Multiple Choice Quiz


1	The basis of economic growth in the southern half of California has been:
		A)	water supply
		B)	computer software
		C)	agricultural production
		D)	tourist spending


2	Most of Canada's trade occurs with:
		A)	Mexico
		B)	United Kingdom
		C)	United States
		D)	Japan


3	Which region attracts most of the growing Asian investment in the United States:
		A)	Midwest
		B)	the South
		C)	Manufacturing Belt
		D)	West coast


4	Which Canadian province contains the most concentrated economic activity:
		A)	Quebec
		B)	Ontario
		C)	British Columbia
		D)	Northwest and Yukon Territories


5	Which part of the United States contains the best soils:
		A)	Midwest
		B)	Southwest
		C)	Northwest
		D)	Southeast


6	The term Anglo America is used because:
		A)	English is the main language
		B)	British colonialism was important
		C)	British history includes Anglo-Saxons
		D)	none of the above


7	The movement to central city areas of more affluent groups is often termed:
		A)	gentrification
		B)	uneven development
		C)	segregation
		D)	urban sectors


8	Which of the following was not a development in large scale manufacturing in the U.S.:
		A)	economies of scale
		B)	horizontal integration
		C)	gentrification trends
		D)	vertical integration


9	From the middle of the twentieth century, which people have become a major source of immigrants to the United States:
		A)	Hispanics
		B)	Chinese
		C)	Japanese
		D)	Russians


10	Problems of affluence in the U.S. result from the following except:
		A)	environmental impacts of the intensive use and extraction of resources
		B)	differences in levels of opportunity
		C)	contrasts between urban and rural communities
		D)	uneven development


11	In 1620 a group of religious emigrants from England landed in modern Massachusetts creating:
		A)	southern Atlantic coast
		B)	New England
		C)	New Boston
		D)	Middle Atlantic


12	Which region in the United States is the poorest:
		A)	Midwest
		B)	Appalachia
		C)	the South
		D)	Pacific Coast


13	Which Canadian province displays a dislike of Anglo-Canadian control
		A)	Ontario
		B)	Quebec
		C)	Prairie Provinces
		D)	British Columbia


14	Economically, Florida is part of the:
		A)	South
		B)	Manufacturing Belt
		C)	Silicon Valley
		D)	Rust Belt

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