’s settlement end?

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Just after 1910

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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

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3.2 million

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16
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What migration trend was caused by the mechanization of farming?

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Rural to Urban

17
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Beneath which part of the United States is its largest aquifer, the Ogallala Aquifer, located?

A

Great Plains

18
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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

A

Acid rain

19
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Vocab: people leave large cities and move to smaller and affordable towns and rural areas

A

Counterurbanization

20
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The process in which immigrants were absorbed by the larger society

A

Cultural assimilation

21
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A group of people with a common background and history identify with one another, often as a minority group

A

Ethnicity

22
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Both nations allocate considerable political power to units of government beneath the national level

A

Federal state

23
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Power is centralized at the national level

A

Unitary states

24
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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

A

Gentrification

25
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The large settlement cluster in the U.S. Which includes Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Washington, D.C. And Baltimore

A

Megalopolis

26
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Free trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico

A

NAFTA, North American free trade agreement

27
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A business practice that transfers portions of a company’s production and service activities to lower cost settings, often located overseas

A

Outsourcing

28
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A hybrid combination of English and Spanish spoken by Hispanic Americans

Illustrates complexities of North American globalization

A

Spanglish

29
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Recognizes the new suburbs characterized by a mix of peripheral retailing, industrial parks, office complexes and entertainment facilities

A

Urban realms model

30
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Group dedicated to reducing global barriers to trade

A

WTO, World Trade Organization

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