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The United States and Canada are similar because they both
a) lack numerous metropolitan areas
b) have desert climates
c) are multicultural countries
d) have two official languages
Which of the following describes the Amazon River?
a) It is the longest river in North America.
b) Most of its tributaries lie north of the Equator.
c) It is one of the larger sources of freshwater in the world.
d) The river stretches for more than 5,000 mile across Central America.
Major urban areas such as Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago are located - (Natural resource)
a) along the coastal plains
b) near bodies of water
c) 100 miles north of the Mexican border
d) in the mid-latitudes
Manifest Destiny was a belief that the United States should possess lands-
a) once owned first by France
b) in the region north of the 36th parallel
c) between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains
d) between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
Which type of economic system does the United States have that allows individuals and groups decide what to produce; individuals and private groups have the right to own property.
a) socialist
b) communist
c) free enterprise
d) democracy
How did Frida Kahlo use art to describe the society in which she lived.
a) by creating wood cravings showing the arrival of Spanish conquistadors
b) by using her own image to portray life in the natural world
c) by writing novels that described the history of Mexico
d) by singing songs that criticized a dictatorship in Mexico
Millions of poor, rural Brazilians with few skills and little education migrate to cities. This migration has resulted in these people living in which type of settlements?
a) luxury apartments
b) high prices mansions
c) Favelas on the outskirts of town
d) suburbs
What is one-way that a dictatorship functions in the country of Cuba?
a) farmers are allowed to grow cash crops
b) people vote for their leaders
c) communist leaders deny people basic freedoms
d)
To which construction project connect the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans for ships to pass through??
a) Panama Canal
b) Hoover Dam
c) Trans-Atlantic Railroad
d) Twin Towers
A Native American is to the United States; what an Inuit is to
a) Canada
b) Mexico
c) Aztec
d) Cuba
What change occurred in society after the Civil War in the United States?
a) shipping animals to other states to be butchered was outlawed
b) the institution of slavery ended resulting in the relocation of many African Americans from the south
c) many factories opened in cities such as Kansas City and Denver.
d) rural areas decreased as mining and shipping transformed the Great Plains
The Columbian Exchange resulted in—
a) the movement of industries between North and South America
b) the movement of industries between North and South America
c) the introduction of different plants and animals across the Americas, Africa, and Europe
d) the establishment of democratic governments in European nations
Which of the following describes the location of the Atlantic Ocean?
a) east of the United States
b) north of Canada
c) west of the United States
d) south of Mexico
During the Great Migration in the late 1800s many African Americans?
a) refused to move to the south after the Civil War
b) used new machines to do work on farms
c) relocated to countries in Europe, Asia, and Latin America
d) migrated to the north for better economic opportunities
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