41) What do we call new suburbs that include retailing, industry, office, and entertainment
activities, but are less connected to the central city, and more connected to other suburban
centers?
A) urban decentralization
B) counterurbanization
C) concentric zones model
D) urban realms model
E) edge cities
42) Today what percentage of the North American population is urban?
A) 90
B) 80
C) 70
D) 60
E) 50
43) Today, approximately how many undocumented immigrants live in the United States?
A) 1–2 million
B) 4–5 million
C) 8–9 million
D) 11–12 million
E) 15–17 million
44) The projected increase of the Hispanic population in the United States over the next 25 years
will most likely be fueled by
A) increased immigration from Mexico.
B) consistent immigration from Cuba.
C) internal migration within the United States.
D) births to Hispanics already living in the United States.
E) all of the above.
45) What Canadian province has a majority of French-Canadian citizens?
A) British Columbia
B) Ontario
C) Quebec
D) Saskatchewan
E) Alberta
46) In which of the places would one find a concentrated Cajun culture?
A) California
B) Texas
C) Louisiana
D) Alabama
E) Kentucky
47) Lutherans are clustered in what part of the United States?
A) mostly in Utah and Idaho
B) the Deep South
C) the West and Southwest
D) mostly in Minnesota and the Dakotas
E) in the coal mining regions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania
48) Hedo Turkoglu, Manu Ginobili and Pau Gasol are all examples of the globalization of what
American cultural product?
A) music
B) television
C) NBA Basketball
D) fashion
E) Disney goods
49) What percentage of today’s Toronto population is foreign-born?
A) 10
B) 22
C) 35
D) 40
E) 44
50) Which term refers to the situation in which a group of people with a common background
and history identify with one another?
A) culture
B) race
C) ethnicity
D) cultural assimilation
E) cultural nationalism
51) This is the process in which immigrants were absorbed by the larger host society.
A) cultural assimilation
B) decentralization
C) gentrification
D) multiculturalism
E) mainstreaming
52) An estimated ________ Mexican-born residents (more than 10% of Mexico’s population)
now live in the United States.
A) 2 million
B) 5 million
C) 8 million
D) 12 million
E) 16 million
53) Almost half of U.S. Hispanics live in this state.
A) California
B) Texas
C) Arizona
D) New Mexico
E) Nevada
54) What cultural homeland is home to the Inuit?
A) Acadiana, in the southern United States.
B) Newfoundland, in eastern Canada
C) Hawaii, the United States’s 50th state
D) the Navaho Reservation in the Southwest United States.
E) Nunavut, a self-governing territory in Canada
55) What economic activity brings in much-needed income to Native Americans while
challenging their traditional lifeways?
A) automobile assembly plants
B) gambling casinos
C) storage of radioactive waste from nuclear power plants
D) sweatshops
E) all of the above
56) Between 1820 and 1870, the majority of immigrants to the United States came from what
world region?
A) Asia
B) Latin America
C) Southern and Eastern Europe
D) Africa
E) Northern and Western Europe
57) During which period did the largest number of immigrants to the United States come from
Southern and Eastern Europe?
A) 1800-1820
B) 1820-1870
C) 1870-1920
D) 1920-1980
E) 1970-present
58) What is the “cultural glue” that holds Quebec together?
A) private schools
B) the French language
C) prohibitions against international immigration to Quebec
D) religion
E) the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
59) How have Chinese immigrant entrepreneurs reshaped the city of Toronto?
A) They have been able access both local and global sources of capital.
B) They tend to be younger than other Chinese immigrants.
C) They have decentralized their businesses and homes into Toronto suburbs.
D) They tend to be better educated than other Chinese immigrants.
E) All of the answer choices are correct.
60) Which of the following is NOT a Canadian province?
A) Nova Scotia
B) Manitoba
C) British Columbia
D) Quebec
E) Prince Charles Island
61) What countries are members of the North American Free Trade Agreement?
A) Canada, Mexico, and the United States
B) Canada and Mexico
C) Mexico and the United States
D) United States and Canada
E) Canada, Mexico, United States, and Greenland
62) What waterway opened up the Great Lakes to improved global trade connections?
A) St. Lawrence Seaway
B) Mississippi River
C) Rio Grande
D) Colorado River
E) Columbia River
63) Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A) Canada has a unitary system of government.
B) Ontarians have voted two times in the last two decades to secede from Canada.
C) Ontario is the Canadian province with the strongest separatist movement.
D) Quebec is predominantly English speaking.
E) The political status of Quebec remains a major issue in Canada.
64) What is the most abundant fossil fuel in the Unites States?
A) natural gas
B) oil
C) kerosene
D) coal
E) petroleum
65) What employment sector is identified with information processing?
A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) quaternary
E) quintenary
66) What employment sector is identified with natural resource extraction, including mining and
agriculture?
A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) quaternary
E) quintenary
67) What employment sector is identified with services?
A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) quaternary
E) quintenary
68) What is the major trend in agriculture in North America in recent years?
A) There are fewer farms, but they are larger in size.
B) There are more farms, and they are larger in size.
C) There are fewer farms, and they are smaller in size.
D) There are more farms, but they are larger in size.
E) There has been no change.
69) Using examples, please explain how natural hazards in North America have been magnified
70) Write an essay in which you first discuss the three main stages of settlement of North
America and then discuss the migration patterns within the United States.
71) Discuss how changes in transportation technologies contributed to the growth of the city in
the United States. In addition to your essay, please include a diagram illustrating how the city
expanded via these technologies.
72) Briefly discuss the historical evolution of the city in the United States. In addition to your
essay, please also include a diagram illustrating the spatial expansion of the city through time.
73) Explain the process of gentrification. What are the positive outcomes? What are the negative
outcomes?
74) Briefly discuss the increasing population trend in the American and Canadian West. In your
discussion please include the major pull factors to the region, specific examples of locations
where individuals are moving, and the problems associated with this regional movement.
75) Using the graphic below, discuss the spatial settings of North American economic activities.
Indicate why specific activities are located where they are in the United States and Canada.
76) Compare and contrast the paths taken by the United States and Canada in the creation of
those states, away from absolute administrative control by the British.
77) Discuss the differences between the United States and Canada in their respective approaches
to native peoples and national politics. Be certain to discuss such issues as gaming and the role of
the governments in settling land claims.
78) Not everyone shares equally in the economic bounty of North America. Discuss economic
disparities among ethnic groups and between men and women.