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21 Cards in this Set
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what do we call an area where the people share a language, history, and set of beleifs?
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Cultural Region
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On a map a line that runs parellel to the equator is a line of?
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Latitude
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What mountain region extends north and south along the Atlantic Coastal plain?
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Appalachian Mountains
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T or F the continent of North America includes Greenland?
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True
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What word best describes the climate of most of North America?
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Temperate
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The Officail with the most power in Canadian government is who?
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Prime Minister
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What did Hernan Cortes do in 1521?
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Conquered the Aztecs for Spain
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T or F The Amazon is a huge river because of its many tributaries?
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True
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Most of Latin America lies in which climate region?
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Tropical Zone
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What marked the end of the Mexican war with the United Statesin 1848?
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The treaty of Guata Loopa
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In modern Mexico, why have so many people moved to the Urban areas?
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they wnat to escape the poverty
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In 1990, Octavio Paz won the Noble Prize for his work in what area?
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Literature
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In the past 50 years, most of the population growth in South America countries were what type of government?
a.rain forest b.mountains c.cities |
C. Cities
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Many people living in Peru are descendents of the Inca who speak what language?
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Quencha
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What is a narrow deep inlet of the sea called?
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Fjord
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Under the Midevil system of Manoiralism, the lord of the manor recieved food and labor from the peasants in exchange for what?
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Protection
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In ancient Rome, a wealty landowner was called what?
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Patrician
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In 1215, the Magna carta limited to power of who?
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King
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Leonardo Da vinci was an important artist and inventor during what period?
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Rennesance
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By the 1930's Hitler blamed his country's financial problems on who?
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Western Europe
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The united Kingdom has what kind of government?
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Constututional Monarchy
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