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WorldGeoVocab.TestLR
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Appalachian Mountains | one of two major mountain chains in the eastern US and canada, extending 1600 miles from newfoundland south of alabama |
| great plains | a vast grassland of central north america that is largely treeless and ascends to 4000 feet above sea level |
| canadian shield | a northern part of the interior lowlands that is a rocky, flat region covering nearly two million square miles and encircling Hudson Bay |
| rocky mountains | a major mountains system of the US and canada, extending 3000 miles from alaska south of to new mexico |
| permafrost | a permanently frozen ground |
| prevailing westerlies | winds that blow from west to east |
| everglades | a large subtropical swampland in florida of about 4000 square miles |
| nomad | a person with no permanent home who moves according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water and grazing land |
| beringia | a land bridge thought to have connected what are now siberia and alaska |
| lock | a section of a waterway where water levels are raised or lowered through which ships pass |
| st. lawrence seaway | north america's most important deep water route |
| mississippi river | a major river that flows north-south almost the length of the US from minnesota to the gulf of mexico, and is part of the longest river system on the continent |
| mackenzie river | canada's longest river, which is part of a river system that flows across the northwest territories to the artic oceean |
| representative democracy | a government in which the people rule through elected representatives |
| export | a product or good that is sold from one economy to another |
| free enterprise | an economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, technology, and businesses, and can operate them for a profit with little control from the government |
| service industry | any kind of economic activity that produces a service rather than a product |
| postindustrial economy | an economic phase in which manufacturing no longer plays a dominant role. |
| multinational | a corporation that engages in business worldwide |
| new england | the six northern stater in the northeast US-maine, vermont, new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island, and connecticut |
| megalpolis | a region in which several large cities and surrounding areas grow together |
| the midwest | the region that contains the 12 states of the north-central US |
| the south | a region that covers about 1/4 of the land area of the US and contains more than 1/3 of its population |
| migration | the movement of peoples within a country or reagion |
| columbian exchange | the movement of plants, animals, and diseases between the eastern and western hemispheres during the age of exploration |
| Louisiana purchase | the territory, including the region between the mississippi river and the rocky mountains that the US purchased from France in 1803 |
| frontier | the free open land in the american west that was available for settlement |
| suburb | a political unit or community touching the borders of the central city or touch the city |
| metropolitan | a functional area including a city and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs linked economically |
| the west | north american region consisting of 13 states that stretches from the great plains to the pacific ocean and includes alaska to the north and hawaii in the pacific |
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