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Appalachian Mountains: A mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico
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Atlantic Provinces: The provinces in Eastern Canada-Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nove Scotia, and Newfoundland
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Beringia: Land bridge that connected Asia and North America
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British Columbia: A province in western Canada
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Canadian Shield: A huge, rocky region that curves around Hudson Bay like a giant horseshoe. The Shield covers half the land area of Canada.
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Columbian Exchange: The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages.
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Confederation: A joining of several groups for a common purpose
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Dominion of Canada: The loose confederation of Ontario(upper Canada), Quebec(lower Canada), Nove Scotia, and New Brunswich, created by teh british North America Act in 1867
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Everglades: A large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife
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Export: To send goods to another country for sale
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First Nations: The name used by Canada's Aboriginal or indigenous peoples, which refers to INDIAN peoples and may sometimes include the MÉTIS and INUIT.
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Free Enterprise: An economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices
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Frontier: A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
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Great Lakes: A group of 5 lakes in central North America
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Great Plains: A vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas
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Lock: Build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
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Louisiana Purchase: Territory in western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million
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Mackenzie River: A Canadian river
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Megalopolis: A very large urban complex (usually involving several cities and towns)
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Metis: A half-breed of white and Indian parentage
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Metropolitan Area: A major population center made up of a large city and the smaller suburbs and towns that surround it
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Migration: The movement of persons from one country or locality to another
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Multinational: Involving or operating in several nations or nationalities
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New England: A region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut
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Nomad: A member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons
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Nunavut: An Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit
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Ontario: A prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada
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Parliament: A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)
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Parliamentary Government: This type of government is where the authority is held by a bicameral legislature called a Parliament. In Great Britain, it includes a House of Commons and a House of Lords.
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Permafrost: Ground that is permanently frozen
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Postindustrial Economy: A productive system based on service work and high technology
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Prairie Province: Regions from the most to the least agriculture
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Prevailing Westerlies: Winds that blow west to east between 30 and 60 degrees in the northern and southern hemispheres
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Prime Minister: The person who is head of state (in several countries)
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Province: The territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
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Quebec: The largest province of Canada
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Representative Democracy: A system of government in which citizens elect representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people.
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Reserve: Hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
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Rocky Mountains: The chief mountain range of western North America
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Service Industry: An industry that provides services rather than tangible objects
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St Lawrence Seaway: System of locks, canals, and dams that allows ships to move from one water level to another completed in 1959; makes it easier to move goods from the US to Canada
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Suburb: A residential district located on the outskirts of a city
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The Midwest: The region that contains the 12 states of the northcentral United States
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The South: A subreagion that vocers about one-fourth of the land area of the United States and contains more than one-third of its population
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The West: The subregion of 14 states that stretched from the GReat Plains to the Pacific Ocean and includes Alaska and Hawaii
