Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
40 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Who did America purchase Alaska from?
|
Russia
|
|
|
What is Nunavut?
|
It is the northern part of Canada and in parts of Greenland. Country with in a country. Innuit
|
|
|
What cities were created before Atlanta and why?
|
Macon, Augusta, and Columbus. Because they were port cities.
|
|
|
Example of a coastal plains city?
|
Tifton, Valdosta and Albany.
|
|
|
Example of a fall line city?
|
Macon, Columbus, Augusta.
|
|
|
Example of a piedmont city?
|
Atlanta and Athens
|
|
|
Example of an Appalachian highlands city?
|
Dalton and Ellijay
|
|
|
Who is Professor Doran rooting for?
|
Boston
|
|
|
Tropcal climates?
|
Miami and Caribbean
|
|
|
Try and Arid Climates?
|
Las Vegas
|
|
|
Mediterranean Climates?
|
LA and Greece
|
|
|
Humid Subtropical Climate?
|
Atlanta
|
|
|
Marine West Coast?
|
Seattle-rain
|
|
|
Continental Climate?
|
Chicago, Illinois
|
|
|
Polar climate?
|
Nunavut
|
|
|
Highland climate?
|
Denver, Colorado
|
|
|
Most seismic states in the United States?
|
Oregon, Washington, Alaska and California.
|
|
|
Other high risk seismic cities?
|
Yellowstone, Knoxville, Montreal, Boston, Charleston and Memphis.
|
|
|
Urban Sprawl
|
Cutting down trees for urbanization which leads to smog and heat.
|
|
|
Examples of a European City Model?
|
Quebec and Boston
|
|
|
Example of a Megalopolis?
|
Boston to Washington D.C.
|
|
|
Canadas Main Street?
|
Quebec to Detroit. A merging string of cities and their suburbs.
|
|
|
LA model?
|
Sprawl due to automobiles and subdivisions. Examples) Atlanta, Dallas and Houston.
|
|
|
Urban Primacy
|
Atlanta and Paris. Often a city of gov't, a financial center and a media/entertainment center.
|
|
|
Megacity and examples
|
Any city with 10,000,000 people or more. Examples) NYC and LA
|
|
|
Edge City
|
Suburban downtowns. Shopping and highways. Cumberland and Perimeter.
|
|
|
Greater Antilles
|
Cuba, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Jamaica
|
|
|
Lesser Antilles
|
Barbados, Caribbean and Aruba.
|
|
|
What is the biggest river in the Great Plains?
|
Mississippi River
|
|
|
Which is more prepared for a major quake? United States, Mexico City or Japan?
|
Between the US and Mexico, the US is more prepared. But Japan is the most prepared.
|
|
|
Quebec
|
Speak French and are Catholic. More and more people are migrating there and choosing to learn English instead of French.
|
|
|
Vancouver
|
Han Chinese people moved from Hong Kong to Vancouver
|
|
|
American Southwest
|
Hispanics from Latin America
|
|
|
Miami immigrants?
|
Cubans, Haishans, Vietnamese.
|
|
|
New Orleans and Arcadian?
|
Creole and Cajun
|
|
|
Cajun decendants
|
French people kicked out of Canada by the British
|
|
|
Two examples of strong French influence in the Americas?
|
Louisiana and Quebec
|
|
|
1st wave of immigration
|
Europeans and Africans. Protestant Euros migrated from war. Africans were taken from Angola and Gambia.
|
|
|
5th wave of immigration?
|
Asians and Latin Americans. Asians migrated from Vietnam and Korean conflicts. Han chinese went to Vancouver. Some from Cuba to Miami
|
|
|
NAFTA
|
North American Free Trade Agreement, US captiol, Canadian Resources, and Mexican labor.
|
