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Geography 1202
Exam 3
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
11/15/2006

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The largest Asian settlements in the United States are found in four of these cities
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San Fransico, LA, Seattle,
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Creative Destruction describes
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the process of dismantling old industrial regions to help fund the creation of new ones
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As a core country, Canada is unusual because:
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it relies on a resources-based strategy of economic growth.
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The Roosevelt Corollary
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reasserted the Monroe Doctrine
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Which of the following represents the largest single religious group in the United States?
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Roman Catholics
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The europeanization of North America
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really only included a few countries of Europe: France, Spain, the Netherlands, and Great Britain
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The North America Act of 1867
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established Canada as an autonomous state.
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environmental conditions in the United States and Canada
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The eastern seashore is less dangerous than the western, which experiences riptides and deadly undertows.
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earliest human settlers (pre-European) in this region
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During the Stone Age, people entered from the North, but settled the southern parts of the continent.
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Which core region in North America has the world's sixth largest economy?
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The Pacific Rim
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Which core region contains the most populous parts of the United States and Canada?
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The US-Canadian Core
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This region is the geographic center of the United States and Canada, and its economy centers around farming
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The Plains and the Prairies
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Sunbelt
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previously undeveloped areas in the U.S. Southeast and Southwest, where land and labor are cheaper than in the rust belt
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rust belt
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provinces and states that form the North American Manufacturing Belt or industrial core. The most significant transformations in this area have been the rise of the service sector and the decline of manufacturing
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