US and Canada Notes

Question 1

Capital of the USA

Answer 1

Washington DC

Question 2

Major transportation hub

Answer 2

Chicago, Illinois

Question 3

harbor site; a world city; stock exchange; a magnet for immigration

Answer 3

New York City

Question 4

magnet for immigration; entertainment center

Answer 4

LA, California

Question 5

railroad hub and shipping port; oil industry

Answer 5

Huston, Texas

Question 6

provincial capital; a financial center

Answer 6

Toronto, Ontario

Question 7

a major port

Answer 7

Montreal, Quebec

Question 8

capital of Canada

Answer 8

Ottawa, Ontario

Question 9

provincial capital of Quebec; site at the narrowing of St. Lawrence River

Answer 9

Quebec City, Quebec

Question 10

port city; western end of transcontinental railroad

Answer 10

Vancouver, British Columbia

Question 11

provide transportation, connectivity to other regions, and hydroelectricity

Answer 11

Rivers

Question 12

Where is St. Lawrence?

Answer 12

Eastern Canada

Question 13

Where is Mackenzie?

Answer 13

Northern Canada

Question 14

Where is Mississippi?

Answer 14

Central US

Question 15

Where is Colorado?

Answer 15

Western US

Question 16

Where is Rio Grande?

Answer 16

Southern US border

Question 17

Where is Columbia?

Answer 17

Northwestern US

Question 18

How do rivers, bays, and oceans benefit a country?

Answer 18

Access to internation trade
Protection
Natural Resources
Food

Question 19

major tourist attractiuon and provides hydroelectricity to New York and Ontario

Answer 19

Niagara Falls

Question 20

extensive stretch of high ground from each side of which the river system of a continent flow in opposite directions

Answer 20

continental divide

Question 21

a wide range of climates in the US and Canada

Answer 21

Climate Regions

Question 22

European culture in North American influences language, religions, architechure, economies, and governments

Answer 22

Colonization

Question 23

first settleed by the British, French, Spanish, and Germans

Answer 23

USA

Question 24

settled by the French and then the British

Answer 24

Canada

Question 25

Canada struggles with maintaining a national _________, ______ between French and English speakers, and is _______ by US media.

Answer 25

identity, conflict, overshadowed

Question 26

The US and canada are both members of _______ and _______.

Answer 26

NATO, NAFTA

Question 27

Bilingual signs demonstrate the multicultural aspects as well as the European colonial influence

Answer 27

Cultural Landscaoes

Question 28

In Ottawa
Makes laws of Canada

Answer 28

Parliament Hill

Question 29

In Toronto, Ontario
New Broadcast Tower

Answer 29

CN Tower

Question 30

In Washington, DC
Where laws are made

Answer 30

US Capital

Question 31

In San Francisco, CA
Symbol of technology and infastructure

Answer 31

Golden Gate Bridge

Question 32

In Washington, DC
To remember 1st President Gerge Washington

Answer 32

Washington Monument

Question 33

In Philadelphia, PA
Where the Declaration of Independence was signed

Answer 33

Independance Hall

Question 34

In St. Louis Missouri
Represents start of the western expansion of the US

Answer 34

Gateway Arch

Question 35

In great plains
Major export of Canada and the USA

Answer 35

Wheat Fields

Question 36

Gas Stations
Motel/Hotels
Interstates
Drive-up Services

Answer 36

Influence of automobiles

Question 37

Forestry, Petroleum, Minerals, Agriculture- fertile soil, water

Answer 37

Rich Supply of Natural Resources

Question 38

ability to produce something more efficiently than others

Answer 38

comparative advantage

Question 39

system of roads, bridges, electricity, and security that helps an economy function

Answer 39

infrastructure

Question 40

purchasing power, cost of living, safety, health, education, high literacy rate

Answer 40

Quality of Life Index

Question 41

where shipd can go past waterfalls, so ports develop there

Answer 41

Fall Line