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U.S. & Canada Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Continental Divide | is the line of the highest point in North America That marks the seperation between rivers flowing eastward and westward |
| Permafrost | is a ground permanantly frozen |
| prevailing westerlies | is the wind blowing from west to east |
| Everglades | is a large subtropical spwampland in flordia of about 4,000 square miles |
| nomad | is a person with no permanent home who moves according to seasons from place to place in search of food, water and grazing lands |
| Berginia | A land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska |
| St. lawrence seaway | is north americas most important deepwater ship route, connecting the great lakes to the atlantic ocean by way of the st. lawrence river |
| lock | is a section of waterway with closed gates where water level are raised and lowered |
| Representative Democracy | is a government in which people rule through elected representatives |
| New England | is the six nation state in the north united state- maine, vermont, new hampshire, Mssacchusetts, Rhoude island, and Conneticut |
| Midwest | the region that contains the 12 states of the north-central United States |
| province | A unit of an empire |
| Dominion of Canada | Unified Canadian government created by Britain to bolster Canadians against potential attacks or overtures from the United States. |
| Parilament | a council of lords and clergy that later evolved into England's legislature |
| Prime Minister | the head of an elected government; the principal minister of a sovereign or state. |
| First Nations | A group of Canada's Native American people |
| Metis | People of mixed Native American and French Canadian descent |
| reserve | in resource management, the known quantity of a resource that can be economically recovered |
| Atlantic Provinces | the provinces in Eastern Canada-Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland |
| the south | is a region that covers about 1/4 of the land area of the united states and contains more than 1/3 of its population |
| the west | is the north american region, consisting of 13 states that stretches from the great plains to the pacific ocean and includes alaska to the north and hawaii in the pacific |
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Makayllyn Gilbreath
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