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world geo.L1.ch.6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow | timberline |
| a seasonal warm wind that blows down the rockies in late winter and early spring | chinook |
| sand or sandstone naturally impregnated with petroleum | tar sands |
| an area in which fish or sea animals are caught | fishery |
| harvesting fish to the point that species are depleted and the value of the fishery reduced | overfishing |
| the cultivation of seafood | aquaculture |
| LESSON 2 | LESSON 2 |
| a member of the arctic native peoples of north America once known as eskimo | inuit |
| one of the indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither inuit nor metis | first nation |
| a partially self governing country with close ties to another country | dominion |
| Quebec french speaking inhabitants | Quebecois |
| the breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate independent country | separatism |
| an American colonist who remained loyal to the British government | loyalist |
| to leave one's own country to settle permanently in another | emigrate |
| LESSON 3 | LESSON 3 |
| complex forest that has developed over a long period of time and is relatively untouched by human activity | old-growth forest |