1 It’s time to begin review for your final 7th grade social studies test. In order to do this, answer the review questions below in your spiral notebook, not on this paper. Some of the answers are in your spiral already. Look up the others in the books in our classroom or your text at home. We will go over the answers in class. 1. Describe the relative location of Canada. Provide four examples. Do the same for the United States. 2. What is the” Canadian shield?” How does this area contribute to the economy of Canada? 3. Define megalopolis. Give examples. 4. Name the oldest mountain range in North America. Hint: a popular hiking trail cuts through this area on the east coast of the United States. 5. Name the mountain range in North America that is also known as the western continental divide. Name the eastern continental divide in the U.S. Which continent doesn’t have a continental divide? 6. Why is the St. Lawrence Seaway important to the US and Canadian economies? 7. Defend this statement- The United States and Canada have a history of political and economic interdependence. (Write a short paragraph about this.) 8. The United States and Canada are both federal systems of government with representative democracies. Support this statement. 9. What is the British North America Act of 1867? What did it do? 10. Why are the Great Lakes important to Canada and the United States? 11. What are the three branches of the United States government and what “job” is assigned to each branch? 2 12. What common characteristics do the people of Canada and the U.S. share that make it a region? 13. Why has Quebec threatened to secede from Canada? 14. Who are the Inuit people? 15. Compare and contrast the national governments of Canada and the United States. What is alike and what is different? 16. Review your Unit 4 vocabulary. Be able to use them in sentences. 17. Compare the state governments (U. S.) and the Canadian provincial governments. 18. What are “push-pull factors”? How have they affected immigration to the U.S. and Canada? 19. Do you believe the United States is a melting pot? Why or why not? If not, do you believe the United States is a salad bowl? Can you think of a better metaphor? 20. Why does the Prime Minister probably not need veto power in Canada?