Exam 6: The United States and Canada

What is defined as the withdrawal of investments from activities (and regions) that yield low rates of profit in order to reinvest in new activities (and new places)?

Match the capitals with the U.S. states and Canadian provinces. -Quebec

Discuss the African-American internal migration in the United States. When did this migration begin? What regions were involved in this migration flow? What were the push/pull factors associated with this movement?

The first inhabitants of North America probably originated in what is today northern ________ and ________.

If this state were a country, it would have the sixth largest GNP in the world.

Match the capitals with the U.S. states and Canadian provinces. -New York

This is the largest landowner in the "New West."

Most Canadians are of:

Evidence exists that Inuits had trading relations with Norse settlers as early as the ________ century A.D.

Southern and Eastern Europeans made up most of the Third Wave of immigration to North America.

The urbanization rate for North America is approximately:

Discuss the three waves of immigration into the United States. What were the push and pull factors associated with each wave? What were the approximate time frames and source areas for each of these external migration streams?

What was the purpose of the North America Act of 1867?

The current population of the United States is:

Match the capitals with the U.S. states and Canadian provinces. -California

The Second Wave of immigrants were considered the most desirable to the United States.

Match the capitals with the U.S. states and Canadian provinces. -Virginia

French is an official language in Canada.

Although its inhabitants have diverse origins, North America is considered Europeanized because of the predominance of:

The gap between rich and poor in the United States is widening.