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What is the term for when wind comes and takes off the top soil (overburn) by a glacier and leaves only basement rock?
shield
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Where in the Canadian Shield?
Northen Minnesota up into Canada
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Where are most of the 25 stratgic minerals?
The Canadian Shield
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What is the climate of the Canadian Shield?
Continental Sub-Arctic
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How cold can it get in central canada?
40 degrees below
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What state's slogan is the "land of 10,000 lakes"?
Minnesota
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What geographical feature creates a lot of lakes?
glaciers
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in what region do the Eskimos live?
the Arctic Coastal Plain
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Where in the Arctic Coastal Plain?
along the northen border of Canada
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What kind of climate does the Arctic Coastal Plain have?
tundra
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What climate is suprisingly milder than the continental subarctic?
the tundra
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how deep can sea ice freeze?
15 feet deep
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why can sea ice only freeze 15 feet deep?
because of the salt in the water
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What kind of food do the Eskimos typically live on?
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When was oil discovered in teh Arctic Coastal Plain?
after WWII
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Where exactly was oil discovered in teh Arctic Coastal Plain?
the North Banks
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What forest in tha Arctic Coastal Plain has a buttload of oil?
the Anwar Forest
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How did people get to Middle and South America?
- from Siberia to Alaska
- acroess the Pacific Ocean
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Where is the largest part of the land-bridge?
Mexico
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What are the two large mountain ranges in mexico?
- Sierra Mandre Oriental
- Sierra Mandre Occidental
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what does Oriental mean?
east
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What does Occedental mean?
west
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What are the tallest mountains in all the Americas?
the Andes Mountains
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since the Andes mountains are so young what does that mean?
they are very active
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Where do they like to build cities in the Andes mountains?
5,000-12,000 ft
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How tall are the Andes Mountains?
a little over 22,000 feet
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