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Where is the Coast Mountains?

A

Western North America to Alaska

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Where is the Rocky Mountains?

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Alberta
British Columbia
Southward to New Mexico

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Where is the Appalachian Mountains?

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Newfoundland

Southwest to Alabama

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Where is the Canadian Shield?

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From Labrador
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Nunavut
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Where is the Mississippi River?

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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi 
Louisiana
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Where is the Rio Grande River?

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Starts in Colorado
Runs through New Mexico
Ends in El Paso Texas

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Where is the Colorado River?

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Starts in Colorado
Through Utah
Arizona
Ends in Grand Canyon

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Where is the Alps?

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Central Europe

Italy
France
Switzerland
Liechtenstein 
Austria
Slovenia
Germany
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Where is the Pyrenees Mountains?

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Southwest Europe

Forms a natural border between

Spain
France

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Where is the Crimea Penninsula?

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Located above the Black Sea

That little island

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Identify cities in CA and USA that have a temperament climate

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All of east coast of CA and USA

Central CA and USA

West coast CA and above California

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Where are the interior lowlands?

What is their major crop?

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Central Saskatchewan

Wheat
Canola
Barley
Oats

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Where is the Great Plains?

What is major crop?

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Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico

Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta

Corn

Soybeans

Cotton

Sugar Beets

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Where is the Pacific Mountain Region?

Major Crops?

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North America from British Columbia to Northwestern Mexico

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Where is the Canadian Boreal Forest?

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Newfoundland and Labrador
To Yukon
Alaska

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How do obesity rates in the American South compare in states along west coast?

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More obese people in American South

More than 29% in South

Fewer then 25% in west coast

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Identify whether Canada and the USA grow GMO crops, import GMO Crops or require labelling for GMO Crops?

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Canada and America mainly grow and import GMOs.

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Name 4 cities in the Sun Belt

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Florida - Miami
Arizona -Pheonix
Georgia - Atlanta
Louisiana - New Orleans

19
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Name 4 cities in the Rust Belt?

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Michigan - Detroit
Illinois - Chicago
Indiana - Indianapolis
Ohio - Columbus

20
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Identify a high-tech centre in IT in California, Colorado and Florida.

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A

San Jose
Miami
Denver

21
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Where has the majority of Cannabis been produced in Canada and USA?

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A

British Colombia

California

22
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Identify top three economic sectors of Canada and United States.

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Canada

Finance
Manufacturing
Health care

USA

Finance
Government
Manufacturing

23
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How does median income in the American South

Compare with New York, California and Washington States

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Besides Texas,
The rest of the South has less median income then

California
New York
Washington State

24
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Locate four climatic zones of Europe?

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Northwestern Uplands - Scandinavia

North European Lowlands - ukraine poland lithuania estonia

Central Plateaus - germany czech republic slovakia

Alpine System - Italy, Balkan region Romania hunngary

25
Where is the Gulf Stream? Describe its impact on Europe.
Helps regulate temperature Of ireland Great Britain Helps west coast be more warm then east Regulates western europe temperature especially in winter, keeps winter a bit warmer.
26
Name the agricultural production of Northwestern Uplands North European Lowlands Central Plateaus Alpine System
Uplands - Pastoralism The Alpine System - cheese, wine, cattle Central plateaus - olive trees Lowlands- fruit orchards, hops, corn , wheat
27
What country leads beer consumption and wine consumption in Europe?
France - Wine Germany - Beer
28
Locate three European cities that had invested in Renewable energy by 2011?
Frankfurt Germany London UK Copenhagen Denmark
29
Locate the golden triangle And first, second and third wave industrial regions
Golden triangle - london, paris Berlin First Wave - Britain Second Wave - britain, france, belgium germany Third wave - uk france germany netherlands southern scandanivia , northern italy eastern austria slovakia poland ukraine spain
30
Where is the southern crescent in Europe?
Straddles the alps from central germany to northern italy
31
Locate five current world cities in Europe
``` London Paris Frankfurt Milan Berlin ```
32
Locate european city that has been a world city since 17 century And one city that lost influence in 19th century
London Lost influence - venice
33
Locate the former Iron Curtain
``` East germany Slovakia Hungary Bulgaria Romania ```
34
Identify minority ethnic groups in Spain,United Kingdom
Basques in spain Celtics in UK
35
Describe the origins and destinations for recent flows of Muslims to Northern Europe and Southern Europe.
Iraq Somalia Eritrea Afghanistan Spain France UK Italy
36
Describe the contemporary distribution of population across Europe
Mainly Central Europe and within major citys 100 persons per KM squared
37
Identify 4 europe cities with most debt
Greece Italy Portugal Ireland
38
Identify 3 european countries that have a dependency ratio over 30%
Germany Italy Greece
39
Where did USA drop bombs?
The US dropped bombs in the Marshall Islands
40
Whaling ships called regularly?
Australia UK New Zealand Maybe Maori
41
Name the countries that produce the most uranium
Australia
42
Locate the country in oceania where phosphate mining destroyed the country
Nauru
43
Describe the Australia distribution population
73% british 20% europe 5%asia 2%aboriginal

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