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41 Cards in this Set
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What are lands called that are joined together inside a common boundary?
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Contiguous
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What rank is the United States as far as size of countries is concerned?
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4th
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What are the only countries larger that the United States?
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1. Russia
2. Canada 3. China |
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What so we call the almost continuous line of settlements from cities and their suburbs?
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Megalopolis
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What is the mountain chain that is found in the Eastern United States?
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Appalachian Mountains
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What is the tallest mountain in the Appalachians?
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Mt. Mitchell
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What is the mountain chain that is found in the western United States and is the largest mountain chain in the United States?
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Rockey Mountains
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What is the largest river in North America which starts in Minnesota and pours into the Gulf of Mexico?
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Mississippi River
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What is the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world?
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The Great Lakes
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1. Lake Superior
2. Lake Michigan 3. Lake Huron 4. Lake Erie 5. Lake Ontario |
List the Great Lakes
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What is the tallest mountain in North America?
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Mt. McKinley
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What are the structures at or near the water's surface that are formed by the skeletons of small sea animals?
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Coral Reefs
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What are the 4 different climates found in the United States?
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1. Mid-Latitude Climates
2. Dry Climates 3. High Latitude Climates 4. Tropical Climates |
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What is the idea that individual people have the right to run businesses to make a profit with limited interference from the government?
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Free Enterprise System
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What country has the largest economy in the world?
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The Unites States of America
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What doe we call a business that provides service to people instead of producing goods?
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Service Industry
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What is the US city that ranks among the top financial capitals in the world?
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New Your City
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What is the capital of the United States?
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Washington D.C.
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What is the location of the Kennedy Space Center?
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Cape Canaveral
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What do we call waters that are deep enough to allow the passage of ships?
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Navigable
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What is the world's capital of the movie industry?
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Los Angeles
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What are coal, oil, and natural gas?
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Fossil Fuels
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What do we call rain that contains high amounts of chemical pollutants?
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Acid Rain
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What do we call areas where trash companies dump the wast that they collect?
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Landfills
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What is the taking down of trade barriers such as tariffs and quotas so that goods can flow freely among the countries?
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Free Trade
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What is the term for reusing material instead of throwing them out?
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Recycling
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What promised to remove all barriers to trade among the North American countries?
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NAFTA
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What are overseas settlements that are tied to a parent country?
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colonies
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What is the form of government in which the people rule?
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Democracy
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What is a government in which voters choose leaders who make and enforce laws?
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Representative Democracy
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What is a government divided between national and state powers with a President who leads the national government?
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Federal Republic
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What is the word that means to withdraw from the national government?
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secede
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What is the word for people who move into a country?
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Immigrants
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What is the word for people who move out of a country?
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Emigrants
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What is a group of people who share a culture, language, or history?
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Ethnic Group
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What is the ethnic group that has lived in the Americas for the longest time?
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Native Americans
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What is the term for living out in the countryside?
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Rural
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What is the term for living within the bigger cities?
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Urban
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What is the term for smaller communities surrounding larger cities?
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Suburbs
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What are areas set aside to protect wilderness and wildlife and for recreation?
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National Parks
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What is the main language spoken in the United States?
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English
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