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Chapter 7
Unit 2 The United States and Canada
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Social Studies
9th Grade
11/14/2012

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Province
Definition
a political unit
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Dominion of Canada
Definition
the loose confederation of Ontario, quebec, nova scotia, and new brunswick, created by the British North America Act in 1867
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Confederation
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a mapmaker
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Parlimentary Government
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a system where legislative and executive functions are combined in a legislature called a parliament
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Parliment
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a representative lawmaking body whose members are elected or appointed and in which legislative and executive functions are combined
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Prime Minister
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the head of a government; the majority partys leader in parliament
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First Nations
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a group of Canadas Native American people
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Metis
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a person mixed French Canadian and Native American ancestry
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Reserve
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public land set aside for native peoples by the government
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Atlantic Provinces
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the provinces in eastern canada prince edward island, new brunswick, nova scotia, and newfoundland
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Quebec
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one of canadas core provinces
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Ontario
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one of Canadas core provinces
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Prairie Province
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in Canada, the provinces west of Ontario and Quebec-manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
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British Columbia
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Canadas westernmost province, located within the rocky mountain range
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Nunavut
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one of canadas territories and home to many of canadas inuit it was carved out of eastern half of the northwest territories
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