Which of the following characteristics of the pre-European inhabitants of North

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Which of the following characteristics of the pre-European inhabitants of North America is incorrect?

a. the commonly accepted terms describing the first Americans are: “Native Americans” in the United States, and “First Nations” in Canada

b. it is believed that the first Americans migrated from Asia during the last of the great Ice Ages, between 10,000-25,000 years ago, when the land bridge connected Asia with Alaska

c. European colonization in the early 1800s resulted in the “removal” of eastern tribes to the reservations (in the United States) and reserves (in Canada) in the Great Plains and western mountains

d. the reservations and reserves system has proven to be very beneficial to the members of tribes or nations both politically – providing wide range of political rights beyond a typical constitutional rights in both countries, and economically – it provides residents with much higher quality of life that is enjoyed by an average U.S or Canadian citizen

Which of the following statements regarding the population development of the United States and Canada is incorrect?

a. immigration has been the main historic factor responsible for population growth in both countries

b. in addition to immigration, the highest rate of natural population increase were associated with the post-WWII “baby boom”  

c. the United States population reached 300 million by the year 1980      

d. Canada’s current population is estimated at 35 million

Which of the following statements about the Canada’s population distribution is true?

a. it is largely concentrated in the Maritime Provinces  

b. it is rather evenly distributed      

c. the majority of Canadians live in the southern Ontario and the St. Lawrence Valley, between Windsor, Ontario and Quebec City, Quebec  

d. it forms a continuous east-west region from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans

Which one of the following statements describing agricultural regions in North America is false?

a. food production in the Corn Belt is focused only on corn  

b. fruit and vegetable production in the Northeast and primarily livestock production in the South  

c. the great Wheat Belts of the U.S. and Canada in the middle of the continent  

d. heavy reliance on irrigation in the West

The Specialty Crop and Livestock region in known for producing all of the following, except:

a. tobacco in North Carolina and Kentucky      

b. citrus and sugar cane in Florida      

c. cotton in the entire region from Virginia to Louisiana  

d. poultry broiler meat throughout a big belt from eastern Maryland through north Georgia to Arkansas

Trends in U.S. and Canadian agriculture during the past two decades do not include:

a. declining number of farms and farmers      

b. growth of agribusiness concerns      

c. increasing size of an average farm      

d. declining both yield per acre and overall food production output due to increasing costs of fuel and labor

Which one of the observations concerning coal and oil/natural gas resources in North America is false?

a. both the U.S. and Canada use coal as their primary source to produce energy  

b. coal deposits are found primarily in Wyoming, Kentucky, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, the Maritime Provinces, and two prairie provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan      

c. coal use is a major contributor to global climate change  

d. while Canada meets its demand for oil through domestic sources, the U.S. must import about 40-45 percent of the oil it uses

Which of the following statements about the oil supply for the U.S. economy is false?

a. the U.S. demand for oil is about 22 percent (one-fifth) of the world consumption      

b. the largest domestic deposits of petroleum are found in the rock formations located on the eastern side of the Rockies, from the Gulf of Mexico to Alaska  

c. the share of oil imports has been constantly on the rise since the early 2000s  

d. one of the most promising future supply areas lies is the tar sands deposits along the Athabasca River in Alberta, Canada, but their usage is controversial due to the great potential of significant environmental damage in the places of extraction

The following areas offer substantial alternative energy possibilities, except

a. Western states have the highest geothermal energy potential      

b. the power of tidal waves offers the great energy opportunities along the Gulf of Mexico  

c. wind energy potential is the highest along the west and east coasts as well as in the Great Lakes area      

d. utilizing the solar radiation for energy production is the most promising in the Southwest

Which of the following characteristics of the Unites States’ and Canada’s resource dependency is false?

a. Canada is in a position to export iron ore and other metal ores  

b. the United States imports almost 100% of the bauxite used to produce aluminum  

c. most of the domestic iron ore production in both countries comes from the Lake Superior area (in both countries) and from the Canadian Shield in Labrador  

d. since 1970s the share of imported iron ore used in the United States nearly quadrupled, because of depletion of domestic sources

Which one of the statements below describing the manufacturing coreland of the U.S. is false?

a. although no longer the center of textile industry, New England has economically recovered with high tech industries  

b. with a diversified manufacturing base, the greater New York City region is the country’s largest industrial production area  

c. iron and steel production is centered on the three districts of: Maryland and eastern Pennsylvania, the Great Lakes area of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and the Great Lakes region stretching from Gary, Indiana through Chicago and Milwaukee, Wisconsin  

d. iron and steel production has declined in these three regions because of resource decline

Which of the statements describing the Southern manufacturing is true?

a. the South’s first industrial revolution was based on textile manufacturing  

b. food and forest-based industries have become important today  

c. petroleum refining along the Gulf Coast remains important      

d. more recently, automobile production has expanded  

e. all of the above is true

Which of the following is true about Canadian manufacturing?

a.   it matured simultaneously with that of the United States  

b. it was aided by Canadian tariff policy      

c. is based largely upon imported mineral resources      

d. it has been little affected by U.S. industrialization

Which is false description of the distribution of Canada’s manufacturing?

a. the city of Montreal is the site of a large proportion of the country’s industry  

b. the province of Quebec is the center of the hydroelectric powered metal industries

c. the diversified manufacturing region of the “golden horseshoe” is located along the shores of Lake Ontario  

d. recent manufacturing relocations have been primarily to eastern Maritime Provinces

All of the following are consequences of rapid urban growth (sprawl) in the United States except:

a. a significant loss of near productive agricultural land      

b. the coalescing of individuals cities to form large and congested urban corridors      

c. the rise of poorer central cities and richer suburbs  

d. the widespread development of public transportation systems to accommodate those commuting from the suburbs to the central city district

Which of the following statements concerning the term “megalopolis” is true?

a. megalopolis refers to large urban regions that have resulted from the fusing of many individual cities  

b. the first and largest megalopolis is the Boston-New York-Philadelphia-Baltimore-Washington D.C. urban corridor  

c. another U.S. megalopolis stretches from Chicago to Pittsburgh  

d. all of the above

Which one of the following characteristics of contemporary poverty areas in the United States and Canada is false?

a. today, most of the poor people in the United States live in large urban areas in sharp contrast to most periods of American history when the majority of poor were found in rural areas  

b. there is no evidence of correlation between the high unemployment rates and higher rates of poverty  

c. generally less urbanized, southern U.S. states and the northernmost Canadian territory exhibit the highest levels of population classified as poor  

d. the lowest poverty levels are recorded in the Mid-Atlantic (except New York and Pennsylvania) and New England regions, and in the U.S. upper Midwest and Great Plains regions extending north to Canadian Prairies

Which one of the statements describing the distribution of African Americans is false?

a. the African-American population is split approximately 45 to 55 between the urban areas of the North and urban and rural areas of the South      

b. African-American migration to urban centers peaked shortly after the Civil War      

c. many cities have become more African American than white, as evidenced by the increasing number of African Americans elected mayors of large cities  

d. more African Americans are moving to the South than leaving it

Which one of the statements describing Hispanic Americans is false?

a. Hispanics are now the second largest minority group  

b. exhibits a population concentration in the Southwest that results from a long tradition of Spanish and Mexican influence      

c. many recent arrivals to the U.S. send billions of dollars in remittances back home to their origin countries  

d. over the last decade Hispanics have been the fastest growing minority group

Which one of the descriptions of the U.S.-Canada relationship is false?

a. the U.S. has always come to the financial aid of Canada when the latter experienced economic recessions      

b. the two countries are each other’s most important trading partner  

c. Canada is wary of losing its cultural identity because of the overwhelming power of American movies, literature, and media  

d. Canada is worried about being too economically dependent on the U.S. economy

Explanation / Answer

1) The correct option is (d)

The reservations/reserves have been the only home-ground for the Native Americans/ First Nations. As important it is strategically and politically, it is also vital for their survival which is diminishing with time.

2) The correct option is (c). The US population reached 226.5 millions by the 1980s.

3) The correct option is (c). About two-third population resides in Ontario + Quebec provinces.

4) The correct option is (a). Also on soybeans

5) The correct option is (a). Tobacco falls under the ineligible commodities.

6) The correct option is (c)

7) The correct option is (a). They primarily use crude oil and natural gas.

8) The correct option is (d). Mostly due to political/geographical boundaries.

9) The correct option is (b)

10) The correct option is (b). USA ranks 21st in bauxite production.

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