Cultural Geography Test 3

The point in the eastern or western United States that determines which direction local rivers will flow is called the _____.

continental divide

The point of origin for a river is called the _____.

headwaters

The industrial region in the Northwest and Great Lakes regions is known as the _____.

manufacturing belt

A modern religious philosophy embraced by many teenagers and young adults in America is known as _____.

moralistic therapeutic deism

Stress on water supplies due to insufficient rainfall results from _____.

drought

Industrial region in the South and Southwest

sunbelt

Forms the Western Continental Divide

rocky mountains

Underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment

aquifer

Region that includes the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains

pacific mountain ranges

Forms the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains

piedmont

Region marked on its western boundary by the Rocky Mountains

great plains

Orthodox Protestants

evangelicals

Region between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific coast

Great Basin

What governmental principles divides the national government into the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?

separation of powers

What core values forge a common culture and bind a people together?

freedom, equality, individualism, growth

What develops when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide combine with water vapor that then falls to the earth as rain?

acid rain

What are the forests that are populated with mature trees which have not experienced significant disturbance called?

old-growth trees

What occurs when additional nutrients flow into a lake or stream and lead to an increase of algae and bacteria?

eutrophication

The national capital of Canada is _____.

ottawa

The political divisions of Canada are called _____.

provinces

The point beyond which trees cannot grow at all is the _____.

timberline

The _____ runs the executive branch of the Canadian government.

prime minister

French-speaking citizens of Canada are _____.

quebecois

_____ are native peoples of Canada.

the first nations

The cod industry disappeared because of _____.

overfishing

Canada has a _____.

mixed economy

Though it is one of the smallest regions, over 50 percent of Canadians live here.

the great-lakes saint lawrence lowlands

These mountains stretch from Alaska to the southern tip of South America.

the western cordillera

This region contains one of earths great archipelagos.

the arctic

This includes parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territory.

the interior plains

This largest region is a solid mass of hard rock that makes up nearly half of Canada’s land surface.

the canadian shield

Possible with less ice in the Arctic

shipping

Trait which Canadians are proud of possessing

tolerance

Reason for Canada’s population growth

immigration

A controversial practice of First Nations and commercial companies

seal hunting

The exploitation of the bitumen soils in Alberta

oil sands mining