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Reid US/Canada 1-3
Canada Chapter 2 Sections 1-3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| precipitation | water that falls to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| tundra | area with limited vegetation, such as moss and shrubs |
| permafrost | permanently frozen soil |
| mixing zone | an area where warm and cool water combine and stir nutrients from the ocean floor; fish feed on these nutrients |
| Inuit | indigenous people in Canada's Far North |
| igloo | Inuit home made from blocks of snow |
| northwest passage | hypothetical North American passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| 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 the control of a larger country |
| dominion | territory that governs itself but is still tied to its colonizing country |
| cultural mosaic | place where people from different areas retain their cultural identity |
| constitutional monarchy | system of government in which the laws in the constitution limit the monarch's or emperor's powers |
| plural society | society in which distinctive cultural, ethnic, and racial groups are encouraged to maintain their own identities and cultures |
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