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Unit 2 US and Canada
Spalding Academy Geography 2012
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A high point or ridge that determines the direction rivers flow | Divide |
| The source of river waters | Headwaters |
| Smaller river or stream that feeds into a larger river | Tributary |
| A boundary in the eastern US where the higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic coastal plain | Fall line |
| Elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow | Timberline |
| Seasonal warm wind that blows down the Rockies in late winter and early spring | Chinook |
| Violent thunderstorms that can spawn tornadoes | Supercell |
| A large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters | Hurricane |
| A snowstorm with winds of more than 35 miles per hour, temperatures below freezing, and visibility of less than 500 get for 3 hours or more | Blizzard |
| The movement of people into one country from another | Immigration |
| The movement of people from rural areas into cities | Urbanization |
| Region that includes a central city and its surrounding suburbs | Metropolitan area |
| Outlying areas around a city | Suburbs |
| A "super-city" that is made up of several large and small cities such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C. | Megalopolis |
| Able to move from place to place | Mobility |
| Form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials | Republic |
| Farming method used in dry regions in which land is plowed and planted deeply to hold water in soil | Dry farming |
| A partially self-governing country with close ties to another country | Dominion |
| Speaking or using two languages | Bilingual |
| Level of education and income | Socioeconomic status |
| The percentage of people in a given place who can read and write | Literacy rate |
| Love for or devotion to one's country | Patriotism |
| What is the population of the US? | 307 million people |
| What is the population of Canada? | 33 million people |
| What type of government do the US and Canada have? | They are democracies with federal systems |
| Who is the leader of the US? | Obama |
| Who is the leader of Canada? | Stephen Harper |
| The congress of the US is made up of two houses. What are they called? | Senate and House of Representatives |
| The Parliament of Canada is made up of two houses. What are they called? | Senate and House of Commons |
| Name the four reasons why the climate in the West varies widely. | Latitude, elevation, ocean currents, rainfall |
| Choose a type of climate in the US/Canada. Describe the climate and where it is | Steppe/desert: Death Valley (134ºF), desert scrub/grassland |
| Name a type of pollution, where it is, what causes it, how to fix it. | Example: Acid rain, forms from chemical emissions/cars, eastern US, improve air quality |
| What is Boswash an example of? | A megalopolis |
| How are the population patterns of the US/Canada similar? Different? | Both have low population density. US wide spread. Canada bunched up near border. |
| What are the advantages/disadvantages of living in a megalopolis? | Yes: job, education, hospitals No: pollution, traffic, stress |
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