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NA/Canada

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Continental Divide   The line that marks the separation between rivers flowing east to west  
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Permafrost   permanently frozen ground  
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Nomad   a person moving place to place with no permanent home  
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migration   movement of people within a country  
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lock   section of a waterway with closed gates where water levels are raised and lowered  
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columbian exchange   movement of plants, animals, and disease during the age of exploration  
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suburb   political community touching the borders of a central city  
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export   good that is sold to another country  
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multinational   a corporation that engages in business worldwide  
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reserve   public land set aside for native people by governmen  
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infrastructure   basic support systems needed to keep an economy going  
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biological weapon   a virus that can be used to harm/kill people, animals, or plants  
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metis   person of mixed French, Canadian, and native american ancestry  
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province   political unit  
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megalopolis   a region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together  
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parliament   lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed and legislative and executive functions are combined  
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frontier   free open land in the American West available for settlement  
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free enterprise   economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and operate them for profit  
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metropolitian area   functional area including a city and is surrounding suburbs that are linked economically  
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urban sprawl   poorly planned development that spreads a citys population over a wider geographic area  
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