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unit 2
us and canada
31
Geography
9th Grade
10/10/2007

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Term
Migration
Definition
Movement
Term
Columbian Exchange
Definition
movement of plants, aminals and disease during age of exploration
Term
Louisiana Purchase
Definition
From the French
Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains
It was our Manifest Destiny
Term

Frontier

Definition
land in the west open for settlement
Term
Representitive Democracy
Definition
people rule through elected representitives
Term
Suburbs
Definition
communities outside the city
Term
exports
Definition
goods sold to other countries
Term
free enterprise
Definition
private industries own businesses and run them for profit
Term
service industries
Definition

provide a service not a product
example: finance, medicine, transportation and education

Term
postindustrial economy
Definition

manufacturing  no longer has a dominate role in the economy

Term
Northeast
Definition
New England + Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey
Term
New England
Definition
6 northern most states
(Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachuettes, Rhode Island and Connecticut)
Term
Megalopolis
Definition
several metropolitial areas linked together
Term
Metropolitian Area
Definition
A City and surrounding area; functional region
Term
Rustbelt
Definition
term reffering to industry leaving the Northeast
Term
Boswash
Definition

Megalopolis
Boston to Washington DC

Term
Midwest
Definition
12 states in the North central US
Term
The South
Definition
12 of 16 were in Confederacy
Sunbelt
Term
The West
Definition
13 states (including Hawaii and Alaska)
region that is growing the fastest
Term
Provinces
Definition
Canada's political unites
(comparable to our states)
Term
Gross Domestic Product
Definition
Goods made within a country's borders
Term
Dominion of Canada
Definition
loose confederation of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
Term
confederation
Definition
political union
Term
Parlimentary Government
Definition
combines legislative and executive branches
Term
parliament
Definition
representitive lawmaking body with members elected or appointed and legislative and executive functions are combined
Term

Prime Minister

Definition
majority party's leader in parliament
Term
First Nations
Definition
canada's native american people
Term
reserves
Definition
land set aside by the government
Term
Metis
Definition
mixing of French and Canada's native people
Term
Bilingual
Definition
speaks 2 languages
Term
Atlantic Provinces
Definition
eastern canada
PEI, NEw Brunswick, Nova Scotia, New Foundland
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