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Chapter 5 & 6

True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

1. 

North America has a lot of natural resources.
 

2. 

North America does not have a good waterway system.
 

3. 

The Appalachian highland region is found on the east coast of the U.S.
 

4. 

Fossil fuels are not found in the U.S.
 

5. 

Canada has a warmer climate than  the U.S.
 

6. 

Railroads opened a way to the West.
 

7. 

Industry promotes urbanization.
 

8. 

Religious freedom is not important to the U.S.
 

9. 

The Midwest is a fertile subregion.
 

10. 

The South is known as the sunbelt.
 

Matching
 
 
a.
Appalachian mountains
e.
permafrost
b.
Everglades
f.
Rocky mountains
c.
migration
g.
nomad
d.
New England
h.
Midwest
 

11. 

swampland in Florida
 

12. 

mountains along eastern U.S
 

13. 

movement of the people
 

14. 

6 Northeast states
 

15. 

mountains in the west of U.S.
 

16. 

12 states in central USA
 

17. 

permanently frozen land
 

18. 

people who move from place to place
 
 
a.
representative democracy
e.
post-industrial economy
b.
Columbian exchange
f.
multinationals
c.
free enterprise
g.
exports
d.
service industry
h.
continental divide
 

19. 

where private individuals own resources, business, and technology
 

20. 

exchange of goods from U.S. to Europe and vice versa
 

21. 

goods sold to another country
 

22. 

where the water basins are split
 

23. 

people elect governing officials
 

24. 

manufacturing is no longer the dominant economic activity
 

25. 

global business trade
 

26. 

economic activity that does not produce a product
 
 
a.
prevailing westerlies
e.
south
b.
lock
f.
the west
c.
great plains
g.
metropolitan area
d.
canadian shield
h.
megalopolis
 

27. 

large treeless area in central US
 

28. 

sections of water gated to move a ship
 

29. 

winds that blow west to east
 

30. 

rocky, flat plain along Hudson Bay
 

31. 

region of several cities growing together
 

32. 

cities, suburbs, exurbs together
 

33. 

region from great plains to Pacific Ocean
 

34. 

region bordering Gulf of Mexico
 
 
a.
Louisiana Purchase
d.
Great Lakes
b.
megalopolis
e.
nomad
c.
Beringia
f.
suburb
 

35. 

city surrounding a central city
 

36. 

land from mississippi through great plains
 

37. 

Eerie, Superior
 

38. 

land bridge in Alaska
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

39. 

The waterways of the U.S. are used for
a.
fishing
d.
all of the above
b.
travel
e.
none of the above
c.
product export
 

40. 

The U.S. has a rich supply of
a.
timber
d.
all of the above
b.
fertile land
e.
none of the above
c.
water
 

41. 

Which is not an effect of extreme weather?
a.
tsunami
c.
blizzard
b.
drought
d.
flood
 

42. 

Jamestown was the first U.S. settlement made by the
a.
French
c.
Spainish
b.
German
d.
English
 

43. 

In the Columbian Exchange, Europe sent America
a.
corn
c.
tomatoes
b.
disease
d.
cotton
 

44. 

The Louisiana Purchase came from
a.
England
c.
Spain
b.
France
d.
Germany
 

45. 

People moved where to find gold?
a.
North
c.
South
b.
East
d.
West
 

46. 

Which is not part of the U.S. government?
a.
executive
c.
parliamentary
b.
legislative
d.
judiciary
 



 
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