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Chapter 6
GEO Chapter 6 Canada Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Province | An administrative unit similar to a state |
| Territory | The land adminstered by the national government |
| Shield | a large area of relatively flat land made up of ancient hard rock |
| Coniferious | Describing evergreen trees that produce cones to hold seeds and that have needles instead of leaves |
| Dedciduous | 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 |
| Aboriginal | Native peoples who live in North America before Europeans |
| Metis | The child of a French person and native person |
| Transcontinental | Describing something that crosses a continent |
| Granary | a building used to store harvested grain |
| Metropolitan Area | An area that includes a city and it's surrounding suburbs |
| Bilingual | Able to use two languages |
| Peacekeeping | Sending trained members of the military to crisis spots to maintain peace and order |
| Separatist | An individual who wants to break away from control by a dominant group |
| Autonomy | Having independencefrom another country |
| Acid Rain | Rain that contains harmful amounts of posions due to pollution |