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North America
Multiple Choice
Introduction
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D. 100
E. 98
Which of the following is inaccurate? Both Canada and the United
States:
A. are federal states
B. have plural societies
C. possess varied natural resource bases
*D. have large populations by world standards
E. have strongly urbanized populations
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C. line of equal
E. line of equal rainfall
C. Florida
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Cultural Geography
36. Which religious group does not fit with the area identified?
*A. Mormons and New York
B. Jews and urban areas
C. Baptists and the South
D. Catholics and the Northeast
E. Lutherans and the
upper Midwest
37. Which city contains the United States largest cluster of Asian
ethnics?
*A. Los Angeles
B. Miami
C. New York
D. Montreal
E. Pittsburgh
38. One of the fastest growing U.S. minorities is the:
*A. Asians
B. Italians
C. Jews
D. Farmers
E. Cajuns
39. A group which will soon become more numerous than Americans of
African descent are the:
*A. Hispanics
B. Amerindians
C. Pakistanis
D. Russians
E. Canadians
40. Which of the following areas has the least significant number of
Hispanics?
A. California
*B. Ohio
C. Florida
D. Texas
E. New Mexico
41. Which ethnic group does not fit with the area identified?
*A. Hispanics and Oregon
B. Asians and the Pacific coast
C. Native Americans in the West
D. Hispanics and South Florida
E. Jews and urban areas
43. Which of the following jobs belongs to the tertiary sector of the
American economy?
*A. computer systems specialist
B. chief executive of a multinational corporation
C. auto assembly line
welder
D. office receptionist
E. farmer
44. The transformation of raw materials into finished products is
associated with the ____________ sector of a nations economy.
A. primary
*B. secondary
C. tertiary
D. quaternary
E. quinary
45. Which of the following is not a fossil fuel?
A. natural gas
B. oil
*D. electricity
E. petroleum
C. coal
53. The geographic concept that best explains the persistence of industry
in the American Manufacturing Belt today is:
*A. historical inertia
B. supranationalism
C. the law of primate
activity
D. mental mapping
E. the tobacco lobby
54. Which of the following is false?
A. The U.S. microprocessor industry is concentrated in Silicon Valley.
B. The U.S. is currently in a post-industrial revolution
C. Silicon Valley may be thought of as a technopole
*D. The Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama turned out to be a great investment
for the state
government
E. Stanford University is an important component of Silicon Valley
Canada
55. Which city is located closest to the Canadian capital of Ottawa?
*A. Toronto
B. Windsor
C. Vancouver
D. Minneapolis
E. Washington, D.C.
56. Montreal and the lower course of the St. Lawrence Seaway are located
in the Canadian province of ________ .
A. British Colombia
B. Alberta
C. Nova Scotia
*D. Quebec
E. Ontario
57. The capital of Canada is:
A. Montreal
B. Toronto
D. Vancouver
E. Whitehorse
*C. Ottawa
C. 1914
C. Toronto
Cultural/Political Geography
74. The province that has threatened to leave the Canadian union
because of cultural and linguistic differences is:
*A. Quebec
B. Nunavut
C. NAFTA
D. Ontario
E. British Columbia
75. Which of the following is false?
A. the French speaking area of Canada is not exactly coterminous with the
province of Quebec
B. some English-speaking communities in Quebec have made it known that
they might want to
secede from Quebec
C. the Cree in Northern Quebec would also like independence from Canada
*D. Quebec has twice voted for independence
E. the territory of the Cree has significant hydroelectric power
Economic Geography
76. The most important sectors of the Canadian economy are:
A. primary and secondary*B. tertiary and quaternary C. primary and tertiary
D. secondary and tertiary E. maple leafs and ice hockey
77. Which of the following do not go together?
A. Canadian Shield - rich mineral deposits
B. Alberta - oil
*C. Manitoba - wheat
D. Southern Ontario - postindustrial transformation
E. Bananas - Nunavut
78. A regional state is:
A. a province about to secede from a country
B. a member of a supranational economic group
D. a grouping of provinces or states
NAFTA
French Canada
89. Which of the following is not part of the Francophone area?
A. southern part of Quebec
*B. New Brunswick C.
northern Maine
D. western New York
E. all of the above are parts of the Francophone area
90. A unique form of rural settlement developed in French Canada is
called:
*A. long lots
B. village centered agriculture
C. riverside lots
D. township and range
E. none of the above
91. Canadas large cluster of Francophones in New Brunswick are known
as:
*A. Acadians
B. Ontarioans
C. French
D. Brunswickers
E. none of the above
92. Quebec has:
A. a declining birth rate.
B. offered incentives for French speakers from elsewhere to move to Quebec.
*C. significant hydroelectric power.
D. a population that has rapidly urbanized.
E. all of the above are true.
The South
96. The North American region which has undergone the most change in
recent years is:
*A. the South
B. the Continental Core
C. Agricultural Heartland
D. New England/Atlantic Provinces
E. French Canada
97. The bulldozer revolution is associated with which region?
*A. the South
B. the Continental Core
C. Agricultural Heartland
D. New England/Atlantic Provinces
E. French Canada
98. The region with the greatest disparity in income between rich and
poor is:
*A. the South
B. the Continental Core
C. Agricultural Heartland
D. New England/Atlantic Provinces
E. French Canada
99. Which city bills itself as the Gateway to Latin America?
A. Tampa
B. Houston
*C. Miami
D. Georgia
E. New Orleans
100. Which of the following is not a demographic change that has occurred
in The South?
A. migration of whites from the North
B. migration of blacks from the North
*C. Significant growth in the French-speaking population.
D. migration of retirees to Florida, North Carolina, and elsewhere
E. migration of Asians
The Southwest
101.
104.
Which of the following is one of the worlds most productive postindustrial complexes?
A. Phoenix and Tuscon
B. Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio
C. El Paso
*D. Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach
E. Charlotte, Atlanta, and Charleston
105. Which of the following areas is compared to Israels Negev Desert in
terms of regional development?
*A. Phoenix and Tuscon
B. Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio
C. El Paso
D. Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach
E. Charlotte, Atlanta, and Charleston
107.
Utah, Nevada, Idaho and western Colorado are all part of the:
*A. Western Frontier
B. Continental Interior
C. Maritime Northeast
D. Southwest
E. Pacific Hinge
108.
Many disenchanted Californians have moved to the:
*A. Western Frontier
B. Continental Interior
C. Maritime Northeast
D. Southwest
E. Pacific Hinge
109.
C. Nevada
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True-False
Introduction
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(T)
4.
Most Canadians live within 10 miles of the United States border. (F)
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8. Both the United States and Canada have a maturing postindustrial society and
economy. (T)
9.
The United States is slightly less than ten times larger in population size than
Canada. (T)
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21. There are more tornados in the central US each year than anywhere else on
earth. (T)
22. Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia are all Fall line cities. (T)
1 The United States Civil War took place in the 1890s and the South took
many years to recover. (F)
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Cultural Geography
39. Most Baptists are concentrated in the Southeastern United States. (T)
40. Most Jews are concentrated in Megalopolis, southern California, southern
Florida, and the Midwest. (T)
41. Mormons are concentrated in the Northeast. (F)
42. African Americans constitute about 25 percent of all Americans. (F)
43. Most Hispanics are located in California, Texas, New Mexico, and South
Florida. (T)
44. Fifty percent of all immigrants still settle in either New York City or
Chicago. (F)
45. The black population is expected to be larger than the Hispanic
population before 2000, thereby making it the largest U.S. minority. (F)
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Canada
63. Like the US, Canada is a federal state. (T)
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Cultural/Political Geography
75. Quebec is the Canadian province that has expressed some desire to secede
from Canada. (T)
76. The successful succession of Quebec from the Canadian confederation in 1982
resulted in the birth of the new country of Francophone (French Canada) on
January 1, 1992. (F)
77. Complicating Quebecs secession from Canada is that First Nation and Inuit
peoples claim large sections of northern Quebec. (T)
78. In 1995, Quebec voted to become independent from Canada, but the move
was overturned by the Canadian Supreme Court. (F)
Economic Geography
79. The Canadian Shield is a large geological feature that has almost no natural
resources. (F)
80. 70 percent of the Canadian workforce is now employed in the tertiary and
quaternary sectors of the economy. (T)
NAFTA
83. The North American Free Trade Agreement adds Mexico to Canada and the
United States as a third partner in a common market. (T)
French Canada
93. The St. Lawrence Seaway is the major river in French Canada. (T)
94. The urbanization of the French within Quebec has lead to lessening ties to the
Roman Catholic church and to decreases in the birth rates. (T)
The South
102.
The southern tier of the United States is a uniformly booming area. (F)
103.
104. Increasing numbers of Asians and Hispanics may be found in the South. (T)
105. Miami is the Gateway to Latin America. (T)
The Southwest
106.
107.
Electricity, water, and the automobile have all acted to develop the
Southwest. (T)
108.
111. The Las Vegas area is the hottest growth area in the Western Frontier. (T)
112. Many transplanted Floridians have settled in the Western Frontier. (F)
113.
Managing growth without restricting economic activity are buzzwords heard in the North
American Core. (F)
The Northern Frontier has significant quantities of raw materials, including oil. (T)
117.
119.
120.
Unlike much of the rest of the western parts of the US, the Pacific Hinge has
adequate rainfall. (T)
121.
122.
Matching
123. Atlantic Province (C)
124. Corn Belt (D)
125. Adirondacks (A)
126. Oil shale (B)
127. Francophone Canada (E)
A. New York
B. Colorado
C. Nova Scotia
D. Illinois
E. Quebec
Fill Ins
133. The northward extension of the Sierra Nevada through the states of Oregon
and Washington is called the __________ Mountains. (Cascade)
134. The most widespread natural vegetation in Arid America, where annual
precipitation is less then 50 centimeters (20 inches), is __________ . (grassland,
steppe)
135. The westernmost and largest of the five Great Lakes is Lake __________ .
(Superior)
136. The outlet to the sea for the Great Lakes is the __________ River. (St. Lawrence)
137. The Atlantic Seaboard Megalopolis stretches northeastward from Washington,
D.C. to the vicinity of the metropolitan area of __________. (Boston)
138. The conurbation produced by the coalescence of the Boston-Washington urban
corridor along
the northeastern seaboard of the United States is known as __________ .
(Megalopolis)
139. The four corner cities of the American Manufacturing Belt are: Washington,
D.C., St. Louis,
Milwaukee, and __________. (Boston)
140. Secondary economic activities involve jobs in the __________ sector, which is
engaged in the
transformation of raw materials into finished products. (Manufacturing,
Industrial)
141. The three leading fossil fuels are petroleum (oil), natural gas, and __________ .
(Coal)
142. The overall regional distribution of U.S. agricultural activity can be explained
within the spatial
framework of the model developed by __________ . (Von Thnen)
143. Montreal and the lower course of the St. Lawrence River are located in the
Canadian province of _______. (Quebec)
144. The capital of Canada is __________ . (Ottawa)