This is a PowerPoint presentation that was created for a high-school Geography class to review the topics of Physical Geography, America, and Canada.

2. I Want to Live I Pledge Getting’ Historically Yo Habla…
There! Allegiance… Physical Speaking Spanish?
To Canada? (Geography)
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Team 1 : Team 2 :

3. I Want to Live There: 2 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: The primary reason that the
Earth’s population is unevenly distributed is
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that, in order to survive, people must live
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near a body of water.
The Answer Is :
False: it is because natural obstacles
Greatly restrict where people live

4. I Want to Live There: 3 Points
The Question Is :
Were settlers originally attracted to the South
because of the relatively flat landscape? If not,
why were they? Stop!
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The Answer Is :
No, because of the rich soil

5. I Want to Live There: 4 Points
The Question Is :
The jagged shoreline of the Northeast provides
many excellent ________.
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The Answer Is :
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Harbors

6. I Want to Live There: 5 Points
The Question Is :
Who has the higher percentage of people of
European descent: Guatemala or Costa Rica?
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The Answer Is :
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Costa Rica

7. I Want to Live There: 6 Points
The Question Is :
About 30 percent of the population in
Suriname, is made up of ________, people of
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mixed African and other ancestry.
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The Answer Is :
Suriname, mulattoes

8. I Want to Live There: 7 Points
The Question Is :
What is the largest country in Latin America?
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The Answer Is :
Brazil
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9. I Want to Live There: 8 Points
The Question Is :
By encouraging ________, the government of
Brazil hopes that the country will be able to
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benefit economically from the riches of the rain
________ without destroying it.
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The Answer Is :
Ecotourism, forest

10. I Want to Live There: 9 Points
The Question Is :
Compared with Central America, Caribbean
culture is more influenced by what ethnic
group? Stop!
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The Answer Is :
African

11. The US & Canada: 2 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: The Laurentian Highlands are
located in the United States and Canada.
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The Answer Is :
False

12. The US & Canada: 3 Points
The Question Is :
Which one of these has tundra regions – the
U.S., Canada, or both?
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Is :
Both

13. The US & Canada: 4 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: Coal, oil, and natural gas are all
nonrenewable resources that are vital to the
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energy supply and economy of the US.
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The Answer Is :
True

14. The US & Canada: 5 Points
The Question Is :
Is the United States a NAFTA country?
The Answer Is :Stop!
Yes Time’s Up!

15. The US & Canada: 6 Points
The Question Is :
Are forests vital to the energy supply and
economy of the United States?
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The Answer Time’s Up!
Is :
No

16. The US & Canada: 7 Points
The Question Is :
Both the United States and Canada have
temperate ________ regions.
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The Answer Time’s Up!
Is :
Grassland

17. The US & Canada: 8 Points
The Question Is :
Why are the peaks of the Rocky Mountains
higher and more jagged than the peaks of
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the Appalachian Mountains?
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The Answer Is :
The Appalachians have been worn down by
rain, ice, and wind over time

18. The US & Canada: 9 Points
The Question Is :
The United States relies mostly on ______
______ for energy creation.
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The Answer Is :
Fossil fuels

19. Landforms: 2 Points
The Question Is :
What are “ridgelike piles of rock and debris?”
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The Answer Is :
Moraines
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20. Landforms: 3 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: In rain forests, the densest layer of
plant life is on the forest floor.
The Answer Is : Stop!
True Time’s Up!

21. Landforms: 4 Points
The Question Is :
Dry seasons of natural wildfires are common to
_________.
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:
Savannas

22. Landforms: 5 Points
The Question Is :
What were the Bahamas created by?
The Answer Is :
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Built-up remains of once-living creatures called
coral polyps

23. Landforms: 6 Points
The Question Is :
What element of physical geography binds the
countries of southern South America together?
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The Answer Is :
The Plata River system

24. Landforms: 7 Points
The Question Is :
What is a leeward?
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The Answer Is :
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Side of an island away from the wind

25. Landforms: 8 Points
The Question Is :
What is an isthmus?
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A narrow strip of land connecting two larger
masses

26. Landforms: 9 Points
The Question Is :
What is an archipelago?
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The Answer Is :
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A group of islands

27. Historically Speaking: 2 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: A primary reason for the war of
independence from Spain was the unhappiness of the
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criollos at the privileges reserved only for the
peninsulares.
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The Answer Is :
True

28. Historically Speaking: 3 Points
The Question Is :
Warfare between British and French colonists in North
America between 1689 and 1763 ended with what?
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The Answer Is :
France surrendered most of its lands to Britain

29. Historically Speaking: 4 Points
The Question Is :
In the early 1800’s, the most efficient means of
transporting raw materials and finished goods around
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the country was the ________.
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The Answer Is :
Steamboat

30. Historically Speaking: 5 Points
The Question Is :
Is “giving away land in the Amazon region” a policy the
Brazilian government adopted to encourage economic
growth? Stop!
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The Answer Is :
Yes

31. Historically Speaking: 6 Points
The Question Is :
What was crucial to the success and development of
Brasilia?
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The Answer Is :
A massive road-building project

32. Historically Speaking: 7 Points
The Question Is :
The growth of Brazil’s middle class is due in large part
to government policies that have what?
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The Answer Is :
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Encouraged the growth of industry

33. Historically Speaking: 8 Points
The Question Is :
Why did little mixing of ethnic groups take place
throughout Central America’s history?
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The Answer Is :
Because mountains blocked travel between areas

34. Historically Speaking: 9 Points
The Question Is :
A steep escarpment that divides Brazil’s interior from
its coastal plain formed a barrier to __________ for
many years. Stop!
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The Answer Is :
Transportation

35. Central & South America: 2 Points
The Question Is :
True or False: Mexico’s heartland region is
dominated by lowlands.
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The Answer Is :
False: it is dominated by an elevated plateau.

36. Central & South America: 3 Points
The Question Is :
What is gasohol and its production has benefited
what country?
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The Answer Is :
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An alcohol based fuel, Brazil – it has cut its need
to import foreign oil

37. Central & South America: 4 Points
The Question Is :
Can oil be found in the following section of
Venezuela: Guiana Highlands?
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The Answer Is :
No

38. Central & South America: 5 Points
The Question Is :
The grasslands of Argentina produce most of
Argentina’s _________ and _________.
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The Answer Is :
Grains and meats

39. Central & South America: 6 Points
The Question Is :
In Argentina, the majority of the population is of
_________ ancestry.
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The Answer Is :
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European

40. Central & South America: 7 Points
The Question Is :
Brazil’s huge interior plateau drops steeply to the
lowlands beyond to form a(n) ________.
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:
Escarpment

41. Central & South America: 8 Points
The Question Is :
What are the communities that many of Brazil’s
urban poor live in called?
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The Answer Is :
Favelas

42. Central & South America: 9 Points
The Question Is :
Brazilians use _______ ________ to make their
alcohol based fuel called gasohol.
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The Answer Is :
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Sugar cane