Geography Exam
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- total land area
- the canadian sheild covers more than half of canada's ______ _____ ______
- amsterdam
- the capital and largest city in the netherlands is ________
- gran chaco
- the large plains region of paraguay is the _______ _______
- plateau
- majority of the mexican people live on the ________ of mexico
- glaciers
- Thousands of years ago _____ covered the earth.
- costa rica
- _____ _____ produces computer chips, and other electronic goods and medicines
- north
- thw widest part of mexio borders the us in the ______
- inflation
- _____ is the overall increase in the price of goods across an entire economy
- vaqueros
- ______ are mexican cowhands who work on large cattle ranches
- aztec
- a spanish led army led by hernan cortes defeated the _______
- fidel castro
- the dictator of communist cuba is ______ ______
- canada
- ________ is the leading producer of newsprint, paper used for newspaper
- canada
- the british king of queen also reigns over _______
- north american free trade agreement
- in the mid 1900's, mexico, canada, and the united states approved a trade agreement called the _______ ______ ______ ______ ________
- humid continental
- southeastern canada, the country's most heavily populated area has a ______ _____ climate
- brasilia
- in the early 1900's, brazil moved its capital from rio de janeiro to ________
- 1821
- mexico became an independent country in what year? _______
- mt.logan
- canada's highest mountain peak is ____ ________
- liechteinstein
- _______ is the smallest alpine country
- 90
- paraguay sells nearly _____ percent of the electricity they produce to other countries
- brazil
- soccer and the festival of carnival are enjoyed by the people of ________
- no
- has mexico's population been declining in the recent decades? _______
- austria
- vienna is the capital and largest city in ________
- guatemala
- the central american country with the largest population is _______
- 10 provinces
- canada is made up of three territories and _____ __________
- embargo
- an ______ is where you do not have free trade between countries
- puerto rico
- san juan is the capital of ____ _____
- 90
- paraguay sells nearly ___ percent of the electricity it produces to other countries
- venezuela
- grassy plains known as the llanos are found in part of ________
- west indies
- the chain of islands in the caribbean sea is called the ______ ______
- low; flat
- in the three benelux countries, the land area is _______ and _______
- republics
- six central american countries are _______ with elected presidents
- mayan
- the early native americal people who lived in central america were the ______
- cooperatives
- in cuba most farmers work on ______ which are owned and operated by the government
- tierra fria
- the climate zones found at the top of mexico's mountains is the _____ _____
- 10
- canada is divided into ______ provinces
- bauxite
- jamica is one of the world's leading producers of ________
- pampas
- in argentina, vast treeless plains are called _______
- inuit
- the ______ are a native american people who live in canada
- spain
- mexico was a colony of what european country? _______
- altitude
- mexico's mountain ranges create three ________ zones
- agriculture; manufacturing
- france has a prosperous economy based on both _______ and _________
- fifth republic
- france's government is known as the _______ _______
- us; canada
- the st. lawerence seaway was built by the _____ and _______
- parliaments; monarchs
- belgium, the ntherlenads, and luxembourg are democracies with ________ and _______
- yes
- are puerto rico citizens of the united states? _____
- crop
- many west indian islands have a farm economy based only on one ______
- no
- are service industries businesses in which people manufacture goods? _____
- plantations
- large farms that raise a single crop for money are known as ________
- NAFTA
- ________ will eventually end trade barriers between Canada, US, and Mexico
- eco-tourists
- people who travel to other countries to enjoy natural wonders are called __________
- free trade zones
- _____ _____ _____ are areas where people can buy goods from other counties without taxes
- california, utah, nevada
- mexico sold the states of ______ , _______, and _______ to the united states
- telenovelas
- brazillian prime-time soap operas are called ________
- brazil
- _______ is the fifth largest country in the world
- halifax
- ___________ is the capital city and major shipping center in nova scotia
- South America
- mexico forms part of a land bridge that connects North America and _______ ________
- portuguese
- brazil's culture is largely _______
- canada/us border
- most of canada's population lives in cities located near the ______ ___________
- african
- in haiti the ancestry of more than 90 pecent of the population is ______
- nuclear power
- much of france's energy comes from ______ ______ plants
- holocaust
- during world war II millions of people were killed in what we call the ________
- tropical
- central america's climate is mainly _________
- fishing
- in newfoundland and the martime provinces, manufacturing and mining have largely replaced _______
- argentina
- patagonia is located in _________
- roman catholic
- what is the religion of most mexicans today? ______ _____
- oil
- venzuela is one of south america's wealthiest countries because it is a leading producer of _____
- 1975
- suriname became a dutch colony in the 1600s, then won its independence in _______(year)
- northwest territories and nunavut
- about 40 percent of canada is made up of the yukon territory and ______ ______ ______ _______
- mineral resources
- the soil of the candian sheild is poor, but it is rich in ______ _______
- manufactured goods
- the province of ontario's produces more than half of canada's __________ __________
- west indies
- tourism and farming are the important economic activites in the _____ ______
- murals
- native americans artists decorated temples, palaces, and tombs with _______
- colonies
- many of the west indian islands were once ruled by europeans as _______
- oil
- mexico ranks as one of the major _____ producing countries
- prime minister
- In canada the ____ ______ is head of the government.
- asian/indian
- in guyana the majority of the people have ____________ ancestry
- adobe
- many rural mexican homes are amde of ______
- aztec
- tenoochtitlan, the site of present-day mexico city was built by the ______
- landlocked
- paraguay is ________, which means it has no seacoast
- earthquakes
- mexico faces the danger of what natural disaster? _______
- multinational
- ________ companies do business in many different countries
- parliamentary democracy
- canada's government is a __________ _________
- United States; Canada
- ______ and _____ shar the longest undefended border in the world.
- lesser antilles
- the smaller islands of the southern caribbean are part of the _______ _______
- subsistence farms
- ______ _____ are farms that grow food only for the own family
- climate
- latitude or location north or south of the equator will affect the _____ of a place
- autobahns
- in germany the system of super highways is called the _______
- French;French
- Quebes was founded by the _____ and many of the people in Quebec still speak ______.
- central
- more than half of mexico's people live in what region? _______
- altitude
- as in mexico, temperatures in venzuela differ with ______
- germany
- ______ was divided into the east and west after world war II
- canada
- russia is larger in land are than _______
- brazil
- the largest population of any latin american country is found in ________
- oil industry
- in venezuela the government owns the _______ ______
- subsistence
- in southern mexico most people in many moutain villages make their living by _______ farming
- french culture; language
- many of the people of quebec want to keep their ____ _____ and _______
- costa rica
- the central american country with one of the highest standards of living in Latin American is _________ _______
- democratic
- today each country in central american has a _______ government
- puerto rico
- the most industrialized country in the west indies is _____ ______
- toronto
- canada's largest city, ______is the country's center of manufacturing, finances and communications
- argentina
- ________ capital city and largest city is buenos aires
- canada
- the united states and ______ trade with each other a great deal
- maquiladoras
- ________ have helped to raise the standard of living in cities in northern mexico
- panama
- ________ owns the panama canal
- tannin
- quebracho trees produce _______ that is used for processing leather
- guarani
- the first people that lived in paraguay were the ________
- no
- is ontario a maritime province? _______
- acid rain
- ________ ______ is damaging canada's lakes and forests
- chunnel
- the tunnel that connects england to france is called the ______
- steel drum
- a musical instument developed in trinidad is the _____ ______
- inuit
- the ____ are a nativ american people that live in canada.
- reunification
- ______ refers to bringin a seperated country back together
- hurricanes
- fierce tropical storms with high winds and heavy rains are called ___________
- tierra caliente
- the altitude zone in mexico's coastal lowlands is the _______ ______
- prime minister
- in the united kingdom, the _____ ______ runs the country
- 3rd
- the value of its agricultural exports ranks the netherlands _____ in the world
- panama
- the united states built the ______ canal
- landforms
- geographers devide canada into six physical regions based on ________
- north atlantic current
- the uk is farther north than canada. it has a milder climate due to the _____ _______ ______
- banking; tourism
- mexico's two main service industries are ______ and _______
- 31 million
- _____________ is about the population of canada
- hydroelectric power
- in venezuela, this river is a valuable source for _________ ________
- free market economy
- canada's economy is based on _____ ______ _____