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Social Key Terms
Social Canada Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Precipitation | The amount of rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls in an area |
| tundra | an area with limited vegetation, such as moss and shrubs, freezing temperatures last the winter and summer |
| permafrost | soil that never thaws |
| mixing zone | an area where waters mix and stir up nutrients from the ocean floor |
| Inuit | a native people that settled in the Arctic Region |
| igloos | homes from blocks of snow |
| Northwest Passage | water route to Asia |
| compromise | establishing common ideas that people agree to follow |
| First Nations | Native groups who lived South of the Arctic region in Canada |
| New France | French colony in what is now eastern Canada |
| province | territory that is under control of a larger country |
| dominion | territory that governs itself but is stilled tied to its original country |
| cultural mosaic | place where people from different areas retain their cultural identity |
| plural society | society in which distinctive cultural, ethnic, and racial groups are encouraged to maintain their own identities and cultures |
| socialism | Economic system where “necessities” are owned by the government, everything else is privately owned. Government: Education, Transportation, Health Care |
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