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Crull's Canada Vocab
Canada Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Mixing zone | An area where warm and cold waters mix and stir up nutrients from the ocean floor. The fish feed on the plankton. |
First Nations | Native groups who lived south of the Arctic region in Canada. |
Cultural mosaic | When people from different areas retain their cultural identity. Canada is multicultural and bilingual. |
plural society | Distinctive cultural, ethnic, and racial groups are encouraged to maintain their own identities and cultures. Multiculturalism. |
Free trade | Removal of trade barriers. |
Northwest Passage | Hypothetical North American passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. |
Compromise | Establishing common ideas that people agree to follow. |
Dominion | Territory that governs itself but is still tied to its colonizing country. |
Inuit | Indigenous people of Canada’s far north. |
Province | Territory that is under the control of a larger country. |
New France | French colony in what is now eastern Canada. |
Permafrost | Permanently frozen soil. |
Quota | Limits on the number of traded goods. |
Tariff | Taxes on foreign goods. |
Embargo | A ban on trading with certain nations, in place for some countries and goods. |
Tundra | Area with limited vegetation, such as moss and shrubs. |
Igloo | Home made from blocks of ice by the Inuit. |