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25 Cards in this Set
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Name 3 major cities in US on a river
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Cincinnati- Ohio River
New Orleans- Mississippi Jaurez- Rio Grande |
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Name the 5 great lakes
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Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
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Where is most food grown in the US? It has rich soil and a great cilmate
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Great Plains
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What covers most of western US & Canada?
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Mountains and deserts
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Cordillera
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2 Mt. ranges that are parallel to one another
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What has smaller mountains and canyons, and contains the Grand Canyon?
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Great Basin
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What 2 dams help the desert areas conserve water?
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Hoover & Colorado
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When did Christopher Columbus reach the Caribean?
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1492
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What were most explorers looking for?
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Land & gold
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Taking land, fighting wars, & bringing disease
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Taking land, fighting wars, & bringing diesase
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Who mainly settled Canada? US? Mexico?
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French, Brittish, & Spanish
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Indigenous people
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Native people
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Indigenous:
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Native Americans
Inuit Mayan/ Aztec |
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How is the economy in the US? Canada?
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Less gov regulations of business; controls some businesses and all health care
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When was the global recession
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2007
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What caused changes in the economy?
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-farming, fishing, & lodging
- manufacturing - service jobs (computers, info technologies) |
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What is the Mexican culture a blend of?
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Aztec/ Mayan & Spanish
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Mestizo
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People of mixed ancestry
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90% of Mexico is what religon?
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Roman Catholic
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What city in Mexico contains 20% of the pop.?
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Capital- Mexico City
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What allowed more trade between US, Canada, & Mexico?
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NAFTA (1994)
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Who controled the gov in Mexico b/w 1920-2000?
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Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
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What kind of gov does Mexico have now?
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Multi-party democracy
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What is the pace of changes in Mexico?
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Slow
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What are some problems in Mexico?
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Drug cartels & corrupt gov officials
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