Geography Quiz #2 Flashcards
Where is the Coast Mountains?
Western North America to Alaska
Where is the Rocky Mountains?
Alberta
British Columbia
Southward to New Mexico
Where is the Appalachian Mountains?
Newfoundland
Southwest to Alabama
Where is the Canadian Shield?
From Labrador Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Northwest Territories Nunavut
Where is the Mississippi River?
Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Missouri Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana
Where is the Rio Grande River?
Starts in Colorado
Runs through New Mexico
Ends in El Paso Texas
Where is the Colorado River?
Starts in Colorado
Through Utah
Arizona
Ends in Grand Canyon
Where is the Alps?
Central Europe
Italy France Switzerland Liechtenstein Austria Slovenia Germany
Where is the Pyrenees Mountains?
Southwest Europe
Forms a natural border between
Spain
France
Where is the Crimea Penninsula?
Located above the Black Sea
That little island
Identify cities in CA and USA that have a temperament climate
All of east coast of CA and USA
Central CA and USA
West coast CA and above California
Where are the interior lowlands?
What is their major crop?
Central Saskatchewan
Wheat
Canola
Barley
Oats
Where is the Great Plains?
What is major crop?
Montana North Dakota South Dakota Wyoming Nebraska Kansas Colorado Oklahoma Texas New Mexico
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Corn
Soybeans
Cotton
Sugar Beets
Where is the Pacific Mountain Region?
Major Crops?
North America from British Columbia to Northwestern Mexico
Where is the Canadian Boreal Forest?
Newfoundland and Labrador
To Yukon
Alaska
How do obesity rates in the American South compare in states along west coast?
More obese people in American South
More than 29% in South
Fewer then 25% in west coast
Identify whether Canada and the USA grow GMO crops, import GMO Crops or require labelling for GMO Crops?
Canada and America mainly grow and import GMOs.
Name 4 cities in the Sun Belt
Florida - Miami
Arizona -Pheonix
Georgia - Atlanta
Louisiana - New Orleans
Name 4 cities in the Rust Belt?
Michigan - Detroit
Illinois - Chicago
Indiana - Indianapolis
Ohio - Columbus
Identify a high-tech centre in IT in California, Colorado and Florida.
San Jose
Miami
Denver
Where has the majority of Cannabis been produced in Canada and USA?
British Colombia
California
Identify top three economic sectors of Canada and United States.
Canada
Finance
Manufacturing
Health care
USA
Finance
Government
Manufacturing
How does median income in the American South
Compare with New York, California and Washington States
Besides Texas,
The rest of the South has less median income then
California
New York
Washington State
Locate four climatic zones of Europe?
Northwestern Uplands - Scandinavia
North European Lowlands - ukraine poland lithuania estonia
Central Plateaus - germany czech republic slovakia
Alpine System - Italy, Balkan region Romania hunngary
Where is the Gulf Stream?
Describe its impact on Europe.
Helps regulate temperature
Of ireland
Great Britain
Helps west coast be more warm then east
Regulates western europe temperature especially in winter, keeps winter a bit warmer.
Name the agricultural production of
Northwestern Uplands
North European Lowlands
Central Plateaus
Alpine System
Uplands - Pastoralism
The Alpine System - cheese, wine, cattle
Central plateaus - olive trees
Lowlands- fruit orchards, hops, corn , wheat
What country leads beer consumption and wine consumption in Europe?
France - Wine
Germany - Beer
Locate three European cities that had invested in Renewable energy by 2011?
Frankfurt Germany
London UK
Copenhagen Denmark
Locate the golden triangle
And first, second and third wave industrial regions
Golden triangle - london, paris Berlin
First Wave - Britain
Second Wave - britain, france, belgium germany
Third wave - uk france germany netherlands southern scandanivia , northern italy eastern austria slovakia poland ukraine spain
Where is the southern crescent in Europe?
Straddles the alps from central germany to northern italy
Locate five current world cities in Europe
London Paris Frankfurt Milan Berlin
Locate european city that has been a world city since 17 century
And one city that lost influence in 19th century
London
Lost influence - venice
Locate the former Iron Curtain
East germany Slovakia Hungary Bulgaria Romania
Identify minority ethnic groups in Spain,United Kingdom
Basques in spain
Celtics in UK
Describe the origins and destinations for recent flows of Muslims to Northern Europe and Southern Europe.
Iraq Somalia Eritrea Afghanistan
Spain
France
UK
Italy
Describe the contemporary distribution of population across Europe
Mainly Central Europe and within major citys
100 persons per KM squared
Identify 4 europe cities with most debt
Greece
Italy
Portugal
Ireland
Identify 3 european countries that have a dependency ratio over 30%
Germany
Italy
Greece
Where did USA drop bombs?
The US dropped bombs in the Marshall Islands
Whaling ships called regularly?
Australia
UK
New Zealand
Maybe Maori
Name the countries that produce the most uranium
Australia
Locate the country in oceania where phosphate mining destroyed the country
Nauru
Describe the Australia distribution population
73% british
20% europe
5%asia
2%aboriginal
