Deck 6: The United States and Canada

Question 1

Where are immigrants to Canada likely to settle?

A)British Columbia
B)Quebec
C)Saskatchewan
D)Ontario
E)all of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

All of the following is true about Canadian oil reserves,except:

A)second only to Saudi Arabia
B)extracted from tar sands
C)located in Alberta
D)degraded 1 million acres of forest
E)bitumen extraction is toxic

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The total amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual is called:

A)acid rain
B)pollution
C)carbon footprint
D)cap and trade
E)GHGs

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What is the most serious environmental challenge for Canadians and Americans?

A)acid rain
B)energy consumption
C)climate change
D)water conservation
E)industrial agriculture

Question 5

Estimates of Indigenous populations at the time of European contact range between ________ and ________.

A)1 million;2 million
B)18 million;25 million
C)18 million;50 million
D)1 million;18 million
E)1 million;6 million

Question 6

What two active crustal plates create friction on the west coast of North America?

A)Pacific Plate,Cocos
B)Pacific,Juan de Fuca
C)Juan de Fuca,Cocos
D)Pacific,Nazca
E)Juan de Fuca,Nazca

Question 7

What are genetically modified organisms (GMO)?

A)modified in a controlled environment
B)produced close to where consumed
C)sourced without use of chemicals
D)response to global food industry
E)none of the above

Question 8

Most of the agricultural productivity of the United States and Canada is concentrated in which two physiographic regions?

A)Coastal Ranges and Intermontane Basin and Plateau
B)Coastal Ranges and Great Plains
C)Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain and Great Plains
D)Interior Highlands and Interior Lowlands
E)Interior Lowlands and Great Plains

Question 9

What best describes the third wave of internal migration in the U.S.?

A)demand for skilled and unskilled labor
B)African American movement from South
C)50% increase in Rustbelt
D)98 % increase in Sunbelt
E)agricultural mechanization reducing jobs

Question 10

In both Canada and the United States,________ was far and away the most influential of the four colonial powers.

A)France
B)Great Britain
C)Spain
D)the Netherlands
E)none of the above

Question 11

What body of water is an important source of moisture and hurricanes in the southeastern U.S.?

A)Gulf of Mexico
B)Great Lakes
C)Mississippi River
D)Colorado River
E)none of the above

Question 12

Shifting cultivation in North America referred to what major Indigenous foodstuffs?

A)squash,wild berries,deer
B)maize,tomatoes,potatoes
C)maize,squash,beans,tobacco
D)tobacco,fish,migrating birds
E)none of the above

Question 13

What the most navigable river system in the world?

A)Columbia
B)Colorado
C)Mississippi-Missouri
D)Great Lakes
E)Yukon

Question 14

Where does the majority of illegal marijuana production take place in North America?

A)Western Coasts of the United States and Canada
B)Western Coast of the United States only
C)Appalachian Mountains
D)Rocky Mountains
E)Great Plains

Question 15

What water source irrigates the agriculture of the Pacific Valley?

A)Mississippi River
B)Colorado River
C)Columbia River
D)Pacific Ocean
E)Rio Grande River

Question 16

The U.S.population is projected to increase to over ________ by mid-21^st Century.

A)250 million
B)425 million
C)400 million
D)300 million
E)1 billion

Question 17

The major landform feature of the eastern United States and Canada is:

A)Gulf-Coastal Plain
B)Interior Lowlands
C)Interior Highlands
D)Appalachian Mountains
E)Rocky Mountains

Question 18

What is one of the effects of climate change in North America?

A)increase in storm-surge flooding
B)increase of wildfire risk
C)increase of mosquito-borne disease
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 19

What physiographic region is rich in minerals from its geological age?

A)Canadian Shield
B)Hudson Bay Lowlands
C)Great Plains
D)Interior Lowlands
E)Volcanic Islands

Question 20

In 2014,approximately what was the size of the U.S.economy?

A)$10.4 trillion
B)$17.4 trillion
C)$17.6 trillion
D)$14.7 trillion
E)none of the above

Question 21

The North America Act of 1867:

A)dissolved the colonial status of the United States
B)dissolved the colonial status of Canada
C)dissolved the French claims to the Louisiana Purchase
D)abolished slavery in Canada
E)created a nationwide immigration quota system in the United States

Question 22

First Nations in Canada would rank ________ on the U.N.Human Development Index,if viewed separately from the rest of the country.

A)23
B)45
C)60
D)78
E)85

Question 23

What was the basis of Canada's atypical economy?

A)urban-based manufacturing
B)unprocessed resources for export
C)finance,insurance,real estate (FIRE)
D)public administration
E)professional and technical services

Question 24

What is the economic process of withdrawing investments from low profit sectors and reinvesting in new activities?

A)deindustrialization
B)staples economy
C)creative destruction
D)mass-market manufacturing
E)none of the above

Question 25

Which non-Indigenous settlers dominated Canada into the 18^th Century?

A)British
B)Dutch
C)French
D)Irish
E)American

Question 26

Where was the "new economy" born in the U.S.?

A)Los Angeles,CA
B)New York City,NY
C)Seattle,WA
D)Silicon Valley,CA
E)Phoenix,AZ

Question 27

The largest current source of immigrants to the United States is:

A)Canada
B)Mexico
C)Panama
D)Honduras
E)Japan

Question 28

Which of the following cities is Canada's largest employment hub?

A)Montreal
B)Vancouver
C)Toronto
D)Ottawa
E)Halifax

Question 29

How much money will a typical woman in the U.S.and Canada lose in the gender pay gap?

A)$4,310,000
B)$431,000
C)$43,100
D)$4,310
E)$431

Question 30

Over half of Canadian exports go to:

A)the United States
B)Great Britain
C)France
D)Japan
E)Mexico

Question 31

Which war had the highest casualities in U.S.military personnel?

A)Revolutionary War
B)Civil War
C)World War II
D)Vietnam War
E)War on Terror

Question 32

What new province was created from the Northwest Territories and has representation in the Canadian Parliament?

A)Inuktitut
B)Nunavut
C)Dinetah
D)^Yukon
E)none of the above

Question 33

A federal state is a form of government in which power is partially allocated to:

A)local governments with the country
B)a county within a country
C)political parties who choose the national leadership
D)a central government within a country
E)none of the above

Question 34

How much is the legal marijuana market worth in the U.S.?

A)10.2 million
B)10.2 billion
C)2.7 billion
D)2.7 million
E)none of the above

Question 35

Which group of people did Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 target?

A)Central American migrants
B)Muslim immigrants from Africa
C)LGBT communities
D)second wave immigrants
E)pro-choice and women's rights groups

Question 36

Which of the following Indigenous tribes inhabited the southeastern U.S.?

A)Cherokee,Chickasaw,Mohawk
B)Cherokee,Chickasaw,Seminole
C)Choctaw,Seminole,Navajo
D)Mohawk,Chickasaw,Inuit
E)none of the above

Question 37

What does Canadian public policy advocate for different ethnic groups?

A)assimilation
B)cultural nationalism
C)multiculturalism
D)globalization
E)federalism

Question 38

The primary source of labor for America's first tobacco,indigo,and cotton plantations were from:

A)African slaves
B)Indentured servants
C)Yeomen farmers
D)Native Americans
E)single women and children

Question 39

Which of the following U.S states will have a majority-minority population of over 50% minorities by 2040?

A)New York
B)Florida
C)California
D)Illinois
E)all of the above

Question 40

Which of the following is not true about unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)?

A)deployed in Pakistan since 2004
B)used by U.S.Coast guard and city police
C)authorized by U.S.House Resolution #658
D)unauthorized for use by Canadian border agency
E)none of the above

Question 41

What did the U.S.Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)legalize?

A)undocumented aliens since 1982
B)young immigrants deported to Mexico
C)law enforcement investigation of immigration status
D)immigrant victims of hate crimes
E)none of the above

Question 42

What is the largest religious group within the United States?

A)Roman Catholics
B)Baptists
C)Evangelicals
D)Lutherans
E)Episcopalians

Question 43

What is the fertility rate in the U.S.?

A)2.5
B)1.8
C)1
D)2.1
E)2.3

Question 44

What year is considered the last year of the "old economy" in global economic history?

A)1938
B)1974
C)1954
D)1980
E)1975

Question 45

All of the following is true about the Great Recession,except:

A)crisis felt equally in Canada and U.S.
B)U.S.wars financed by overseas borrowing
C)decreased consumer confidence
D)instantaneous global impact
E)all of the above are true

Question 46

Climate change is expected to increase maximum summer temperatures over the global mean in what part of the U.S.?

A)northwest
B)northeast
C)southwest
D)southeast
E)arctic

Question 47

Approximately half of current migrants to Canada come from:

A)Asia
B)Great Britain
C)the Caribbean Basin
D)Mexico
E)United States

Question 48

What is significant about the North American Boreal Forest?

A)also known as a taiga or "snow forest"
B)nursery to 3 billion birds
C)regulates climate and carbon levels
D)rising temperature is biggest threat
E)all of the above

Question 49

Who has faced increasing poverty in Canada?

A)children
B)elders
C)college graduates
D)young professionals
E)all of the above

Question 50

Which of the following sports is a U.S.innovation?

A)rugby
B)soccer
C)baseball
D)golf
E)all of the above

Question 51

The Oregon Trail (1834-1858)began in which U.S.state?

A)Kansas
B)Missouri
C)Louisiana
D)Mississippi
E)Virginia

Question 52

What is an intermontane physiographic region in North America?

A)Great Smoky Mountain range
B)Rocky Mountain range
C)basins,plateaus and small ranges in between mountains
D)Mississippi-Missouri River system
E)none of the above

Question 53

Where was the world's largest accidental oil spill to date?

A)Prince William Sound,1989
B)Gulf of Mexico,2010
C)Santa Barbara,2015
D)none of the above
E)impossible to quantify

Question 54

What generates acid rain?

A)industrial activity
B)automobile emissions
C)genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
D)industrial activity and automobile emissions
E)all of the above

Question 55

When was the beginning of the environmental movement in the U.S.and Canada?

A)1960s-1970s
B)1940s-1950s
C)1850s-1860s
D)1880s-1890s
E)none of the above

Question 56

Which of the following does not represent the women's movement in the U.S.?

A)environmental protection
B)birth control
C)disarmament
D)voting rights
E)working conditions

Question 57

The largest non-Christian religion in the United States is:

A)Hinduism
B)Judaism
C)Buddhism
D)Islam
E)Shintoism

Question 58

What best describes the U.S.national character after the Revolutionary War?

A)Protestantism,individualism,equality
B)liberalism,capitalism,secularism
C)liberalism,individualism,capitalism
D)capitalism,Catholicism,federalism
E)federalism,collectivism,Protestantism

Question 59

The United States is the largest global consumer of energy,second only to what country?

A)Canada
B)China
C)Russia
D)Japan
E)United Kingdom

Question 60

When did the U.S.hold the view of the government as a guarantor of social welfare?

A)1890s
B)1920s
C)1930s
D)1970s
E)1980s

Question 61

Which of the following statements describe the Bible Belt?

A)stretches from Texas to Missouri
B)based on Protestant denominations
C)includes Catholicism
D)stretches from Texas to Missouri;based on Protestant denominations
E)all of the above

Question 62

Which of the following is true about Canadian culture?

A)30% of radio music must be Canadian
B)Superman was invented by a Canadian
C)Neil Young,Jim Carrey,k.d.lang,the New Pornographers
D)all of the above
E)none of the above

Question 63

What is Americanization?

A)Coca-Cola,Hollywood movies,rap
B)U.S.products as symbolism
C)perception of luxury,youth,beauty and freedom
D)international familiarity of U.S.brands
E)all of the above

Question 64

How is gender viewed in the U.S.?

A)the way we present ourselves to the world
B)the essence of our physical characteristics
C)male/female dichotomy
D)behavior based on biological factors
E)none of the above

Question 65

How does Devin Allen change U.S.perceptions of race and violence?

A)protests police violence in Detroit
B)photographs life in Baltimore
C)prevents immigrant deportation in Tucson
D)leads Black Lives Matter movement in Washington,D.C.
E)provides legal aid to immigrants in San Diego