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| A fight for world dominance between the US and the Soviet Union |
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| Area in North America where the Vikings lived briefly |
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| Great drought experienced on the Great Plains in the 1930s |
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| Year that the Dominion of Canada was formed |
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| Center of the motion picture industry |
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| Limited government involvement in the economy |
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| Money remaining after a business pays all its expenses |
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| Horseshoe shaped area around Hudson Bay |
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| wide and deep enough to allow for the passage of ships |
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| huge group of cities that form a huge urban area |
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| power divided between national and state governments |
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| joined together inside a common boundary |
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| What are the major economic activities in Florida? |
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| we use 3 times the oil we produce |
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| area that is dry because the moist air is trapped by the mountains; occurs in the Interior West |
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| How many people live in the US? |
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| When do hurricans normally develop? |
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| People crossed the land bridge to N. America from? |
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| How did Canada gain its independence? |
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| What is the Electoral College? |
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| The way that the president is chosen (look at pages 142-143) |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement; removed trade barriers between Mexico, US and Canada |
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| What is the difference between the free market economies of the US and Canada? |
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| Canada has more government involvement |
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| Similarities between the governments of the US and Canada |
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| representative democracies; federalism |
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| Differences between the governments of the US and Canada |
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| prime minister/president; how their leaders are chosen |
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