The least of the least (Northern America) Flashcards
Canada was almost completely covered by … until …
glaciers
15, 000 years ago
As a warming trend began to develop, this sheet of ice up to … thick had melted
3 km
As a result, the … with its numerous lakes, is now the …
Canadian Shield
Greatest reservoir of freshwater on earth
Being among the … on earth, the Canadian Shield is also rich in … and strongly …
oldest rock
minerals
eroded
The Canadian major cities, as … - … - …. are very … or …
Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Cosmopolitan
Multiethnic
In 2021, respectively … % - … % - … % of their population was …
47% (Toronto)
24% (Montreal)
42% (Vancouver)
Born abroad
The Canadian average is … % first among … countries and one of the … on earth
23%
G7
highest
Quebec city’s percentage of born-abroad population is only … %, Montreal having … % of all immigrants in the province
6.7%
90%
The … are the first major mountain range one encounters when travelling west in Canada
Rockies
After this range on the … in Canada or in … in the US, there are other ranges such as … - … - …
Alberta-BC border
Colorado
Cascades
Sierra Nevada
Coast Range
The four regional divisons used by the United States Census Bureau are the … - … - … - …
Northeast
Midwest
South
West
The eastern half of the USA has a … than the western half
higher population density
In fact, west of the Mississippi River there are a few … in the … except for … and …
inhabitants
countryside
Texas
California
It is also … and … in altitude in the … part of the US
drier
higher
western
There is a growing … population in the majority of the … States of the US : … - … - … are home to … % of them
Hispanic
Southern
California
Texas
Florida
55%
A proportion of … % of Hispanic-Americans has a … origin
64%
Mexican
The Hispanics are growing rapidly not only in numbers (… M or … % of the US population in 2021)
63M
19%
The United States is the … and has the … of the planet
world’s most powerful country
largest economy
… are present on … and the military expenditures of the USA represents … % to … % of the world total
Americans troops
every continent
35 to 40%
… is a colloquial term for the area of the United States where … are most frequent
Tornado Alley
tornadoes
… % of tornadoes hit this region of the U.S because … - … from … and the … meets … - … from the … and … - … from the …
90%
cold
dry air
Canada
Rockies
warm
moist air
Gulf of Mexico
hot
dry air
Sonoran Desert
The north of … - … - … are the most active areas for tornadoes
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
In the USA, there are up to … tornadoes per year
1000
At the opposite, the … with its mountainous terrain, is … protected from tornadoes
Rockies
naturally
The …, regrouping … - … - … rivers, it drains most in the United States interior
Mississippi
Ohio
Misouri
The MOM Bassin is also an … means of …
important
transportation
