North America Flashcards
US/Canada both have many what?
Similar physical and cultural features.
US/Canada both have similar what?
Economies and history.
US/Canada both have the world’s largest what?
Trading relationship.
US/Canada both have the longest what?
International border.
US/Canada are both highly what?
Industrialized.
US/Canada are both considered what?
Melting pots.
US/Canada both share what?
Common languages. (for the most part)
Canada is divided into what?
10 provinces (in south), and 3 territories (in north).
US is divided into what?
50 states; 48 are known as the contiguous states, 2 are separated, making the US a fragmented nation.
There seem to have been at least three what?
Immigrations of people from Asia to Alaska.
Europeans began to immigrate to NA when?
The mid-1500s.
Who controlled most of the land after 1670?
Britain.
In 1763 who had to give up most of its NA empire to Great Britain?
France.
What was the Underground Railroad?
Network of safe houses in the US that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
What is dry farming?
A farming method used in dry regions in which crops are grown that rely only on the natural precipitation.
