USA

Question 1

When did USA begin and with how many states?

Answer 1

Begun in 1733 with 13 states.

Question 2

Where is the USA?

Answer 2

Northern Hemisphere
North America
borders Canada, Mexico
borders Atlantic and pacific ocean

Question 3

capital of USA?

Answer 3

Washington D.C.

Question 4

physical geog on USA?
shape of land,

Answer 4

eastern is low and flat. central is flat. great plains is higher. Rockey mountains is the highest.

Question 5

Physical geog on USA?
rivers

Answer 5

river Missouri (4th longest) part of Mississippi 7000km
Rio grande 3000km

Question 6

Physcial Geog on USA?
lakes

Answer 6

great lakes (largest group in the world)

Question 7

Physical geog on USA?
climate

Answer 7

Alaska (north) cold and mainly tundra - permafrost
Hawaii (south) is tropical

Question 8

Physical geog on USA
natural hazards

Answer 8

earthquakes and eruptions (west)
hurricanes (south east)
strong tornadoes inland during spring/summer
droughts - low rainfall - wild fires

Question 9

Push factors for USA?

Answer 9

the natural hazards
guns are legal
no monarchy
death penalty
slavery

Question 10

Pull factors for USA?

Answer 10

job opportunities
cheap food
famous people

Question 11

Impact Henry Ford car had on American way of living?

Answer 11

live further away from work
new houses built encouraging urban spawl
car parks are built
people are happier owning a car (life is easier..)

become lazy, driver everywhere
more CO2 emissions released

Question 12

Who is Henry Ford?

Answer 12

first person to set up a factory making low cost cars for ordinary people to afford.
the Ford model T in 1908

Question 13

difference between intensive farming and traditional farming?

Answer 13

intensive uses machinery traditional is manual
traditional is smaller land areas
intensive is more efficient
intensive farming uses pesticides/cheimcals

Question 14

name off a major oil spill in alaska and when did it happen?

Answer 14

Exxon Valdez
March 24 1989

Question 14

How much damage did Exxon Valdez oil spill cause?

Answer 14

1300 miles damaged and 11 million gallons spilt.
10,000 people cleared it up over 4 summers
$2.1 billion cost for clean up

Question 15

positive Social impacts of Oil drilling?

Answer 15

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indigenous tribes live there get roads water houses sewages from gov from oil tax
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now live 10 years longer because oil drilling makes loads of money

Question 16

negative social impacts of Oil drilling?

Answer 16

.kids left area because they could no longer fish
.suicides, abuse
.permafrost melting
.scare caribou (food source) away
.loss of jobs (fishing)

Question 17

positive environmental impacts of oil drilling?

Answer 17

salmon will survive in the sea.

Question 18

negative environmental impacts of oil drilling?

Answer 18

.herring no longer live in area
.killer whale family will go extinct (swim through oil)
.ice thousands of years old is melting
.bioaccumulation + biomagnification
.oil pollutes the earth