Canada And US Vocab

Question 0

Coastal islands created from sand deposited by ocean waves and currents in shallow water

Answer 0

Barrier islands

Question 1

Crest dividing north America’s major river systems into those flowing eastward and those flowing westward

Answer 1

Continental divide

Question 2

Events in the physical environment that can destroy human life and property

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Natural hazards

Question 3

Natural boundary between two landform regions with different elevations marked by rapids and waterfalls

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Fall line

Question 4

Low areas of land; often surrounded by mountains

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Basins

Question 5

Place where magma wells up to the surface with Earth’s mantle

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Hot spot

Question 6

Territories controlled by people from a Foreign land

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Colonies

Question 7

Large farms that produce me major crop often for export

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Plantations

Question 8

Able to speak two languages

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Bilingual

Question 9

A group of cities n the northeastern part of the united stated that have grown into one large built up area

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Megalopolis

Question 10

A city and its surrounding built-up areas

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Metropolitan area

Question 11

Process of buying run down homes in older areas of a community and restoring them

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Gentrification

Question 12

A huge powerful country

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Superpower

Question 13

A region of US Midwest that specializes in growing corn

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Corn Belt

Question 14

Region of the US Midwest that specializes in dairy products

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Dairy Belt

Question 15

An area south of San Francisco, California that became the leading center of computer technology in the US

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Silicon Valley

Question 16

A situation in which a value of a countries exports is lower than the value of a countries imports

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Trade deficit

Question 17

What does NAFTA stand for

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North American Free Trade Agreement

Question 18

An agreement between Mexico, Canada, and the US to eliminate tariffs on many products flowing between these countries

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NAFTA

Question 19

Air pollution resulting in chemical reactions involving sunlight and automobile exhaust

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Smog

Question 20

Government districts is similar to states

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Provinces

Question 21

Region that lies far away from major population centers

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Hinterland

Question 22

Legislature led by a Prime Minister

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Parliament

Question 23

General agreement

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Consensus

Question 24

A feeling of strong political and emotional loyalty to one’s own regions

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Regionalism

Question 25

Belief that certain parts of a country should be dependent

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Separatism