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42 Cards in this Set
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United States and Canada |
North America 4/5 |
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The region is know as Anglo America because both countries: |
Culturally
• were colonies of Great Britain at one time • both speak English
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2 Countries are bound together by: |
• Physical Geography • Cultural Heritage • Economic • Political |
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In total land area |
• Russian ranks 1st • Canada ranks 2nd • United States rank 3rd |
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Canada and United States make up ____th of the land surface of the earth |
1/8 th |
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Landforms |
Gulf Coastal Plain Piedmont Appalachian Mountains |
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Gulf Mexico from Florida to Texas |
Gulf Coastal Plain |
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Low plateau is found at the foot of a mountains chains.Usually has rivers and steam |
Piedmont |
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Appalachian Mountains |
• is one of two major mountain chains in the United States • runs north and south • extend 1,600 miles from Newfoundland in Canada to Alabama • very old- 400 million years old- have been eroded by elements • |
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Interior Lowlands |
• flatten by the huge glaciers thousands of years ago • thousands of lakes,rivers,and world's most fertile land • three sub-regions of the Interior Lowlands |
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Three sub-regions of Interior Lowlandse |
• Canadian Sheilds • Interior Plains • Great Plains |
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Rocky Mountains |
• series of mountain ranges that extend 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico • 80 millions years old- young mountain range many mountain peaks 12,000ft. plus
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The line of highest points in the Rockies that marks the separation between rivers glowing eastward and westward. |
Continental Divide |
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North Americas highest peak |
Mt . McKinley in Alaska 20,320ft |
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United States and Canada are bound by three oceans: |
• Atlantic • Pacific • Artic • United States is also bounded by Gulf of Mexico |
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____ of the world's 15 largest lakes are found in United States and Canada |
Eight |
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Great Lakes |
• Huron • Ontario • Michigan • Erie • Superior
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The continent's longest and busiest river system is the _______-_______-_______ River system |
• Mississippi • Missouri • Ohio |
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Canada's longest river is the ________ |
MacKenzie River |
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North America is the world's leading export is |
Food |
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How much of Canada is covered by woodlands |
1/2 |
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How much of the United States is covered by Woodlands |
1/3 |
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Most Canada's _____ goes to _____ |
Energy exports & United States |
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The Artic Coast of Alaska and Canada have ____ climate and vegetation |
Tundra |
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Permanently frozen ground |
Permafrost |
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In the United States only ( )______ and ( ) ____________have tropic climates |
1 Hawaii 2 Southern Florida |
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A huge swampland that covers 4,000 miles in Southern Florida
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Everglades |
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Great Plains are called |
Tornado Alley |
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People who moved place to place |
Nomads |
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Were the first inhabitants of the area of the North America now known as the United States and Canada |
Nomads |
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The first inhabitants to the North America migrated from _____ &______ |
Asia & Belgingia |
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A land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska |
Beringia |
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Water channel between Russia and Alaska |
Bering Strait |
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Early settlements became permanent after agricultural replacement hunting and gathering as the primary method of food product about |
3,000 years ago |
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Canada's 2 major cites |
Toronto in Ontario Montreal located in Quebec |
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United States 2 major cities |
New York City Los Angeles |
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Across upstate New York open in 1825 and made the navigable water link between the Atlantic and ______ |
Erie Canal & Great Lakes |
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North America's most important Deepwater ship route and lowered as a joint project of the United States in 1869 |
St.Lawrence Seaway |
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Sections of waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised and lowered |
Locks |
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The first ______________ was completed across the United States in 1869 |
Transcontinental Railroad |
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The United States had about _______ miles of road xwhul Canada had about ______ miles |
4 million & 560,000 miles |
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Factors the develop where cities develop |
• Being near water • Landscape • Climate • Avaliablity of Resources |
