Canada and United States Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Appalachian Mountains | one of the two major mountain chains in the United States and Canada that runs some 1600 miles from Newfoundland to Alabama |
| Great Plains | a largely treeless area that continues the ascent to about 4000 ft |
| Canadian Shield | rocky, mainly flat area that covers nearly 2 million square miles around Hudson Bay |
| Rocky Mountains | series of mountain ranges that extend about 3000 miles from alaska to new mexico |
| Continental Divide | line of highest points in the rockies that marks the separation between rivers flowing eastward and westward |
| Great Lakes | Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior |
| Mackenzie River | canada's longest river wich is part of a river system that flows across the Northwest Territories to the Arctic Ocean |
| permafrost | permanently frozen ground |
| prevailing westerlies | winds that blow from west to east in the middle latitudes |
| Everglades | huge swampland that covers some 4000 square miles |
| nomads | people who move from place to place |
| Beringia | land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska |
| St. Lawerence Seaway | north america's most important deep water ship route |
| locks | sections of a waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised or lowered |
| migration | movement |
| Columbian Exchange | The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus's voyages |
| Louisiana Purchase | A territory in the west central United States purchased from France in 1803; extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, and the gulf of Mexico to Canada |
| frontier | the free, open land in the American West that was available for settlement |
| suburbs | communities outside of cities |
| representative democracy | where the people rule through elected representatives |
| exports | goods sold to another country |
| free enterprise | an economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses, and can operate them for profit with little control from the government |
| service industry | kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a produce |
| postindustrial economy | one where manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role |
| multinationals | large corporations that have operations in several countries |
| New England | 6 northern states of subregion: Maine, Virginia, New Hampshire, Massachusettes, Rhode Island, and Connecticut |
| megalopolis | a region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together |
| Midwest | the subregion that contains the 12 states of the north central united states |
| South | subregion that covers about 1/4 of the land area of the US and contains more than 1/3 of its population |
| metropolitan areas | large cities and nearby suburbs and towns |
| West | far-flung subregion consisting of 13 states |
| province | political unit |
| 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 |
| confederation | political union |
| parliamentary government | system where legislative and executive functions are combined in a legislature called a parliament |
| parliament | a body of representatives that makes laws for a nation |
| prime minister | head of the government |
| first nations | Canada's native americans |
| metis | people of mixed french and native heritage |
| reserves | public land set aside for them by the government |
| Atlantic Provinces | the provinces in Eastern Canada-Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nove Scotia, and Newfoundland |
| Quebec | The largest province in Canada |
| Ontario | a prosperous and industrialized province in central Canada |
| Prairie Provinces | provinces west of Ontario and Quebec: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta |
| British Columbia | Canada's westernmost province, located within the Rocky Mountain range |
| Nunavut | one of Canada's territories and home to many of Canada's Inuit; it was carved out of the eastern half of the Northwest Territories in1999 |
| terrorism | The calculated unlawful use of physical force or threats of violence against persons or property in order to intimidate or coerce a government, organization, or individual for the purpose of gaining some political, religious, economic, or social objective |
| global network | worldwide interconnected group |
| coalition | an alliance |
| biological weapons | bacteria and viruses that can be used to harm or kill people, animals, or plants |
| urban sprawl | poorly planned development that spreads a city's population over a wider and wider geographic area |
| infrastructure | basic facilities, services, and machinery needed for a community to function |
| smart growth | efficient use and conservation of land and other resources |
| sustainable communities | communities where residents could live and work |
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