BJU CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER 7, Cultural Geography Chapter 9 Test, Eastern European History Test Questions and Answers

True/False True freedom and liberty are gifts from God

True

True/ False The U.S.-Canada border is the longest nonmilitarized border in the world

True

True/False An average of three million people a day cross the U.S.-Canada border.

False

True/False Mexico is the leading trading partner of the U.S.

False

True/False The Piedmont is characterized by flat grasslands and a dry climate.

False

True/False Mt. Elbert is the tallest mountain in the Rocky Mountains.

True

True/False The prevailing winds in North America blow from east to west across the center of the continent.

False

True/False The rain shadow effect influences the region west of the Rockies because the area only receives ten to twenty inches of precipitation each year

False

True/ False The Gulf Coastal Plain does not extend in and up the Mississippi River Valley into the Midwest.

False

True/False Great Smoky Mountain National Park is located in Kentucky.

False

Sandy plains that stretch inland from the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico

Coastal Plains

An area of many river at the eastern base of the Appalachian Mountains

Piedmont

Extends from eastern Canada into northern Alabama

Appalachian Mountains

Rolling hills that stretch about a thousand miles across America's heartland

Central Plains

Called the "Great American Desert" by early pioneers

Great Plains

Presented the greatest obstacle to westward expansion

Rocky Mountains

Terrible storms that move in from over the North Atlantic

Nor'easter

A lowland area that includes many canyons and unusual rock formations in much of Nevada and Utah

Great Basin

Includes the Sierra Nevada, the Cascades, and the Coastal ranges.

Pacific Mountain Ranges

Which of the Great Lakes is entirely within the boundaries of the U.S.?

Lake Michigan

What event forced a tightening of the border between the United States and Canada?

9/11 Terrorist Attacks

What river forms a large part of the U.S. southern border?

Rio Grande

What word is used for the line of many waterfalls where rivers drop from the Piedmont to the Coastal Plains?

Fall line

WHAT TERM DESCRIBES THE AREA WHERE WATERS FLOWING DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS FLOW TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THOSE FLOWING DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE FLOW INTO EITHER THE GREAT LAKES OR THE GULF OF MEXICO?

Eastern Continental Divide

To what kind of natural disaster are the Atlantic and Gulf coasts particularly susceptible?

Hurricanes

What type of government does the US have?

federal republic

What phrase describes the type of economy the United States has?

Free enterprise capitalism

What constitutional provision for the American government does the tenth amendment include?

Separation of Powers

Of the 9-11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. In 2006, what percentage of them were from Mexico?

60-70%

What does Piedmont mean?

Foothills

The name of an active composite volcano in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest.

Mount St. Helens

Which state is the largest in area among the "lower forty-eight" states?

Texas

The study of the characteristics of people in a particular place is what?

Demographics

About 80% of Americans live where?

urban area

The southern third of the United States from the Carolinas to California

Sun Belt

The state deriving the largest income from agricultural products

California

This current flows across the northwest coast of North America, bringing plentiful rains

Japanese Current

highest point in North America

Mount Denali

What are the core values of the American culture?

freedom, equality, individualism, growth

What is part of a country that is separated from the rest of the country?

fragmented state

Where is population growing the most?

South

How many people a day cross the U.S.-Canada border?

300,000

Where are the Great Smoky Mountains located?

Tennessee

Although Mexico has a government similar to that of the United States, it has not always been a true republic.

True

All Mexicans speak Spanish.

False

Almost one-third of Guatemala's population is Protestant.

True

Like other Central American nations, Belize was settled by the Spanish.

False

Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America.

True

Haiti and Barbados share the island of Hispaniola.

False

Leeward refers to an island that is open to prevailing winds from the ocean.

False

Match each description with the correct location

popular tourist resort in eastern Mexico- Cancún

most heavily populated Central American country; center of ancient Mayan civilization-Guatemala

least populated Central American country- Belize

famous for volcanoes; has the smallest area of a Central American country- El Salvador

first known country to grow coffee- Costa Rica

most developed Central American country; "Crossroads of the World"- Panama

citizens speak French and Creole- Haiti

a notorious haven for pirates- Jamaica

most famous Leeward Islands- Virgin Islands

The ____________________ Peninsula curves north and east into the Gulf of Mexico.

Yucatán

What famous Mayan ruins was a pyramid where Mayans performed bloody pagan rituals?

Chichén Itzá

The name Costa Rica means "__________ coast."

rich

The ______________ _____________ has reduced the trip from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean substantially.

Panama Canal

The Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and Lesser Antilles combine to form the ____________ ____________.

West Indies

Spain lost the country of __________ during the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Cuba

The Cuban dictator _____________ _____________ formed the first Communist government in the Western Hemisphere.

Fidel Castro

In 1951, Puerto Rico voted to become a __________________ of the United States. Many Puerto Ricans now want it to become a U.S. state.

commonwealth

Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés conquered the

Aztecs

People of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry are

mestizos.

Mayans are the most famous of the Indian civilizations because

they left written records.

The largest city in Central America is

Guatemala City.

Which country was nicknamed the "banana republic"?

Honduras

Which country is a member of the British Commonwealth?

the Bahamas

The capital of Cuba is

Havana

The Europeans introduced a new kind of farming to Central America called

a plantation economy.

Gdańsk

The shipbuilders of Poland formed a labor union called?

Baltic States

What term refers to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia collectively?

Soviet Bloc

What name was given to the group of semi-independent states ruled by puppets of the Soviet Union following World War II?

Minsk

The headquarters of the CIS are in which Eastern European capital?

Hungary

Which country of Eastern Europe has some of the best farmland in Europe, partly due to the Danube and Tisza Rivers?

Karst

Which region is famous for its sinkholes and limestone caves?

Northern European Plain

What plain covers almost all of Poland?

Crimean Peninsula

Which area of Ukraine is sometimes called the 'Russian Riviera'?

Sevastopol

Which city serves as Russia's main naval base?

Auschwitz

What site in Poland was the largest Nazi extermination camp?

Montenegro

The name of which Eastern European country means 'black mountain'?

Iron Gate

The Danube River flows through a break in the Carpathian Mountains called the:

Carpathians

The dominant mountain system in Eastern Europe is the:

Velvet Revolution

The swift and peaceful overthrow of communism in Czechoslovakia was called the:

Velvet Divorce

After Czechoslovakia gained independence, the Czechs and Slovaks agreed to split the country in two in what was known as the:

mass privatization

To give the Czech people a direct stake in the success of the new Czech Republic's economy, the government began an experiment in:

Balkanization

The tendency of a region made up of many ethnically and religiously diverse minorities to break into small, hostile countries is called:

Sarajevo

The capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina is:

Eastern Orthodox

Whereas most people of the Carpathians are Roman Catholic, the people of Romania are mostly:

Roman Catholic

Countries in southern and western Europe are predominantly:

Loire

The longest river in France is the:

Swiss self-governing districts

Cantons are:

Milan

What Italian city, the second largest in the country, is a banking center in the Po River Valley?

Edinburgh

Scotland

Dublin

Ireland - Dublin

Copenhagen

Denmark

Helsinki

Finland

Lisbon

Portugal

Brussels

Belgium

Bern

Switzerland

Madrid

Spain

Berlin

Germany

River Thames

England is located on the: