what places are the US and canada made of? Flashcards
what are the major cities of the US?
Washington DC (capital), Chicago, Illinois, New Your City (financial center, LA, Huston (largest growing city)
what are the major regions of the US?
northeast (finances industry), midwest (rust belt, great plains, and great lakes) south (natural resources), west (agriculture, rocky mountains)
what are the major citys of canada?
toranto (largest city & economics), montreal, ottawa (capital city), quebec (francophone culture, vancover (film, buisness, culture)
what are the major regions of canada?
atlantic provinces, core provinces (most populated, ecomonics), prairie provinces (agurculture), pacific provinces (sparsely populated)
what are the major canada rivers?
St. Lawrence (outflow of great lakes), Mackenzie
what are the major US rivers?
Mississippi (important for trade, national boarder), Colorado (hydroelectric hover dam), rio grande
major water feature of the US?
Gulf of Mexico
major water feature of the canada?
Hudson Bay
major water features of both?
great lakes, artic ocean, pacific ocean, atlantic ocean, niagra falls
US land forms
atlantic
canada land forms
canadian sheild
mountainous divison that direct watersheds flow into the pacific of atlantic
continental divide
major exports
technology, information systems, food
infastructure
highly developed roads, bridges, ports, communication systems
economies
highly diversified with strengths in technology, agurculture, and manufacturing
