Worl Geography Unit 1.

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The colonial period lasted from what date to what date?

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1565-1776

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One of the three major countries involved in the settlement of the us was?

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Spain

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The earliest cities in the northeast sprang up along what topographical feature?

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Fall lines

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Us expansion to this territory occured when it was purchased from russia in 1867?

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Alaska

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The territory which doubled the size of the us in 1803 was?

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Lousiana

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The 1st planned city in the us was?

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Washington D.C

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One of the three major countries involved in the us settlement was?

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Britain

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One of the largest metropolitain areas in the us stretches from boston to

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washington dc

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The percentage of the american workforce engaged in agg is

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2%

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the 1st permanent english colony in north america was established in 1607 at

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Jamestown

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One of the major crops to be found on plantations in the south was

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cotton

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one on the three major countries involved in the settlement of the u.s was

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France

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Territory annexed by the us in 1898 was

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hawaii

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the country's interest in settleing of north america centered on wealth and power and locating the cities of gold

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spain

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the colonial group based its economy on primaraly farming

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new england, mid atlantic, and southern

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the country's interest in in settling of north america centered on fur trade

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France

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the colonial group which has its economy on small farms trade and fishing besides new england was the

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Mid atlantic

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one of the major crops to be found on plantaions in the south

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tabacco

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Manufacturing takes up what percent of the us economy

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20%

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the direction of territorial expantsion for the us was

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east-west

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the # of colonies established by the english along the atlantic coastal in what is now us was

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13

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The plantation system is associated whith which colonial group?

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Southern

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the greatest mover of goods in the us is by what transportation network

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inland boating

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a diverse pop is major characteristic associated with which of the colonial groups?

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new england, mid atlantic and southern

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the battle of alamo involved gov. troops from Mexico and rebels that were legal citizens of what country?

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us

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Type of economic change in which less emphasis is placed on heavy industry and more on service and high-tech buisnesses is known as

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post industriel economy

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The % of the world's exports provided by the us is

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10%

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The taxes placed on imports from another country are known as

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tariffs

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what % of the american workforce is engage in service industries?

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75%

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one of the states found in the southern colonies was

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south carolina

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the # of contigous states between Mexico and canada

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48

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one of the states found in the mid atlantic was

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pennsylvania

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one of the magor reasons hawaii was anexed by the us was that it served as a refuiling and supply stop for ships trading with

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asia

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the mexican general who led forves against the rebels at the alamo was

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Santa anna

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what is the # of metropolitan areas that can be found in the us?

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276

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the revolutionary war officially ended with the signing of the

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treaty of paris

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how many people can be found living in the largest metropolitain areas that can be found in the us.

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42 million

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the president to order the exploration of the louisiana territory was

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Jefferson

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when the territory of the gadsden purchase was acquired in 1853 this gave the us

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a southern railroad route to the pacific

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the colonial period in america ended with the

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declaration of independence

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in the territorial expansion of the us in 1819 florida was obtained from spain in exchange for the us giving up clains to

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texas

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which of the following crops was not a major plantaion crop?
a. wheat b.tabacco c. sugarcane d. cotton

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a wheat

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in the war with mexico the us claimed the boundry to be the

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rio grande

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the oregon territory was acquired by the us in 1846 from

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england

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the annual birthrate for the us is

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.5

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what % of the us pop can be found living in a metropolitin areas in the us

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80%

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the pop in the us is just over

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3 million

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the treaty that was removed trade restrictions between the us and its neighboring countries is known as

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nafta

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land vontrolled by an outside country is the definition for

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colony

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earning more from evports than it spends on imports is the definition for

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trade surplus

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policy/belief that the us had the right to expand its territory from the atlantic to pacific was known as

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manifest destiny

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converting old favtories for use in new industries is the definition for

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retooling

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over how many millions of miles roads can be found in the us

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3.9 million

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the first immigrants to north america came from

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asia

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the movement of people from one country into another is a definiton for

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immigration

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the ws mode of transportation that carries the least amount of good is

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airplanes

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most residential areas found on the outside of a city are known as

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suberbs