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| Induces people to move to a new location |
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| Induces people to leave a location |
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| Highest Point of the rocky mountains |
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| A majority of Americans work in fields such as information processing, finance, medicine, and education which are parts of what |
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| this was used to form the st lawrence seaway to allow huge vessels to sail into the great lakes from the Atlantic ocean |
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| this occurs in areas where development increases without planned growth |
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| this mountain range is about 300 million years old and has been worn down by the elements over time |
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| in which areas are populations concentrated in coastal cities, such as Halifax and st john? |
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| region refers to the area of the United states where tornadoes are most frequent |
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| the greatest amount of canadas energy exports go to the united states because the us consumes more what? |
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| Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta |
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| desert, semiarid, Mediterranean |
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| which climate zones run along the border of Mexico and the united states |
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| examples of the impact of immigration |
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| language, religion customs, traditions, and cultural landscape |
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| area of the united states which has many closed industrial plants is called a |
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| a region that includes several large cities their suburbs and nearby towns is called a |
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| this region has a warm temperate climate with extended summers and brief relatively mild winters the extreme part has a tropical climate in Florida |
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| pacific provinces and territories |
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| province located within canadas western and northern lands |
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| land-form that borders the great plains on one side |
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| the government of the united states has a economic system that exerts little control over businesses, resources, and technology operated for profit by private individuals |
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| mild climate and fertile soils |
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| canadas urban and industrial growth took place close to the border of the united states because of what |
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| how many states are in the united states |
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| the belief that many cultural identities result in separation not national unity |
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| boarders states such as Minnesota, illnois, wisconsin, and louisiana |
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| climate found in the united states only and not in Canada |
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| religious freedom, economic opportunity, land availability, political freedom, ethnic and family ties, arable land |
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| climate found in canada but not in the united states |
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| along with human migration, Europeans were also involved in the Colombian exchange between the eastern and western hemispheres which included the exchange of |
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| this group got their name from being the center of politics and economics for their country, they are located in quebec and ontario |
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| found in the region north of the arctic circle |
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| region is known for its richness of soil and advantageous climate that produces an agricultural surplus |
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| whos main objective is to gain territory or change government policies |
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| land form not shared by the us and Canada |
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| The US is a federal republic which divides power among national state and local governments but it is also a representative democracy which means that the people rule through whom |
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| region home to the worlds largest technology companies including apple, facebook, hp etc. |
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| geographic phenomenon created the ring of fire |
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| the Mackenzie river flows primarily through |
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| over population, religious persuction, lack of jobs, agricultural decline, conflict, political persecution, natural hazards, limits on freedom, environmental degradation |
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| territory established in 1999 to settle the land claims of the inuit |
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| this river facilitates regional interaction |
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| A large system of mountain ranges located along the pacific coast of central and south America |
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| large grassy treeless area in south America used for grazing and farming |
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| a savanna that has a flat terrain and moderate rainfall which makes it suitable for farming |
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| a vast area of grassland and rich soil in south central south america |
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| a river mainly in venezuela and part of south americas northernmost river system |
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| the second longest river in the world and one of south americas three major river systems running about 4000 miles from west to east and emptying into the atlantic ocean |
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| a river in central south america and one of its three major river systems originating in the highlands of southern brazil traveling about 3000 miles south and west |
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| a forest region located in the tropical zone with a heavy concentration of different species of broad-leaf trees |
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| a way of clearing fields for planting by cutting trees, brush and grasses and burning them |
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| an ancient technique for growing crops on hillsides or mountains slopes using step like horizontal fields cut into slopes |
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| a factor that causes people to leave their home lands and migrate to another region |
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| a factor that causes people to leave their home lands and migrate to another region |
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| the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications transportation, water, sanitation, and education systems |
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| Which theme is concerned with how people, goods, ideas, and information area connected? |
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| The question, what is it like there?" relates to the theme of |
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| Road maps, transportation maps, language maps, and population maps area examples of |
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| If you are interested in knowing where north Americas major land features area, you should consult a |
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| earth is round and not flat |
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| Why are all maps distorted in distance, direction, shape, and or size? |
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| The air level of the earth is which sphere |
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| The level of the earth that includes all living things is which sphere |
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| physical and mechanical weathering |
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| Which term names the type of weathering that changes the size of a rock but not its chemical composition |
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| latitude affects climate because generally the closer a place is to the equator that place will be what |
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| receive very slanted or indirect sunlight |
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| the poles are generally colder than the rest of the earth because |
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| Why does the temperature of a place drop as its elevation increases |
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| the shared beliefs, customs, traditions, attitudes, and behaviors of a specific group of people is their |
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| the map projection above is most often used for |
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| finding an unfamiliar place by first locating some place more familiar is using |
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| the movement of large numbers of people from rural areas to cities is called |
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| the revolution of the earth around the sun creates seasons while the rotation of the earth on its axis creates |
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| what shows you how much the original size of an area is decreased in order to fit on paper and also helps to calculate distance on a map? |
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