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NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY QUIZ 1 Chapters 1-2-3 1) Aboriginal populations in Canada… a. originally migrated there from Mexico after the glaciers melted b. have been completely absorbed into European culture except the Inuits c. are usually referred to as ‘first nations’ d. there were no aboriginal populations when Europeans arrived 2) What might you, as a student, be lacking as compared to students from Canada, Greenland and Mexico… a. taking a second language b. 16 years of free public education c. freedom to travel overseas d. geography as a specific topic in high school 3) Most tectonic activity… a. occurs along the western margin of North America b. is no longer active and shouldn’t happen again c. created the large continental shelves on the Eastern seaboard due to subsidence d. can still be seen as features associated with drumlins and eskers 4) Features that are created because some rocks are soluable are called a. eskers b. karst c. cultural patterns d. faults 5) How fast (in degrees Fahrenheit) does air cool for every 1000 feet up in elevation… a. 1.5 b. 2 c. 3.5 d. 5 6) Areas that have interrelated patterns of landforms, vegetation, soils and hydrology… a. physiographic regions b. functional regions c. watersheds d. biomes 7) With continued global warming, Duluth will next be associated with…. a. deciduous trees b. tundra c. alpine environments d. tropical 8) About how long ago, in years, are people assumed to have arrived in North America… a. 5,000 b. 10,000 c. 25,000 d. 100,000 9) Russian settlements were… a. mostly along the Pacific Rim north of California to Alaska b. never established except where gold was mined c. mostly in Hawaii d. generally north of Labrador 10) Los Angeles… a. was once a Spanish Pueblo b. started out as a Portuguese fishing village c. was viewed as the Native American’s ‘Alamo’ after they lost it to invading Spanish