U.S. and Canada Review Sheet
Be able to map the U.S. states and their capitals
Be able to map the U.S. national capital
Be able to map all 13 Canadian provinces/territories
Be able to map the Canadian national capital
Be able to map five landforms (mountains, plains, canyons, etc.) and five
waterways (rivers, bays, lakes, etc.)
Know the relative size of the United States and Canada
Be able to list five climates of the U.S. and or Canada
How do people in the U.S. and Canada overcome the great distances of their
countries?
Know the following vocabulary in the context of Unit 2
Nomads Representative Democracy
Native Peoples Mètis
Europeans French and Indian War
Columbian Exchange British North America Act
Revolutionary War Parliamentary Government
Louisiana Purchase Prime minister
Westward Expansion Bilingual
Industrialization Smart Growth
Urbanization Sustainable communities
1. Features of the Everglades
2. What states the Great Lakes border
3. Two difference between the Rocky and the Appalachian mountains.
4. What is the Continental Divide?
5. How the early nomads of North America lived
6. What climate is in the US but NOT Canada
7. What the St. Lawrence Seaway uses
8. Location of the Great Plains
9. Where nomads tended to settle
10.What area of Canada has the lowest population density
11.Where the MacKenzie River flows
12.Where in the US might you find a wide variety of climate
13.Be able to read a climate zone map
14.What type of government the US has and what it means
15.What type of economy the US has and what it means
16.What is the Columbian Exchange
17.What is the “service” industry
18.What states make up the New England region of the US
19.What is the metis
20.What is the Dominion of Canada
21.Why is the border of Canada and the US important to urban and
industrial growth
22.What are the “Core Provinces” of Canada and why are they called that
23.Where is British Columbia
24.What is Canada’s form of government
25.What is the role of the prime minister of Canada
26.What are the “Prairie Provinces” of Canada
27.Be able to read a map of migration routes of the Native Americans
28.Be able to read a chart of statistical info for US and Canada
29.What are two results of terrorist acts
30.What is urban sprawl
31.Name one example of a chemical weapon and a biological weapon
32.What is the main purpose of the Canadian Multiculturalism Act
33.What is the goal of planning for sustainable communities
34.What is a primary goal of terrorists