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Government And Economy Of The U.s. And Canada Flashcards

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A government in which the people have the power to make political decisions

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Democracy

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The right to vote to elect leaders or to vote on pilicies and laws

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Suffrage

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Under the system of government

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Constitutional monarchy

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A written document that describes the structure and powers of a national or state government

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Constitution

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The study of earth’s people

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Demography

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The number of years an average newborn baby is expected to live in a given country or location

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Life expectancy

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The age range and proportions in a society

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Population pyramid

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Two house legislature

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Bicameral

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A measure of the number of people per unit area

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Population density

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A term that is generally used to describe places in the countryside

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Rural

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A place having the characteristics of a city or town rather than a rural area

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Urban

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An urban area with a population of at least 50,000

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Metropolitan area

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The phenomenon of large groups of people leaving the agricultural countryside and moving to cities

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Rural to urban migration

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The movement of people from rural areas

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Urbanization

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The underlying foundation or framework of a system organization or location

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Infrastructure

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The condition of being made up of many different types of elements

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Diversity

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People in general

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Society

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The shared characteristics of a group of people

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Culture

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To be able to speak or write two languages as well

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Billingual

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A type of forced labor in which the worker is comsidered property that can be bought and sold

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Slavery

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People who live in one country to live permanently in another

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Immigrants

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Why is canada’s population 10 x smaller then the US?

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Canada is so far north that it is too cold for people in large amounts to live comfortably.

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What is the least popuated area in the US?

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Plains & deserts

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2 common natural distaster in the US and Canada?

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Earthquake & hurricane

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What other important natural resource does the soil and land in the US and Canada help nuture?

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Forest

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Fresh water in the US and Canada is important for what?

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Agriculture, transportation, and hydroelectric power

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What is the world’s supply of clean water doing?

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Declining

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Why are fossil fuels valuable?

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Can be burned to create energy

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What natural resource does the US have the most of?

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Coal

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What natural resource does Canada have the most of?

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Oil

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The most important metal mined in North America is?

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Iron

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The population from fossil fuels when they are burned releases 2 gases into the air, what are they?

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Sulfur dioxide & carbon dioxide

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Creating National parks was a way for what?

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To protect the natural environment and its habitat and preserve it for enjoyment

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Where do the vast majority of people in the US and Canada live?

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Urban areas

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The cause of people moving from rural areas to cities and towns are?

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The farmers were needing less workers because of the invention of farming machines. People moved so that they had more job opportunites.

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What did immigrants come to the US ans Canada?

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Find land, job opportunities and religious freedom

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One of the most important ways that immigration have influenced life in the US and Canada?

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Introduced various religions

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The populations of the US and canada are the most diverse which has been a strength when it comes?

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Starting and running successful businesses

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In democratic societies such as US and Canada citizens have many opportunity for what?

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Participate in goverment

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The US goverment is a?

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Democracy

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Canada has this——-which means a king or queen shares power with a government?

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Constitutional monarchy

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The US constitution outlines the most important principles of US goverment?

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Federal system, separation of powers and balance.

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What has attracted businesses to the US and Canada?

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Human and natural resources

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In the US, the government sponsors and funds certain programs to help citizens meet basic needs, one is ?

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Social security

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Infrastructure is what?

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Sanitation systems, telecommunication system, transportation networks

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In both countries many manufacturing jobs have?

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Moved over seas

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This is critical to the success of the US and Canadian economies?

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International trade

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The largest generation of Americans alive today?

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Baby boomers

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Retiring baby boomers will also place new strains on the nation’s largest social welfare system?

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Social security

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