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RL - Chpt. 5
World Geography
Question | Answer |
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province | regional political division |
glacier | giant sheets of ice |
tundra | vast rolling, treeless plains in which only the top few inches of ground thaw in summer |
prairie | a rolling, inland grassy area with fertile soil |
cordillera | a group of mountain ranges that run side by side |
newsprint | the type of paper used for printing newspaper |
dominion | self-governing nation that accepts the British monarch as head of state |
parliamentary democracy | voters elect representatives to a lawmaking body called Parliament |
prime minister | official who heads the government in a Parliamentary Democracy |
bilingual | a country with two official languages |
autonomy | the right to govern themselves |