Question Answer Maps Used 1. What is the largest area in Canada and the United States that is densely populated (over 250 people per square mile)? What are four cities in that area?
Four cities that are that are densely populated in Canada and the United States are Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D. C.
Population
2. In which state in the United States can you find all of the following climates: arid, semiarid, Mediterranean, highlands, and marine west coast?
The state that you can find all of the following climates arid, semiarid, Mediterranean, highlands and marine west coast is California.
Climate
3. Which resource is most abundant in Texas, Alaska, and Alberta? Which state or province appears to have the most of that resource?
Petroleum is the most abundant in Texas, Alberta, and Alaska. Texas has the most petroleum.
Economic
4. Which four territories and states have both a subarctic and a tundra climate and include land that is both north and south of the Arctic Circle?
Yukon Territory, Alaska, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut have both subarctic and tundra climates and are both north and south of the Arctic Circle.
Climate

5. What is the most common type of vegetation in the central area of southern Canada and the United States? Which country has more land with that type of vegetation?
The most common type of vegetation in the central area of southern Canada and the United States is temperate grassland. The United States has more land with temperate grassland.
Vegetation
6. What types of land use occur along both the Pacific Coast and the Atlantic Coast of Canada and the United States?
The Atlantic and Pacific Coast of Canada and the United States are both used for commercial fishing, forestry, trade and manufacturing, and commercial farming.
Economic
7. Which five lakes together make up the largest body of fresh water in Canada and the United States?
The 5 lakes that make up the largest body of fresh water in and the united states are the great lakes which are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
Physical
8. California is the most populated state in this region. Nunavut is the least populated. How do climate and economic activity help explain why this is the case?
California is the most populated state because its usually warm all year no matter the season and the trade and manufacturing business is high there, Nunavut is the least populated because it is a subarctic provenance and cold all year round and has little to no activity other than hunting.
Climate and Economic
9. Name three states, provinces, or territories that produce more hydroelectric power than other places in the region. What physical feature in these places might help explain why hydroelectric power is a resource there?
Most hydroelectric power in Canada and the U. S is made in Washington, British Columbia, Quebec. The physical feature in these places that help explain is the low elevation near the rivers that go through them and the access they have to large amounts of water.
Physical and Economic
10. A farmer grows sugarcane, a crop that does well only in a humid subtropical climate with other tropical grassland vegetation. In his free time, he loves to go sailing on the ocean year-round. His farm is near a densely populated city that lies on a very large river. Where does the farmer live? Why do you think so?
The farmers farm that is in a humid subtropical climate with tropical grassland vegetation is located in southern Florida.
Vegetation, Climate and population