1. What are the 4 notable changing patterns of settlement within the US?

2. What factors give New York City its great prominence among American cities?

3. What are the economic and ethnic characteristics of California and its Bay Area?

4. What natural hazards threaten the United States?

5. Why has the US been described as the "Accidental Superpower" and the "Inevitable Empire?" What geographic characteristics favor its power?

6. How did the US economy get into and out of the Great Recession?

7. Why has fishing failed to provide a sustainable basis for a prosperous economy in Atlantic Canada?

8. What new issues and potential conflicts have arisen as temperatures in the Arctic region have increased?

9. With what nation is Greenland politically affliated? Why do most Greenlanders want to maintain these ties?