Usa & Canada Vocabulary Flashcards
Tributary
A small river or stream that feeds into a larger river
Divide
A high point or ridge that determines the direction rivers flow
Hurricane
A large, powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean water
Fossil fuel
A resource formed in the earth by plant and animal remains
Underground Railroad
A network of safe house in the US that helped thousands of enslaved people escape to freedom
Manufacturing Belt
A concentrated region of manufacturing industries in the northeastern and midwestern US
Immigrate
To change residence from a country to begin living permanently in another country
Sunbelt
A mild climate region in the southern and southwestern portion of the United States
Megalopolis
A large population concentration made up of several large and many smaller cities, such as the area between Boston and Washington D.C
Jazz
Musical form the developed in the United States in the early 1900s, blending African Rhythms and European Harmonies
Postindustrial
Economy that emphasizes services and technology rather than industry and manufacturing
Acid Rain
Precipitation carrying large amounts of dissolved acids,which kill wildlife and damages building, forest, and crops
Smog
Haze caused by the interaction of ultraviolet solar radiation with chemical fumes from automobile exhaust and other pollutions sources
Eutrophication
Prices by which a body of water becomes too rich in dissolved nutrients, leading to plant growth that depletes oxygen in the water
Aqueduct
A channel or pipeline for carrying a large quantity of flowing water
Petrochemical
Chemical product derived from petroleum or natural gas
Agribusiness
Industries involved in the production, distribution, and marketing for farm products, supplies, and equipment
Escarpment
A steep cliff or slope between a higher and lower land surface
Norther
A blast of cold northern air that sweeps across the plains, causing winter temperatures to drop below freezing.
Maquiladora
A manufacturing plant owned by a foreign country
Timeberline
Elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow
Chinook
A seasonal warm wind that blows down the Rockies in late winter and early spring
Tar sands
Sand or sandstone naturally Inpergented with petroleum
Fishery
An area in which fish or seas animals are caught
Overfishering
Harvesting fish to the point that species are depleted and the value of the fishery reduces
Aquaculture
The cultivation of seafood
Inuit
Member of the arctic native peoples of North America; once known as Eskimo
First Nation
One of the indigenous people of Canada who neither Inuit nor Metis
Dominion
A partially self governing country with close ties to another country
Quebecois
French speaking inhabitants
Separatism
The breaking away of one part of a country to create a separate, independent country
Loyalists
An American colonist who remained loyal to the British gorverment
Emigrate
To leave ones own country to settle permanently in another
Old growth forest
Complex forest that had developed over a long period of time and is relatively untouched by human activity
