Canada And US Vocab Flashcards
Coastal islands created from sand deposited by ocean waves and currents in shallow water
Barrier islands
Crest dividing north America’s major river systems into those flowing eastward and those flowing westward
Continental divide
Events in the physical environment that can destroy human life and property
Natural hazards
Natural boundary between two landform regions with different elevations marked by rapids and waterfalls
Fall line
Low areas of land; often surrounded by mountains
Basins
Place where magma wells up to the surface with Earth’s mantle
Hot spot
Territories controlled by people from a Foreign land
Colonies
Large farms that produce me major crop often for export
Plantations
Able to speak two languages
Bilingual
A group of cities n the northeastern part of the united stated that have grown into one large built up area
Megalopolis
A city and its surrounding built-up areas
Metropolitan area
Process of buying run down homes in older areas of a community and restoring them
Gentrification
A huge powerful country
Superpower
A region of US Midwest that specializes in growing corn
Corn Belt
Region of the US Midwest that specializes in dairy products
Dairy Belt
An area south of San Francisco, California that became the leading center of computer technology in the US
Silicon Valley
A situation in which a value of a countries exports is lower than the value of a countries imports
Trade deficit
What does NAFTA stand for
North American Free Trade Agreement
An agreement between Mexico, Canada, and the US to eliminate tariffs on many products flowing between these countries
NAFTA
Air pollution resulting in chemical reactions involving sunlight and automobile exhaust
Smog
Government districts is similar to states
Provinces
Region that lies far away from major population centers
Hinterland
Legislature led by a Prime Minister
Parliament
General agreement
Consensus
