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U9 L7 North America Flashcards

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What hemisphere is North America in?

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Northern (duh haha)

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Which oceans is North America surrounded by?

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  • Pacific
  • Arctic
  • Atlantic
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What rank is North America as the largest continent?

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third

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What is a cordillera? Where is it located in North America?

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  • chain of mountains

- West

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What is the best known range in NA Cordillera?

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Rocky Mountains

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What mountains are along the east NA?

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  • Laurentian

- Appalachian

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What is the most extensive River in NA?

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Mississippi

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What are Mississippi’s tributaries?

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  • Missouri
  • Ohio
  • Red
  • Arkansas
  • Illinois

MORAI

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What is the largest lake of the Great Lakes?

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Lake Superior

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What are the five lakes of the Great Lakes?

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  • Superior
  • Michigan
  • Huron
  • Erie
  • Ontario

SHEMO

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What River does the Great Lakes feed, and empties to?

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  • St Lawrence River

- Atlantic ocean

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What are the nations of NA?

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  • Greenland
  • Canada
  • US
  • Mexico
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What is the world’s largest island?

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Greenland

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What is Greenland’s climate?

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sub-arctic to arctic

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Are there few people who live in Greenland?

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yes

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What are the languages spoken in Greenland?

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  • Greenlandic
  • Danish
  • English
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Greenland is a self-governing division of which country?

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Denmark

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Who is the chief of state of Greenland?

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark

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What is the official name of Greenland?

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Kalaallit Nunaat

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What is Greenland’s economy highly dependent on?

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  • fishing (shrimp)

- some mining and tourism

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What is the second largest country in the world after Russia?

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Canada

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What ancestry is most of Canada’s population?

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European ancestry

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What are the two official languages of Canada?

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French and English

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In Canada’s early days, it was home to French people in what occupation?

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What kind of Democracy is Canada?
Parliamentary Democracy
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Who is the head of state of Canada?
Queen Elizabeth II
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Canada's legislative body is what kind of Parliament? What does it consist of?
- bicameral | - senate and house of commons
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Canada's legal system is based on (), except in Quebec which is based on ()
- English law | - French law
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A vote in 1996 decided in favor of keeping () part of Canada
Quebec
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Was Canada an ally of the US in the Cold War?
yes
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Canada was a charter member of what?
NATO
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For how many years has Canada's friendly relationship with the US lasted?
200 years
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Canada converted from a rural economy to what?
urban industry
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What is NAFTA?
North American Free Trade Agreement - reduced tariffs - continental free trade zone
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Who signed NAFTA?
- Canada - US - Mexico
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What is FTA?
US-Canada Free Trade Agreement
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A majority of US' population has its roots where?
Europe
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What are the languages spoken in the US?
- English | - Spanish
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US is what kind of republic?
federal republic
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US is made of () independent states and () district
50, 1
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What was the only superpower in the post-Cold War era?
US
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What contributed to budget deficits in the Cold War?
Govt spending
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Wars in which countries increased US spending?
- Afghanistan | - Iraq
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What is an extension of the Rocky mountains in the US?
Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains
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What is the climate in Mexico? What natural hazards are there?
- tropical to desert - volcanoes - earthquakes - hurricanes
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A majority of people in Mexico are what?
mestizos
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Who are mestizos?
mixed Spanish and Amerindian descent
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What is the main language and dialects spoken in Mexico?
- Spanish | - native Amerindian dialects
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Mexico was a () nation during the Cold War
non-aligned
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What problems have developed with US and Mexico?
- drug smuggling | - illegal immigration of Mexicans
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Mexico is what kind of republic?
federal
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The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was confronted with accusations of what?
- corruption | - rigged elections
53
Who is Vicente Fox?
- National Action Party candidate - former Coca Cola executive - 2000 won
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Who is Felipe Calderon?
- National Action Party candidate | - 2006 won
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Who is Enrique Pena Nieto?
- PRI politician | - won 2012

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