Exam 4: North America

__________ were source areas for westward migration,and migrants from these regions carried with them the cultural traditions from their culture hearth.

Which of the following places is not a Canadian province?

The __________ is an area of ancient rock and forest that covers much of central Canada around the __________.

Which region is the economic heart of the United States and Canada,and home to more than a third of each country's population?

The European invasion of North America proved devastating to the indigenous populations.A common practice during this time was to force these native groups to restricted areas called __________.

The __________ part of the North American continent is marked by north-south mountain ranges contained in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Mountains and Valleys.

The pace of growth in the United States is more rapid than the world average but slower than many other industrialized countries.

Projections are that there is more oil in the tar sands of Canada than in the underground reserves of Saudi Arabia.

The __________ is growing rapidly,especially in its urban and suburban areas.This is putting stress on the physical environment,particularly its __________.

Canada's best farmland is located along the St.Lawrence River and in the southern Prairie Provinces of Manitoba,Saskatchewan and Alberta.

As you move north from Boston into the rest of New England,the Canadian Maritimes,and Quebec,the economy is increasingly based on primary industries such as forestry and fishing.

For an independent Quebec to remain economically competitive,they would not need the northern Cree region to remain part of the province in order to use the resources and energy found there.

To the north of the continent is the __________,geologically the oldest part of North America,and a sparsely populated area with poor soils.

Toronto has by far the largest population of any of Canada's provinces,with about 39 percent of the total.

Until the late nineteenth century,American cities were small,compact,and centrally oriented: everything was located within walking distance.What changed this pattern?

The Europeans,mainly the ___________,__________ and __________,left a strong imprint on their North American colonies.

The North American realm extends from the polar regions of northern Canada and Alaska all the way south through Mexico and the countries of Central America.

By 2010,the __________ made up more than three quarters of the United States' economy,as measured by its share of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

In the 2016 US presidential campaign,the republican party candidate ran on a controversial platform to build a solid wall along the US-Mexico border to prevent people from crossing the border illegally.

South of Boston the low-lying states of New England were the center of colonial settlement in the region and were the birthplace of America's __________.