Overseas settlements tied to a parent country are called _____________.
colonies
100
Atlantic coastal cities and their suburbs form an almost continuous line settlement called a __________________.
Megalopolis
100
Found in the northern pars of Alaska and Canada. Winters are long and cold, while summers are brief and cool.
Tundra and Subartic
100
Canada exports both oil and ___________ _____________.
Natural Gas
200
define cordillera
a group of mountain ranges that run side by side
200
Both the United States and Canada have _______________.
Representative Democracies
200
Much of the great plains is a ____________, or rolling grasslands.
prairie
200
The area from southern Alaska to northern California has a __________ ____________ ____________ climate of year-round mild temperatures and abundant rainfall.
Marine West Coast
200
______________ is mined in the Appalachian Mountains, Wyoming, and British Columbia.
Coal
300
define annexed
declared ownership of a particular area
300
Smaller communities surrounding a larger city are known as _______________.
suburbs
300
Ranchers in the dry steppe region east of the Rockies sometimes lose crops and animals due to ___________.
droughts
300
Describe the climate region with warm, dry summers and mild, wet winters. There is much less rainfall here than in the northern areas.
Mediterranean
300
Niagara Falls is a major source of ______________ power.
Hydroelectric
400
define dominion of Canada
Canada had its own central government to run local affairs but Great Britain controlled Canada's relations with other countries
400
The term _____________ is used to describe people who are descendent from an area's first inhabitants.
indigenous
400
_______________ most often strike along the southeastern Atlantic coast of and the Gulf of Mexico.
Hurricanes
400
This area has a humid continental climate with cold, snowy winters and hot, humid summers.
Great Plains
400
Today, Forests cover less than ______ percent of Canada and about ______ of the United States.
50, 1/3
500
define federalism
power is divided between the federal, or national, government and state governments
500
Where did most immigrants in the United States come from?
Latin America, Canada, and Asia
500
____________ has more tornadoes each year than any other place in the world.
The Central United States
500
_____________ have hot, dry air that gets trapped between the Pacific ranges and the Rockies receiving little rainfall and plants there have adapted to survive on little rain.
Desert or Steppe Climate
500
The _________ ____________, located off Canada's Southeast Coast, was once one of the world's richest fishing grounds.