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Which countries are part of the G7?

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Japan, Italy, Germany, France, US & Canada. and the UK

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What are the similarities between the US and Canada?

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Tied to Europe
Industrialized
Sports (except American football)
Federal System
Multiculturalism

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What are the differences between the US and Canada?

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Canada is cold
Parliment&monarchy versus president
provinces vs states
Canada has universal health care& 2offical languages

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How many provinces & territories does Canada have?

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10 provinces ; 3 territories

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How many states & dependancies does the US have?

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50 states; 5 dependancies

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What are the US dependancies?

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Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Marina Islands, US Virgin Islands, and the American Samoa

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What are the four physiogrpahic HIGHLAND regions?

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Pacific Coastal, Rocky Mountains, Appalacian Highlands, and Interior Highlands

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Where is the Pacific Coastal region?

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Spans the west coast from Alaska to coastal Canada to southern California

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What are the peaks of the Pacific Coastal range?

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Mt. Mckinley (denali changed by Obama for native culture)
Mount Logan

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What are the important geographical features of the Pacific Coastal region?

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Cascades of Oregon and Sirra Nevadas

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What is the nickname for the Pacific Coastal region?

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World’s ring of fire ;Active &dominant volcanoes and earthquakes

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Where is the Rocky Mountain region?

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Northern Canada to Mexico

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What is the main geographical feature of the Rocky Mountain region?

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Largest Mountain range! (higher altitudes than the appalacians) the Peak is at Mt Elbert at 14,440 ft

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What is the nickname for the Rocky Mountain region?

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Continental Divide - peaks for the backbone of North America and has rivers that flow from it like a ribcage

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Where are the Appalacian Highlands?

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Eastern and North America including WV, KY, TN, GA, and AL

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What is unique about the Appalacian Highlands?

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They are the oldest mountains that are over 16,000 miles long, so few areas exceed 6500 ft in elevation

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Where are the Interior Highlands?

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Between the rockies and appalacians including Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri

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Where is the peak for the Interior Highlands?

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Mt. Magazine at 2,753 ft

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What are the five physiographic LOWLAND regions?

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Canadian Sheild, Interior Lowlands, The great plains, Gulf Atlantic and Arctic Coastal Plains, and the Great Basin

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Where is the Canadian Sheild

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Most of Canada (The interior lowlands)

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What are the geographic features of the Canadian Sheild?

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Horseshoe shape, Galciation scooped off top soil = rich in minerals, sparesly populated

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Where are the Interior Lowlands?

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Arctic Coastal plain to the southern American States

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What is the nickname of the Interior Lowlands?

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The Bread Basket (grows wheat and corn)

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Which US states include the Interior Lowlands?

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Iowa, North Dakota, Minnesota, Indiana, Missouri, etc

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What are the features of the Interior Lowlands?

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Flat with rolling hills and narrower in the North

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Where are the Great Plains?

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Between the Rockies and the interior lowlands

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What are the geographic features of the Great Plains?

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Grasslands, Fertile/farming, harsh climates

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What is the result of extreme climate changes?

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Tornados ; Canadian cold meets the hot southern winds

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Where are the Gull Atlantic & Arctic Coastal Plains?

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What are the geographical features of the Gulf Atlantic & Arctic Coastal Plains?

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Flat along the west coast - they are below sea level like the Swiss

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Which countries are including in the Arctic Coastal Plains?

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Manitoba and Ontario

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Where is the Great Basin?

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the large depressions of Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Utah

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What is the unqiue feature of the Great Basin?

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“Death Valley” that’s lowest 282 ft below sea level

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What is the largest river system of North America?

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Missouri-Mississippi-Ohio-Tennesse

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How big is the Missouri river system?

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Drains 31 states and flows to the gulf of mexico

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What’s special about the Mississippi?

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The second longest with transportation routes from the grain states

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What’s special about the Missouri?

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Longest in the US from Rockies to Mississippi. It is the boundary of Iowa and Nebraska as well as the North Kansas-Missouri border

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Where is the St. Lawerence river?

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Connects the great lakes to the Atlantic in Canada (US-Canada border)

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What’s special about the Colorado river?

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Spans colorado to the gulf of california (this is what carved the grand canyon by erosion & has the Hoover dam that provides LA power)

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Tell me about the Columbia river…

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Sources from the British Columbia and is most of the Oregon-Washington Border that empties into the Pacific

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What are the five great lakes?

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Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario

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Which are the dry US states?

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Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, SE California

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Where is the largest growing metropolitan area

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Las Vegas Nevada

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