Exam 2: North America

Approximately what percent of the North American population is employed in agriculture?

While they differ in size of population,the sizes of the Canadian and the U.S.economies are roughly similar.

All of the following have been main bases for U.S.interest and spending EXCEPT:

What name is given to the entire mountainous mass in western North America?

By 1822 the center of manufacturing in North America had become:

The increase in birth rate that took place in the United States after World War II,from 1947 to 1964,is called the:

Dead zones tend to occur in isolated lakes in the continental interior of North America.

Roughly __________ percent of U.S.residents use the Internet regularly.

The largest part of Canada's economy is service-based.

Research indicates that a majority of North Americans favor separation of church and state.

It is believed that following the United States' projected withdrawal from Iraq in 2014,all ties will be cut to the region to prevent further unrest.

In contrast to the United States' approach to foreign policy,Canada seeks to promote democracy by:

Conservative Christian groups have attempted to impose political restrictions on marriage for:

In addition to irrigation,farmers on the Great Plains have turned to using fossil water from the Ogallala,the largest of what type of feature in the region?

Immigrants and their children accounted for less than half of North American population growth in the 1990s.

The term used to describe a married mother and father and their children is:

Which of the following is true regarding the high-tech industry today?

Today,there are more Latinos than African Americans in North America.

Approximately what percent of American children in 2010 lived in poverty?

The colonial economies in what region of North America depended on cash crops such as cotton and tobacco?