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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 provinces | political unit |
| Dominion of canada | the loose confederation of Ontario quebec nova scotia and new brunswick created by the british North America Act in 1867 |
| confederation | political union |
| parliament | representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed and in which legislative and executive functions are combined. |
| parliamentary government | a system where legislative and executive functions are combined in a legislature called a parliament |
| Prime minister | the head of a governemtn the majority party's leader in parliament |
| First nations | group of canada's Native American people |
| metis | a person of mixed French-canadian and native American ancestry |
| reserves | public lands set aside for native people by the government |
| Atlantic provinces | The provinces in eastern canada-prince edward island, new brunswich, nova scotia, and newfoundland |
| quebec | one of canada's core provinces |
| ontario | one of canada's core provinces |
| prairie provinces | in canada the provinces west of ontario and quebec- Manitoba, saskatchewan and alberta |
| nunavut | home of many of canada's inuit it was carved out of the eastern half of the northwest territories in 1999 |
| british columbia | canadas western most province located within the rocky mountains range |
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