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Canada vocabolary
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| provinces | are administrative units similar to states |
| territories | are lands administrated by the national government |
| shield | is a large area of relatively flat land comprised of ancient,hard rock |
| coniferious | evergreen trees produce cones that hold seeds,and they have needles instead of leaves |
| deciduous | trees shed their leaves in the autum |
| archipelago | is a group of islands |
| tundra | is a flat,treeless plain with permanently frozen ground |
| fishery | is an area where fish come to feed in huge numbers |
| comprise | to make up |
| access | a way to reach a distant area |
| aboringal | or native,peoples who lived in North America before Europeans |
| occupy | to settle in a place |
| eventually | at a later time |
| migrate | to move to an area to settle |
| metis | are the children of French and native peoples |
| transcontinental | or continent-crossing,railroad that united the eastern and western parts of their nation |
| granary | is a building used to store harvested grain |
| metropolitan area | is a city and its surrounding suburbs |
| bilingual | nation,meaning it has two official languages-English and French |
| via | on the way through |
| peacekeeping | is sending trained members of the military to crisis spots to maintain peace and order |
| separatists | are those who want to break away from control by a dominant group |
| autonomy | or self-government,than they had in the past |
| Acid rain | is produced when chemicals from air pollution combine with precipitation |
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