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1) What is the most common type of vegetation in the central area of both southern Canad and the United States?
A
coniferous forest
B
desert scrub
C
deciduous forest
D
temperate grasslands
2) Which of the following is the largest urban center in Canada?
A
Calgary
B
Vancouver
C
Toronto
D
Montreal
3) Which of these places has a humid continental climate?
A
Prince Edward Island
B
Florida
C
Massachusetts
D
Texas
4) An ecumene is a region that is well suited to permanent settlement. Which of these best defines Canada’secumene?
A
the tundra region
B
the subarctic region
C
the border region
D
the plains region
5) Which of these is the main reason why so few people live in Canada’s Northern Region?
A
few resources
B
harsh winters
C
dense forests
D
rugged mountains
6) How were the Great Lakes created?
A
by the melting of glaciers
B
by the clearing of forests
C
by the damming of rivers
D
by the shrinking of oceans
7) The sea lamprey and zebra mussel are part of which of these Great Lakes ecosystem problems?
A
point-source pollution
B
invasive species
C
algae explosions
D
wetland loss
8) What is the main difference between point-source and non-point-source pollution?
A
where the pollution comes from
B
how toxic the pollution is
C
what animals are harmed by the pollution
D
what time of year the pollution occurs
9) Which of these physical features runs through the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina?
A
Yucatén Peninsula
B
Andes Mountains
C
Amazon River
D
Caribbean Sea
10) Which of the following describes the most typical uses for land in the countries of Central America?
A
trade and manufacturing
B
hunting and gathering
C
subsistence and commercial farming
D
commercial fishing and forestry
11) Which of these vegetation zones covers most of the Amazon basin?
A
temperate grassland
B
broadleaf evergreen forest
C
desert scrub
D
mixed forest
12) Which of the following is a major concern of people who oppose urban sprawl?
A
affordable housing
B
point-source pollution
C
habitat loss
D
subsistence farming
13) Where is the suburb of a city most likely to be located?
A
outside the urban growth boundary
B
in a mixed-use neighborhood
C
on the urban fringe
D
inside the urban core
14) Toronto’s Official Plan encourages infill instead of urban sprawl. Which of these is the best example of infill?
A
building a transit system to link city suburbs
B
filling in wetlands to create space for a new shopping mall
C
replacing an abandoned factory with a new apartment building
D
constructing a new airport on farm fields
15) The movement of large numbers of people to cities is known as
A
emission.
B
distortion.
C
urbanization.
D
immigration.
16) What do geographers call the unequal distribution of wealth and resources in a specific geographic area?
A
spatial inequality
B
population density
C
economic activity
D
relative location
17) Which of these is the most important “pull factor” that draws farm families to Mexico City?
A
economic opportunity
B
apartment living
C
communal land
D
spatial inequality
18) Which term describes a group that has lived in an area since before it was taken over by outsiders?
A
plural society
B
indigenous people
C
political refugees
D
foreign immigrants
19) A traditional culture is based mainly on which of the following?
A
ancestors' ways of life
B
slash-and-burn agriculture
C
speaking two languages
D
adapting to modern society
20) What has happened to the traditional Mayan religious beliefs in Guatemala?
A
They are followed in secret.
B
They have blended with Catholicism.
C
They have disappeared.
D
They have replaced the Catholic faith.
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