Unit 1B World Geo Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 precipitation | amount of water that falls as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| tundra | area with limited vegetation, such as moss and shrubs |
| permafrost | permanently frozen soil |
| mixing zone | an area where warm and cool water combine and stir nutrients from the ocean floor, fish feed on the nutrients |
| compromise | establishing common ideas that people agree to follow |
| first nations | native groups who lived south of the Arctic Region in Canada |
| new france | ... |
| province | territory that is under the control of a larger country |
| dominion | territory that governs itself but is still tied to its colonizing country |
| cultural mosaic | place where people from different areas retain their cultural identity |
| constitutional monarchy | system of government in which the laws in the consititution limit the monarch's or emperor's powers |
| plural society | society in which distinctive cultural, ethnic, and racial groups are encouraged to maintain their own identities and cultures. |
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