United States And Canada Flashcards
Appalacian Mountains
a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains stretch some 3,000 miles from British Columbia and Alberta in Canada through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and down to New Mexico in the U.S.
Representative democracy
is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.
Languages of Canada
French and English
Highest population density for US and Canada
Near the Great Lakes in the southern border of Canada in northern border of US.
Subregions of the us
North, north east, Northwest, South, Southeast, Southwest.
Continental divide
Lines of the highest points in North America that marks rivers flowing east and west.
Megapolis
Oh region which several large cities surround each other and grow.