The Geography of North America, 2e (Hardwick)
Chapter 1 Introduction
1) What colonial power settled Greenland?
A) France
B) Spain
C) Britain
D) Denmark
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 12. The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
GeoStandard2: 4. The physical and human characteristics of places.
2) People who speak English are known as what?
A) Francophones
B) Anglophones
C) Engophones
D) Americans
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 10. The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural
,mosaics.
GeoStandard2: 9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations
on Earth's surface.
3) Francophones are people who speak what language?
A) French
B) German
C) Frankish
D) English
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 10. The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural
mosaics.
GeoStandard2: 9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations
on Earth's surface.
,4) During the 19th and early 20th centuries the majority of immigrants to the United
States were from what part of the world?
A) Western Europe
B) Eastern and Southern Europe
C) Latin America and Asia
D) Africa
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations
on Earth's surface.
GeoStandard2: 4. The physical and human characteristics of places.
5) Most of the population of Canada lives in what part of the country?
A) In Western Canada
B) In Eastern Canada
C) Within 150 miles of a coast
D) Within 150 miles of the U.S. — Canada border
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations
on Earth's surface.
GeoStandard2: 4. The physical and human characteristics of places.
, 6) Canada's political system, in which the Queen of England is the official head of state,
but a prime minister is the elected head of the federal government, is called what?
A) A Commonwealth
B) A Republic
C) A Monarchy
D) Socialism
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 13. How forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
GeoStandard2: 10. The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural
mosaics.
Chapter 1 Introduction
1) What colonial power settled Greenland?
A) France
B) Spain
C) Britain
D) Denmark
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 12. The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
GeoStandard2: 4. The physical and human characteristics of places.
2) People who speak English are known as what?
A) Francophones
B) Anglophones
C) Engophones
D) Americans
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 10. The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural
,mosaics.
GeoStandard2: 9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations
on Earth's surface.
3) Francophones are people who speak what language?
A) French
B) German
C) Frankish
D) English
Answer: A
Diff: 1
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 10. The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural
mosaics.
GeoStandard2: 9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations
on Earth's surface.
,4) During the 19th and early 20th centuries the majority of immigrants to the United
States were from what part of the world?
A) Western Europe
B) Eastern and Southern Europe
C) Latin America and Asia
D) Africa
Answer: B
Diff: 1
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations
on Earth's surface.
GeoStandard2: 4. The physical and human characteristics of places.
5) Most of the population of Canada lives in what part of the country?
A) In Western Canada
B) In Eastern Canada
C) Within 150 miles of a coast
D) Within 150 miles of the U.S. — Canada border
Answer: D
Diff: 2
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations
on Earth's surface.
GeoStandard2: 4. The physical and human characteristics of places.
, 6) Canada's political system, in which the Queen of England is the official head of state,
but a prime minister is the elected head of the federal government, is called what?
A) A Commonwealth
B) A Republic
C) A Monarchy
D) Socialism
Answer: A
Diff: 3
Chapter Section: Why Study North America?
Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select
GeoStandard1: 13. How forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the
division and control of Earth's surface.
GeoStandard2: 10. The characteristics, distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural
mosaics.
