Unit 03: The United States and Canada Vocabulary
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22 questions
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Emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests.
Emphasizes loyalty, devotion, or allegiance to a nation and holds that such obligations outweigh other individual or group interests.
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The ability to read and write.
The ability to read and write.
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The age a person can expect to live based on the statistical average for an area.
The age a person can expect to live based on the statistical average for an area.
infant mortality | life expectancy | |
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The age a person can expect to live based on the statistical average for an area. |
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The number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.
The number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.
infant mortality | connectivity | |
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the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births |
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A nation whose government has a supreme authority over its population and territory is called a __________
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The physical and human geographic characteristics that distinguish a particular place is the __________
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A large area characterized by its vegetation, soil, climate, and wildlife ___________
Other Answer Choices:
pandemics
biomes
Human Development Index
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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A widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time are ______________
Other Answer Choices:
connectivity
pandemics
Human Development Index
demographic indicators
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A measure of the degree to which one location is connected to all other locations.
A measure of the degree to which one location is connected to all other locations.
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Overview of population size, composition, territorial distribution, and the components of changes such as natality, mortality, and social mobility.
Overview of population size, composition, territorial distribution, and the components of changes such as natality, mortality, and social mobility.
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Any improvement in the standard of living of people in a specific country.
Any improvement in the standard of living of people in a specific country.
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The level of income, comforts and services available, generally applied to a society or location, rather than to an individual.
The level of income, comforts and services available, generally applied to a society or location, rather than to an individual.
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Select the THREE types of regions studied in geography:
Select the THREE types of regions studied in geography:
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The total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders.
The total monetary or market value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders.
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A statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators.
A statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income indicators.
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A mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico
A mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico
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Massive mountain ranges that stretch from Canada to central New Mexico.
Massive mountain ranges that stretch from Canada to central New Mexico.
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The widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the New World (the Americas) in the Western Hemisphere, and the Old World.
The widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the New World (the Americas) in the Western Hemisphere, and the Old World.
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The set of practices, beliefs, and objects that embody the most broadly shared meanings of a social system.
The set of practices, beliefs, and objects that embody the most broadly shared meanings of a social system.
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A major fracture of the Earth's crust in extreme western North America is known as the ______________________
Other Answer Choices:
spatial diffusion
San Andreas Fault
pandemics
literacy
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Acts or circumstances observed, or observable within nature are known as ______________
Other Answer Choices:
phenomena
standard of living
connectivity
biomes
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The spread of human culture over areas __________