World Geo Ch. 6
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skluzacek7 on October 25, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 immigration | the movement of people into one country from another. |
| 5% | How much of the world's population lives in U.S. and Canada? |
| Native Americans | North America's first immigrants, who probably moved from Asia thousands of years ago. |
| Sunbelt | What is the fastest growing region in U.S? |
| Urbanization | movement of people from rural areas into cities. |
| Metropolitan areas | Region that includes a central city and its surrounding areas |
| Suburbs | outlying communities around a city |
| Megalopolis | A super city made up of several large and small cities. |
| Mobility | Able to move from place to place |
| Spanish | Who controlled Florida and a large area of west of the Mississippi River? |
| French | Who settled along the Saint Lawrence River and the Mississippi River Delta? |
| English | Who controlled land along the atlantic coast and along the Hudson Bay? |
| Republic | form of government without a monarch in which people elect their officials. |
| 1803 | U.S. brought all French lands between the Mississippi River and the Rockies. |
| 1845 | Republic of Texas joined the U.S. |
| 1849 | U.S. took control of the west |
| 1867 | U.S. bought Alaska from Russia. |
| 1775 | 13 British colonies began a fight for independence. |
| 1867 | the British colonies of Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia formed the Dominion of Canada. |
| Dry-farming | used in dry regions in which land is plowed and planted deeply to hold water in soil. |
| constitution | plan of government made for the U.S |
| amendments | official changes made to the constitution |
| Bill of Rights | first 10 amendments of the U.S. constitution |
| Dominion | partially self governing country with close ties to another country. |
| Parliament | National legislature made up of Senate and House of Commons. |
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