United States And Canada Flashcards

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Appalacian Mountains

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a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period

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Rocky Mountains

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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.

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Representative democracy

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is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.

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Languages of Canada

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French and English

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Highest population density for US and Canada

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Near the Great Lakes in the southern border of Canada in northern border of US.

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Subregions of the us

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North, north east, Northwest, South, Southeast, Southwest.

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Continental divide

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Lines of the highest points in North America that marks rivers flowing east and west.

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Megapolis

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Oh region which several large cities surround each other and grow.

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