Chapter 5+6

Question 1

How many people live in the U.S. and Canada?

Answer 1

Over 300 million

Question 2

List the three landforms in the U.S. and Canada

Answer 2

• towering snow cap mountains
• rolling plains
• low smoothly formed mountains

Question 3

List the different mountain ranges that make up the Pacific Range

Answer 3

• Alaskan
• Coast
• Cascade
• Sierra Nevada

Question 4

Which mountain range lies East of the Pacific Range?

Answer 4

Rocky Mountains

Question 5

What is the area East of the Rockies?

Answer 5

Great Plains

Question 6

What mountain range lies in the East?

Answer 6

Appalachian Mountains

Question 7

What is the oldest mountain range in the U.S.?

Answer 7

Appalachian Mountains

Question 8

What is the divide that separates which way the water flows?

Answer 8

Continental Divide

Great Divide

Question 9

What is the longest river in the U.S.?

Answer 9

Mississippi River

Question 10

What two lakes in Canada were formed due to the ice age?

Answer 10

• great bear lake

* great slave lake

Question 11

List the Great Lakes

Answer 11

• Lake Superior
• Lake Huron
• Lake Erie
• Lake Ontario
• Lake Michigan

Question 12

List the mineral resources in the U.S.

Answer 12

• gold
• silver
• nickel
• iron
• copper
• uranium
• zinc

Question 13

What two minerals are found in the Rocky Mountains?

Answer 13

• gold

* silver

Question 14

Where is coal found at?

Answer 14

Appalachian Mountains

Question 15

Where does today’s culture come from?

Answer 15

• Europeans
• Africans
• Asians

Question 16

What groups of immigrants populate the U.S. and Canada?

Answer 16

• Europe
• Asia
• African
• Latin-American countries

Question 17

List the major cities along the Atlantic Coast?

Answer 17

• Boston
• New York
• Philadelphia
• Baltimore
• Washington D.C.

Question 18

What is the largest city in the Atlantic region?

Answer 18

New York City

Question 19

List the port cities

Answer 19

• Miami
• New Orleans
• Houston

Question 20

What are the port cities in the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 20

• Los Angeles
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• Vancouver

Question 21

Where are airplanes produced at?

Answer 21

• Los Angeles

* Seattle

Question 22

Where did the first people come from?

Answer 22

Asia

Question 23

How did the first people get there?

Answer 23

Bering strait

Question 24

Where did the Inuit people live?

Answer 24

Cold Tundra of the Artic

Question 25

What did the Pacific Coast Native Americans create?

Answer 25

Fiver nets and spears

Question 26

How did the Native Americans in the dessert area water their crops?

Answer 26

Irrigation systems

Question 27

What did the Native Americans on the grass lands eat?

Answer 27

Buffalo

Question 28

What did the Native Americans hunt?

Answer 28

A variety of animals such as deer, turkey, geese, and squirrels

Question 29

Where did most European settlers come from?

Answer 29

* Spain * France * England

Question 30

What was Canada divided into?

Answer 30

Upper and Lower Canada

Question 31

What became the main power source in the 1800's ?

Answer 31

Steam

Question 32

What was the purchase made in 1803?

Answer 32

Louisiana purchase

Question 33

When did Texas become a state?

Answer 33

1845

Question 34

What state was bought in 1867?

Answer 34

Alaska

Question 35

What act made Canada a self-governing nation?

Answer 35

The British North America Act of 1867

Question 36

How many providences does Canada have?

Answer 36

10

Question 37

List the religions in the U.S. and Canada

Answer 37

* Christian * Protestant * catholic * Judaism * Islam * Buddhism

Question 38

List the major languages

Answer 38

* English * Spanish * French * French * Korean * Japanese * Chinese

Question 39

What sports are in the U.S.?

Answer 39

* Football * basketball * baseball

Question 40

What sport is most popular in Canada?

Answer 40

Hockey