Mr. Fentin Us Geography Review 10/07

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What state has the highest per capita income?

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Connecticut

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Whata state has the lowest per capita income?

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Mississippi

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What is our largest state in terms of population?

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California

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What is our smallest ates in terms of population?

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Wyoming

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What is our largest state in terms of area?

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Alaska

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What is our smallest state in terms of area?

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Rhode Island

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What is the name of the state with the lowest population density?

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Alaska

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Names of four U.S. Territories

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American Samoa
Guam
Uerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands

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When did agriculture replace hunting and gathering as the primary method of food production?

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3000 years ago

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Our largest U.S. state in population

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California

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U.S. state with highest high school graduation rate

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Washington

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Mountain range west of the coastal plain

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Appalachian Higlands or Mountains

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How old are the Applalachian Mountains?

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more than 400 million years old

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How many of the world's laragest lakes are found in North America?

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Eight

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This spurred the development of road building in the early 20th century

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development of the automobile

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What are the boundaries of the U.S. and Canada?

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U.S. boundaries are Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, Canada,Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. Canada's boundaries are the U.S., Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and The Artic Ocean

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Temperatures in this part of U.S. can top 130 degrees.

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Mojave Desert

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These mountains extend 3000 miles from Alaska South to New Mexico

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Rockie Mountain chain

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This opened in 1825 and went across upstate New York and made the first navigable water link between the Atlantic and the Great Lakes

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Erie Canal

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This is the line of highest points in the Rockies that marks the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward

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Continental Divide

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The name of the islands that extend in an arc off the coast of Alaska

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Aleutian Islands

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What type of climate do the north central and northeastern U.S. and Canada have?

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humid continental climate

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Besides being rich in natural resources, what 3 things is the U.S. fortunate to have?

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moderate climate

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A government that divides power among federal, state, and local governing bodies

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a federal republic

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From where and when did the first inhabitants to North America come?

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nomads from Asia at least 13,000 years ago

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From where did the most of the 14 million immigrants come from 1960-1900?

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Europe

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How was the U.S. unique among other major nations of the world after World War II?

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escaped physical damage and had a healthy economy

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Six things that originated in the "New World" and were traded in the Old World

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pumpkins, potatoes, tomatoes, vanilla, corn, beans, pinapple

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Of the three branches of government, what enacts the laws? carries out laws? Reviews decisions of lower courts and interprets laws?

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Enacts laws-LEGISLATURE
Carries out laws-JUDICIAL
Review decisions of
lower courts-interprets laws-SUPREME COURT

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Where the people rule through elected representatives

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Representative democracy

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Name at least 6 things that originated in the Old World and were brought to the "New World"

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Grapes, citrus fruits, sugar cane, honey bees, coffee beans, peaches and pears, livestock, diseases

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What is the movement of people within the U.S. also known as?

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migration

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What percentage of North America does the U.S. occupy?

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2/5 or 40%

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What was the movement of plants, animals, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres known as?

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Columbian Exchange (because Columbus discovered the Americas, so exchange started)

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What was the name of the first permanent English colony?

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Jamestown, Virginia

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When were Africans brought to America? What type of work did they do?

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1617 to work as slave labor on cotton and tobacco plantations

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Where does the U.S. rank in the world in terms of land area and population?

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7% of the world's land area
5% of the world's population

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World War II ended

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1945

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First transcontinental railroad completed

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1869

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Europeans began to explore the "New World"

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15th Century

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The nation saw much social unrest during this period

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1960s and 1970s

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The Civil War was fought for 4 bloody years

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1861-1865

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Mapping human genetic material (DNA) is a breakthrough in biotechnology

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2000

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Large numbers of American were migrating to suburbs

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last half of 20th century

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The American colonists fought the American Revolution

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1776-1783

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The first mass television audience watches baseball's World Series

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1947

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The first inhabitants of North America were believed to be nomads who came from Asia

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thousands of years ago

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The U.S. nearly doubled in size when the government purchased the vast plains region

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1803

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Women discovered which wild plants could be used as food for the family.

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3000 years ago

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Jamestown became a permanent settlement

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1607

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U.S. was involved in a war in Vietnam

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1955-1975

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Use of an assembly line in Ford auto plants streamlines manufacturing

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1913

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What was the average American worker in 1790 employed as?

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self-employed farmer

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Laborers in factories worked how many hours a week and for what wage?

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60 hours a week for $12

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The U.S. has about __ of the world's land area and about __ percent of the world's population.

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7% and 5%

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What three factors contributed to the overall success of the American economy?

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available natural resources
skilled labor force
stable political system

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What is a free enterprise system?

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an economic system where private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses for profit with little government control

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American farms and raches supply ___ %of the world's production of corn, ___ % of its ___

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40% of corn
20% of cotton
10% of wheat, cattle and hogs

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The Midwest and South specialize in ___ with livestock, ranching concentrated in the ____

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specialize in agriculture (farming) with ranching in Texas and Arkansas

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Detroit (automobiles), Seattle (???)
Silicon Valley (???)

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Seattle-aircraft
Silicon Valley, CA-computers

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THe majority of Americans (??) trace their ancestry to Europe.

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70%

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Hispanic Americans (mainly from Central and South America) make up ?? %

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13%

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African Americans (???)

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12%

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Asian Americans (???)

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4%

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Native Americans (???)

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1%

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What percent of Americans live in cities and surrounding suburbs?

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80%

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What percentage of Americans live in poverty?

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10%+

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Name four subregions of the U.S.

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Northeast, Midwest, South, West

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The Northeast covers what percent of the nation's land area, but about ___ percent of the population?

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5% of the land, but 20% of the population.

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What are the six northern states of the subregions sometimes called?

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Maine Massachusetts
Vermont Rhode Island
New Hampshire Connecticut

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The Northeast region is sometimes referred to as the ___ to American for millions of immigrants from all over the world.

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America's Gateway

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What three natural resources fueled the industrialization of the region?

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Coal, iron, ore

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What is a region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together

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Megalopolis

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What cities are included in the "BosWash" megalopolis?

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Boston, New York City and Washington D.C.

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What is the country's cultural and financial center?

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New York City

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What is located near the southwestern shores of Lake Michigan and is the cultural, financial and transportation hub of the Midwest?

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Chicago

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What is the financial, trade and transportation center of the hub of the New South?

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Atlanta, Georgia

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What region stretches from the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean and includes Alaska to the North and Hawaii in the Pacific?

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The West

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What is the most rapidly growing region in the U.S.?

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The West

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The Appalachian Mountains extend from Newfoundland to what U.S. State?

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Alabama

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From where did the immigrants come in the last half of the 20th century?

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Latin American and Asia

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St. Augustine was founded in Florida

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1565

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What is a service industry?

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economic activity that produces a service rather than a product

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What percentage of Americans now work in service related jobs?

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75%