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Social Key Terms
Social Canada Test
Question | Answer |
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Precipitation | The amount of rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls in an area |
tundra | an area with limited vegetation, such as moss and shrubs, freezing temperatures last the winter and summer |
permafrost | soil that never thaws |
mixing zone | an area where waters mix and stir up nutrients from the ocean floor |
Inuit | a native people that settled in the Arctic Region |
igloos | homes from blocks of snow |
Northwest Passage | water route to Asia |
compromise | establishing common ideas that people agree to follow |
First Nations | Native groups who lived South of the Arctic region in Canada |
New France | French colony in what is now eastern Canada |
province | territory that is under control of a larger country |
dominion | territory that governs itself but is stilled tied to its original country |
cultural mosaic | place where people from different areas retain their cultural identity |
plural society | society in which distinctive cultural, ethnic, and racial groups are encouraged to maintain their own identities and cultures |
socialism | Economic system where “necessities” are owned by the government, everything else is privately owned. Government: Education, Transportation, Health Care |