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Canada Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Comprise | to make up |
Access | a way to reach a distant area |
Province | an administrative unit similar to a state |
Territory | the land administered by the national government |
Shield | a large area of relatively flat land made up of ancient, hard rock |
Coniferous | describing evergreen trees that produce cones to hold seeds that have needles instead of leaves |
Deciduous | describing trees that shed their leaves in the autumn |
Archipelago | a group of islands |
Tundra | a flat, treeless plain with permanently frozen ground |
Fishery | an area where fish come to feed in huge numbers |
Occupy | to settle in a place |
Eventually | at a later time |
Migrate | to move to an area to settle |
Aboriginal | a native people |
Metis | children of French and Native People |
Transcontinental | describing something that crosses a continent |
Granary | a building used to store harvested grain |
Via | on the way through |
Metropolitan Area | an area that includes a city and its surrounding suburbs |
Bilingual | able to use two languages |
Peacekeeping | sending trained members of the military to crises spots to maintain peace and order |
Separatist | an individual who wants to break away from control by a dominant group |
Autonomy | having independence from another country |
Acid Rain | rain that contains harmful amounts of poisons due to pollution |