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North America Test Flashcards

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1
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Mexican civilization that studied stars, had a calendar, and a system of writing

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Mayan

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Besides Cortes’s army, what else caused the defeat of the Aztecs

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Disease

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What advantage did Cortes’s army have over the Aztecs?

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Horses, armor, better weapons

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Herman Cortes’s Goal

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Explore and conquer the Americas

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What caused the Dust Bowl?

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Period of drought and soil erosion

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What is the true Climate of all of North America?

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Varies from very cold to moderate to tropical

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How do the U.S. And Canadian Economies differ?

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Canadian government plays larger role in its economy

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Which factor contributed the most to cultural diversity in Canada and the United States?

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Immigration

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Why do so few people live in the Great Basin?

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Too dry and sandy

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What does the Day of the Dead honor in the Mexican Culture?

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Ancestors

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Where is the Mexican Plateau

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Between the two ranges of the Sierra Madres

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What is the difference between the eastern and western mountains of North America?

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Eastern- Flatter, less steep, (Appalachian Mountains)

Western- Steeper, (Rockies)

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Where are glaciers found in the U.S.? Why not other places?

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Alaska, everywhere else is too warm

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What is an Export?

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Sending products to other countries?

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What is a commercial agriculture?

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Producing crops to sell

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What is a drought?

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Long period of time without rain

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What does contiguous mean?

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48 states that are part of the mainland U.S., all connected

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18
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What does temperate mean?

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Mild climate

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What are glaciers?

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Large masses of ice and packed snow?

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What products are made from wheat and/or corn

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Bread

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Why was the region called the breadbasket?

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Lots to grains grown there for bread to be made

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Cordillera

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System of several mountain ranges separated by valleys and plateaus

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Dam

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Barrier controlling the flow of water

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Hoover Dam

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Large dam on Colorado river supplying electricity to the surrounding states in Southwest USA

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Great Basin

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desert area between Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada mountains in Nevada

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Rain Shadow Effect

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Process by which moist air dries as it descends on the interior side of the mountain

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Grand Canyon

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Large canyon in Arizona

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Rocky Mountains

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Large mountain range in western US and Canada

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29
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What cultures combined to make modern Mexican culture?

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Mexican culture developed from cultures of Europe, especially Spain, native Mexican people, and Africans

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How is the physical geography of Mexico SIMILAR to Canada’s and the United States’s

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Mountains, bordered by oceans

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How is the physical geography of Mexico DIFFERENT from Canada’s and the United States

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Mexico has higher elevation, warmer climate because it’s further south, generally dryer

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What cultures combined to make modern Mexican culture?

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Mexican culture developed from cultures of Europe, especially Spain, native Mexican people, and Africans

33
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How is the physical geography of Mexico SIMILAR to Canada’s and the United States’s

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Mountains, bordered by oceans

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How is the physical geography of Mexico DIFFERENT from Canada’s and the United States

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Mexico has higher elevation, warmer climate because it’s further south, generally dryer

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Why is the western region economically important to the United States and Canada?

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Natural resources

36
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Why does increased population put more demand on water resources?

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More people = more need for water

37
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Where is water conservation more important? East or west mountains? Why?

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West because it is dryer

38
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Peninsula

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Narrow strip of land extending out into water

39
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Modify

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Change to make something less extreme

40
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Subsistence form

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Raising enough crops only to feed one’s family

41
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Baja California

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Peninsula in western Mexico

42
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Yucatan peninsula

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Peninsula in eastern Mexico

43
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Mexican plateau

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Raised land in central Mexico between the two ranges of the Sierra Madre

44
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How does volcanic activity on the Mesa Central affect Mexico’s economy?

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Good soil- good for growing crops

45
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Mexico City has a higher elevation than the coastal city of Veracruz. Which city would have warmer temperatures? Why?

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Veracruz- lower elevation

46
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Where are Mexico’s major cities? Why?

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Central Mexico- milder climate

47
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Civilization

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Society with highly developed culture, politics, and technology

48
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Hieroglyphics

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Symbols or pictures used to stand for letter, objects, or ideas

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Empire

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Extensive group of people governed by one ruler

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What do the Mayans and Aztecs have in common?

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Created complex calendars

Declined in Mexico

51
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What is different about the Mayans and the Aztecs

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Mayans- formed society 100 B.C
Hieroglyphics
Declined 900 B.C
Aztec- settled Mexico City 1325
Warriors conquered neighbors 
Practiced slavery
Decline 1500s
52
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Why were the Olmecs important?

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Culture influenced later cultures

53
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What were the Major contributions of the Mayans and Aztecs

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Mayans- calendar, farming maize and corn, language and hieroglyphics, studied stars
Aztecs- chocolate, culture still influences Mexico today

54
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Conquistador

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Spanish soldier & explorer

55
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Epidemic

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Outbreak of a disease that spreads rapidly

56
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Montezuma

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Aztec leader during Spanish conquest

57
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What advantage can technology give to a culture?

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Allows for better/more advanced weapons in battle, threatens another culture

58
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What psychological advantages did the Spanish have over the Aztecs

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Knew how to manipulate them

Aztecs believed Cortes was a god and were confused when Montezuma was killed

59
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What attitudes did the conquistadors have towards Mexico’s native people

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Thought they were better than them, just there to be conquered

60
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Why was silver good and bad for the Aztecs?

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Supplied wealth, but Spanish wanted it

61
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What factors lead to the Aztec empire downfall

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Disease, technology, psychological warfare

62
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Diversity

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Variety

63
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Indigenous

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Native

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Immigrant

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Person who permanently moves to another country

65
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Tolerance

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Acceptance of different views

66
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Why can immigration to the US be described as occurring in “waves”

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Groups of people came all at once during certain time periods

67
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What are the top two languages spoken I the U.S.

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English and Spanish

68
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What are the top two languages spoken in Canada?

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English and Fench

69
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Descendants.

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One’s family line into the future.

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Ancestry.

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One’s family line into the past .

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Mural

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Large painting on a wall.

72
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Artifacts.

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Tools or other objects that show something about how a culture lived in the past.

73
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Day of the Dead

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Celebration to honor one’s ancestors

74
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😱😖

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Mexican Cowboys

75
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What would the effects f having many languages spoken within a country?

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Difficult to communicate

76
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Which three people groups make up modern day Mexico

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Native, Spanish, modern Mexican

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