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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
Unit 2, Regional Atlas
The United States and Canada, pages 114 – 123
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Focus On: The United States and Canada, page 114
1. Much of North America is covered by what two countries? How many square miles do they cover?
The Land, page 114
2. What is the major body of water to the north of the U.S. and Canada? To the south? West? East?
Landforms, page 114
3. What massive mountains are much farther inland from the Pacific? Are they old as far as mountains
are concerned? What is their nickname? For how many miles do they stretch?
4. What wide and windswept plains are east of the Rockies? These cover which part of both the
United States and Canada?
5. What is the dominant mountain range on the eastern part of the region? Are they younger or older
than the Rockies?
6. East and south of those eastern mountains are what land features? Where do they end?
Waterways, page 114
7. What is the largest river system in North America?
8. What is the largest lake system? What five lakes make up the system?
9. Are the lakes connected to one another? They flow into what river? That river empties into what
body of water?
10. What waterway provides large ships with a water route between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic
Ocean?
The Climate, page 114
11. In the far northern parts of Alaska and Canada are the treeless tundra and dense evergreen forests.
Define: tundra- (G)
12. The Pacific coast from southern Alaska to northern California has what kind of climate? Why is the
land east of the Pacific ranges so dry?
13. What is the climate like on the Great Plains? What is this climate called?
14. Which part of the U.S. has milder climates? Florida is the only part of the United States that has
what kind of climate?
The Economy, page 116,
15. The United States and Canada are prosperous countries. What are the two key ingredients that have
created these two of the most successful economies in the world?
16. Under what system do these two countries (U.S. and Canada) operate? What does that mean?
17. The economy of the U.S. and Canada was built on what? What are the 4 factors listed that have made
the two countries two of the world’s top food producers?
18. What three rich deposits of fuel energy occur in the region?
19. What other important deposits of valuable minerals occur in this region?
20. These energy sources and raw materials have made it possible for the United States and Canada to
develop what?
21. In the United States, today, are people still more likely to work in factories? What service industries
employ most people?
The People, page 116
22. What group were the nation’s first inhabitants?
23. What three cities are Canada largest? In the United States? Using the classroom almanac, research their
populations.
Unit 2, Regional Atlas: United States and Canada
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Data Bits, “The United States Labor Force”, page 117
24. What part of the economy employs most people in the United States? Second? Third? Fourth? Fifth?
The United States and Canada “Food Production” Map, page 120
25. The map in the upper right hand corner refers to the “Contiguous United States.”
A. Define: contiguous- (G)
B. Are Alaska and Hawaii contiguous to the other 48 states?
26. What is Wyoming’s greatest kind of food production? California’s? Florida’s? Kansas’? Hawaii’s?
27. South Dakota is almost equally divided into what two farm products?
Geo Extremes, page 121 (United States and Canada)
28. Highest point? Location? Height?
29. Lowest point? Location? Elevation?
30. Longest river? Country? Length?
31. Largest lake? Area?
32. Largest canyon? Location? Length? Depth?
33. Greatest Tides? Location? Height?
34. What is the largest ethnic group in the United States? Second? Third?
35. What is the largest ethnic group in Canada? Second? Third?
Country Profiles, page 122
36.
United States
Canada
A. Population:
B. Population Density:
C. Language:
D. Capital City:
E. Major Export:
F. Major Import:
H. Landmass (sq. mil.):
37. What is the meaning of Wyoming? What is the origin of that meaning?