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Vocabulary: 2 Points

The Answer Is :literacy

The Question Is :What is the word with the following definition: “the ability to read and write?”Stop!

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The Answer Is :Industrial Revolution

The Question Is :What introduced the era of factory-made goods? Stop!

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Vocabulary: 4 Points

The Answer Is :Rivers and streams that flow into a river

The Question Is :What is a “tributary?”

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Vocabulary: 5 Points

The Answer Is :Boundary separating rivers flowing west from rivers flowing east

The Question Is :What is the “continental divide?”

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Vocabulary: 6 Points

The Answer Is :The area served by a city

The Question Is :What is a “hinterland?”

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Vocabulary: 7 Points

The Answer Is :Gross national product

The Question Is :What is “the total value of a nation’s output of goods and services, including the output of domestic firms in foreign countries and excluding the domestic output of foreign firms?”

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Vocabulary: 8 Points

The Answer Is :Measurement of a person’s or a group’s education, housing, health care, and nutrition

The Question Is :What is a “standard of living?”

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Vocabulary: 9 Points

The Answer Is :A system that allows individuals to own, operate, and profit from their own businesses

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The Question Is :Why are Canada’s climates usually colder than the United States’ climates?

The Answer Is :Because Canada is farther north of the equator than the U.S.

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Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 2 Points

The Question Is :Which one of these has tundra regions – the U.S., Canada, or both?

The Answer Is :Both

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Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 3 Points

The Question Is :True or False – While Canada has mixed forest regions, the United States does not.

The Answer Is :False

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Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 4 Points

The Question Is :True or False – Although there is a large number of people living on farms, only about a quarter of the land in the U.S. is devoted to agriculture.

The Answer Is :False

Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 5 Points

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The Question Is :Are forests vital to the energy supply and economy of the United States?

The Answer Is :No

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Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 6 Points

The Question Is :Both the United States and Canada have temperate ________ regions.

The Answer Is :Grassland

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Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 7 Points

The Question Is :What are the two most common climate regions in Canada?

The Answer Is :Subarctic and tundra

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Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 8 Points

The Question Is :The United States relies mostly on fossil fuels for energy creation. What type of energy does Canada mostly rely on?

The Answer Is :Hydroelectricity

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Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 9 Points

The Answer Is :The Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains

The Question Is :What are two major landforms that stretch across both the United States and Canada?Stop!

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Landforms: 2 Points

The Answer Is :Rain shadow

The Question Is :Because the Rocky Mountains block moisture-laden winds from the Pacific Ocean, the eastern slopes and plains lie in a(n) __________.Stop!

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Landforms: 3 Points

The Answer Is :The Appalachian Mountains have been worn down by rain, ice, and wind over time.

The Question Is :Why are the peaks of the Rocky Mountains higher and more jagged than the peaks of the Appalachian Mountains?

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Landforms: 4 Points

The Answer Is :The Canadian Shield

The Question Is :What is the vast expanse of ancient rock (in Canada) that is located around the Hudson Bay?Stop!

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Landforms: 5 Points

The Answer Is :No, just Canada

The Question Is :Are the Laurentian Highlands located in both the U.S. and Canada? Stop!

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Landforms: 7 Points

The Answer Is :From north to south

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Landforms: 8 Points

The Answer Is :Entire area of land whose runoff is collected by a major river and its tributaries

The Question Is :What is a drainage basin?

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Landforms: 9 Points

The Answer Is :It linked the Hudson River in New York and the Great Lakes in the Midwest, greatly increasing the trade between the two regions

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Population: 2 Points

The Answer Is :False

The Question Is :True or false – The populations of the United States and Canada live a predominantly rural lifestyle.Stop!

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The Answer Is :A lot

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Population: 3 Points

The Answer Is :True

The Question Is :True or False – The majority of the American population lives in or around a major city.

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Population: 5 Points

The Answer Is :Regional metropolis

The Question Is :Which has a larger hinterland – a regional metropolis such as Atlanta or a regular city such as Tucson?Stop!

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Population: 6 Points

The Answer Is :Because of a popular preference for warmer climates

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The Answer Is :No

The Question Is :Did the availability of inexpensive land in major cities contribute to the growth of suburbs?

Population: 7 Points

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The Answer Is :Communication by electronic means and because it allowed people to communicate across long distances

The Question Is :What is telecommunications and why was the invention of the telegraph so important?

Population: 8 Points

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The Answer Is :The United States

The Question Is :Most Canadians live within 200 miles of what?

Population: 9 Points

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The Answer Is :The Great Lakes

The Question Is :Chicago and Toronto are both located on what lakes? Stop!

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Cities: 2 Points

The Answer Is :The Atlantic Coast

The Question Is :All major American cities were located along what during the first 50 years of independence?Stop!

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Cities: 3 Points

The Answer Is :A major city and its surrounding suburbs

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Cities: 4 Points

The Answer Is :True

The Question Is :True or false – The U.S. and the rest of the world serve as a hinterland for the cities of New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

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Cities: 5 Points

The Answer Is :Hierarchy

The Question Is :Cities can be placed in a ________, or rank, according to their function.Stop!

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Cities: 6 Points

The Answer Is :To encourage farming on the Great Plains

The Question Is :Why did the government give parcels of land to settlers in the 1800’s?Stop!

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Cities: 7 Points

The Answer Is :It contributed to their growth

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Cities: 8 Points

The Answer Is :It had the best location along the railroad network, and it was located centrally between the coasts

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Cities: 9 Points