Geography Ch 5 and 6

Freedom Liberty and the right to improve our lives

Americans are a people who love:

1776

America declared independence from Britain in:

Federal Republic

Americas government is an indirect democracy set up as a:

Free Enterprise Capitalism

The US economy is a system of:

Unrestricted economic capitalism

Some Americans wanted ______ so that hard working business owners can enjoy the profits of their labor without government intervention.

Monopoly

An individual or company having the exclusive possession or control of something usually a commodity or service

Unfair Advantage

If there were no government regulations to follow some business owners would take ________ of their employees by forcing them to work long hours for little pay.

25%

During the great depression the unemployment rate was as high as:

Great Depression

America has not experienced truly a free market economy since the:

Melting Pot

The US is considered a _______ of cultures

Transcontinental Railroad

The construction of the _______ brought our country together from coast to coast

Population expansion and dispersion

The railroad led to:

329.3 million

Estimated population

82.3%

Percent of Americans who live in urban and suburban areas

80.1

Average lifespan of an american:

Continental Divide

A line of mountains that determines where the waters flowing from each side will drain on the continent

Rocky Mountains

Mountains that form the western continental divide

Appalachian Mountains

Range that runs through over 11 states

Eastern Continental Divide

Appalachian mountains form the:

North West Arizona

Grand Canyon runs through:

Missouri

The _____ river is the longest in the US.

Temperate

What latitude zone is the US in?

Fleeing Religious persecution

Many first europeans arrived to here because they were:

Moralistic Therapeutic Deism

A modern religious philosophy that seems to be unofficially embraced by younger generations.

Unaffiliated

Refers to people who do not claim any kind of religion

land area

Canada is the 2nd largest country in _________ with 3.86 million square miles

151 thousand miles

Canada has the longest coastline with:

physical regions

Canada has 7 _________

political divisions

Canada has 10 _____, provinces, similar to our states

Territories

Canada has 3 __________

Cordillera

Chain of mountains

Western Cordillera

The _______ _______ of stretches from Alaska to the southern tip of South America

Breadbasket of Canada

The interior plains are considered:

The Canadian Shield

The largest physical region of Canada with 1800 islands.

Hudson Bay Lowlands

The region is located south of hudson bay

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands

Region found in Canada and America surrounding the great lakes. 50% of Canadas population lives in this area

The Arctic and Innuitian Mountains

The region of canada that includes almost all of the nunavut territory and a small piece of the northwest territory.

Archipelago

A large island group

20%

Canada contains ____ of the worlds freshwater

250,000

Canada has _____ lakes

Tundra

Frozen land all year long

Timberline

the elevation point at which trees cannot grow

Taiga

A coniferous forest found throughout the central provinces of canada. Includes spruce, fir, and pine trees

Subpolar climate

Climate found throughout the Canadian Shield. Summers are mild and short, winters are long and harsh

Gulf Stream

In the Eastern part of Canada the climate is cool year round, the ____________ keeps the climate from becoming too harsh

Chinook Winds

These winter winds in Alberta cause dramatic warming for a period of one to three days

One hour

In 1962 the temperature rose from -2 to 72 degrees in ________

British Columbia Climate

Winters are rainy but temperatures stay above freezing. Summers rarely get above 80.

Toronto

Canadas largest populated city with 6.25 million people

Tilt Cove

Canadas smallest populated city with 4 people

1.40 births per couple

Canadas fertility rate

Two colonies

CAnada was once ______ under British control

1837

The year that the colonies in Canada rebelled against British

1867

The year that Great Britain gave Canada the freedom to form its own republic

July 1

Canada Day

Constitutional Monarchy

Means that they have a king or queen with limited authority

Parliamentary democracy

How Canada is governed, means that people elect representatives to parliament and then they make the laws and decisions for the country

Ottawa

Capital of Canada

Voluntarily remained

Canada has __________ a member of the british commonwealth

Mixed

Canada has a ________ economy

Socialized

Canada has _______ their healthcare. This means that the government owns and operates healthcare

Twice

Consumers are charged _____ for taxes. A national tax and a province tax.

$5,000

Each canadian tax payer pays about _____ a year in taxes towards everyones healthcare

French

80% of the population in Canada is _________

John Humphrey

The originator of the Canadian tolerance movement that gained momentum in the 1940s