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U9 L7 North America Flashcards

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What hemisphere is North America in?

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Northern (duh haha)

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Which oceans is North America surrounded by?

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  • Pacific
  • Arctic
  • Atlantic
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What rank is North America as the largest continent?

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third

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What is a cordillera? Where is it located in North America?

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  • chain of mountains

- West

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What is the best known range in NA Cordillera?

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Rocky Mountains

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What mountains are along the east NA?

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  • Laurentian

- Appalachian

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What is the most extensive River in NA?

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Mississippi

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What are Mississippi’s tributaries?

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  • Missouri
  • Ohio
  • Red
  • Arkansas
  • Illinois

MORAI

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What is the largest lake of the Great Lakes?

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Lake Superior

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What are the five lakes of the Great Lakes?

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  • Superior
  • Michigan
  • Huron
  • Erie
  • Ontario

SHEMO

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What River does the Great Lakes feed, and empties to?

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  • St Lawrence River

- Atlantic ocean

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What are the nations of NA?

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  • Greenland
  • Canada
  • US
  • Mexico
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13
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What is the world’s largest island?

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Greenland

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14
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What is Greenland’s climate?

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sub-arctic to arctic

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Are there few people who live in Greenland?

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yes

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What are the languages spoken in Greenland?

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  • Greenlandic
  • Danish
  • English
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Greenland is a self-governing division of which country?

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Denmark

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18
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Who is the chief of state of Greenland?

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

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19
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What is the official name of Greenland?

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Kalaallit Nunaat

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20
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What is Greenland’s economy highly dependent on?

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  • fishing (shrimp)

- some mining and tourism

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What is the second largest country in the world after Russia?

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Canada

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22
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What ancestry is most of Canada’s population?

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European ancestry

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What are the two official languages of Canada?

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French and English

24
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In Canada’s early days, it was home to French people in what occupation?

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fur traders

25
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What kind of Democracy is Canada?

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Parliamentary Democracy

26
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Who is the head of state of Canada?

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Queen Elizabeth II

27
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Canada’s legislative body is what kind of Parliament? What does it consist of?

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  • bicameral

- senate and house of commons

28
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Canada’s legal system is based on (), except in Quebec which is based on ()

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  • English law

- French law

29
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A vote in 1996 decided in favor of keeping () part of Canada

A

Quebec

30
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Was Canada an ally of the US in the Cold War?

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yes

31
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Canada was a charter member of what?

A

NATO

32
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For how many years has Canada’s friendly relationship with the US lasted?

A

200 years

33
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Canada converted from a rural economy to what?

A

urban industry

34
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What is NAFTA?

A

North American Free Trade Agreement

  • reduced tariffs
  • continental free trade zone
35
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Who signed NAFTA?

A
  • Canada
  • US
  • Mexico
36
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What is FTA?

A

US-Canada Free Trade Agreement

37
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A majority of US’ population has its roots where?

A

Europe

38
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What are the languages spoken in the US?

A
  • English

- Spanish

39
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US is what kind of republic?

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federal republic

40
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US is made of () independent states and () district

A

50, 1

41
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What was the only superpower in the post-Cold War era?

A

US

42
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What contributed to budget deficits in the Cold War?

A

Govt spending

43
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Wars in which countries increased US spending?

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  • Afghanistan

- Iraq

44
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What is an extension of the Rocky mountains in the US?

A

Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains

45
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What is the climate in Mexico? What natural hazards are there?

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  • tropical to desert
  • volcanoes
  • earthquakes
  • hurricanes
46
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A majority of people in Mexico are what?

A

mestizos

47
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Who are mestizos?

A

mixed Spanish and Amerindian descent

48
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What is the main language and dialects spoken in Mexico?

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  • Spanish

- native Amerindian dialects

49
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Mexico was a () nation during the Cold War

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non-aligned

50
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What problems have developed with US and Mexico?

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  • drug smuggling

- illegal immigration of Mexicans

51
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Mexico is what kind of republic?

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federal

52
Q

The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was confronted with accusations of what?

A
  • corruption

- rigged elections

53
Q

Who is Vicente Fox?

A
  • National Action Party candidate
  • former Coca Cola executive
  • 2000 won
54
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Who is Felipe Calderon?

A
  • National Action Party candidate

- 2006 won

55
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Who is Enrique Pena Nieto?

A
  • PRI politician

- won 2012

WORLD HISTORY (83 decks)

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