JEOPARDY: GEOGRAPHY – UNIT 2

Chapter 5.1

Chapter 5.2

Chapter 5.3

Chapter 6.1

Chapter 7.1

Chapter 7.2

Chapter 8

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Chapter 5.1 : 1 Question:

Which mountain range is hundreds of millions of years old and have been worn down by weather?

Answer:Appalachian

Mountains

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Chapter 5.1 : 2 Question:

What connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean by a series of locks that raise or lower water levels?

Answer:St. Lawrence Seaway

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Chapter 5.1 : 3 Question:

Which mountain range contains the Continental Divide?

Answer:Rocky Mountains

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Chapter 5.1 : 4 Question:

Which river flows across the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean?

Answer:Mackenzie River

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Chapter 5.1 : 5 Question:

What is the name of the land bridge over which nomads traveled from Asia to North America?

Answer:Beringia

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Chapter 5.2 : 1 Question:

The Ohio and Missouri Rivers are tributaries of which river?

Answer:Mississippi River

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Chapter 5.2 : 2 Question:

How are the Rocky Mountains different than the Appalachians?

Answer:they are younger and

rise to much higher elevations

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Chapter 5.2 : 3 Question:

What do the following describe?○ Tropical wet and dry

climate○ Over 4000 miles of

swampland○ Low human

population

Answer:the Everglades

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Chapter 5.2 : 4 Question:

What landform borders Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Louisiana?

Answer:Mississippi River

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Chapter 5.2 : 5 Question:

What makes it possible for huge ships to sail directly from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: locks

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Chapter 5.3 : 1 Question:

This landform is significant for dividing rivers that flow eastward from those that flow westward.

Answer:Continental Divide

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Chapter 5.3 : 2 Question:

The following describes who?○ Adapted to

environment○ Traveled from Siberia

to Alaska across Beringia

○ Hunted, fished, and gathered wild plants

Answer:early American

nomads

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Chapter 5.3 : 3 Question:

What is the greatest natural resource of the Great Plains?

Answer:fertile soil

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Chapter 5.3 : 4 Question:

What is the name for the highest points of the Rocky Mountains?

Answer:Continental Divide

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Chapter 5.3 : 5 Question:

Why have the Appalachian Mountains had much more erosion than the Rockies?

Answer:they are much older

(300 million years)

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Chapter 6.1 : 1 Question:

What kind of government allows for the people to elect officials to represent them?

Answer:representative

democracy

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Chapter 6.1 : 2 Question:

What event nearly doubled the US in size in 1803?

Answer:Louisiana Purchase

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Chapter 6.1 : 3 Question:

What kind of economy allows for little government control over businesses, resources, and technology operated for profit by individuals?

Answer:free enterprise

system

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Chapter 6.1 : 4 Question:

What is the name for American corporations that are involved in business worldwide?

Answer:multinationals

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Chapter 6.1 : 5 Question:

Sectionalism led to what event in the 1800s?

Answer:Civil War

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Chapter 7.1 : 1 Question:

The people who live in the Atlantic Provinces face the challenges of _________ and __________.

Answer:rugged terrain and

harsh weather

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Chapter 7.1 : 2 Question:

What term is used to describe people of mixed French and native descent?

Answer:Métis

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Chapter 7.1 : 3 Question:

What was created that established a union of Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick?

Answer:Dominion of Canada

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Chapter 7.1 : 4 Question:

The following are all reasons that most of Canada’s development took place where?○ Milder climate○ Fertile soils○ Railway system

Answer:near the US border

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Chapter 7.1 : 5 Question:

Which provinces comprise the majority of the population and land mass of Canada?

Answer:Core Provinces

(Ontario and Quebec)

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Chapter 7.2 : 1 Question:

What is the relative location of British Columbia?

Answer:western coast of

Canada

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Chapter 7.2 : 2 Question:

Nunavut is home to what group of people?

Answer:Inuits

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Chapter 7.2 : 3 Question:

Describe the houses of Canada’s government.

Answer:Senate (appointed)

and House of Commons (elected)

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Chapter 7.2 : 4 Question:

What is the name of the person in Canada who is the majority party’s leader?

Answer:Prime Minister

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Chapter 7.2 : 5 Question:

Which subregion of Canada includes Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta?

Answer:Prairie Provinces

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Chapter 8 : 1 Question:

What has the worst impact on a community’s infrastructure?

Answer:commuter traffic

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Chapter 8 : 2 Question:

Because people believe that many cultural identities results in separation, not national unity, they believe that immigrants should ____________.

Answer:assimilate

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Chapter 8 : 3 Question:

What term describes development increasing without planned growth?

Answer:urban sprawl

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Chapter 8 : 4 Question:

What kind of weapons have disease causing bacteria like anthrax?

Answer:biological

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Chapter 8 : 5 Question:

What legislation was created to preserve cultural diversity in Canada?

Answer:Canadian

Multiculturalism Act

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Random : 1 Question:

Jobs like information processing, finance, medicine, and education are part of the ____________ industry.

Answer:service

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Random : 2 Question:

A region with several large cities, their suburbs, and nearby towns is called a ______________.

Answer:megalopolis

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Random : 3 Question:

A _________________ economy is one where manufacturing is no longer the country’s most important industry.

Answer:postindustrial

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Random : 4 Question:

_____________ communities emphasize that people should live and work in the same community.

Answer:sustainable

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Random : 5 Question:

What group of people attempt to gain territory or change government policies through force or threat of force?

Answer:terrorists

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