The states of the Midwest and Northeast where there has been a decrease in production of such items as steel and automobiles
What is the rustbelt?
100
A group of businesses that provides some kind of service or services for other businesses
What is a Service Industry?
100
•Superior
•Michigan
•Huron
•Erie
•Ontario
What are the Great Lakes?
100
The greatest area of population density of Canada is located ________
What is the U.S. Border?
200
A form of government where people rule through elected representatives
What is a representative democracy?
200
The midwest region of U.S. and the prairie provinces of Canada
Where is the bread basket located?
200
The quality of life based on the ownership of the necessities and luxuries that make life easier.
What is standard of living?
200
Vast grassland of central North America (midwest and prairie provinces) that is largely treeless and ascends to 4,000 feet above sea level
What are the Great Plains?
200
•indigenous population in Arctic Ocean region
•hunting and fishing by men = primary subsistence activities
•most imp. social units = nuclear family, band
•traveling and hunting on ice and sea
What are the Inuit?
300
House of Congress composed of a number of representatives from each state based on population, elected by the people every two years
What is the House of Representatives?
300
1.rugged terrain, severe weather
2.economy =fishing, mining and logging
What are the Atlantic Provinces?
300
Economic system based on supply and demand; profit is the motive of business; people free to work where they choose
What is a free enterprise system?
300
One of two major mountain chains in the eastern United States and Canada, extending 1,600 miles from Newfoundland south to Alabama. Rounded due to erosion
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
300
A vast urban region containing a number of cities and their surrounding suburbs
What is a megalopolis?
400
The elected chamber of parliament, with each member representing a particular electoral district
What is the House of Commons?
400
.Quebec and Ontario
.aka Canada's Heartland
.Quebec is French
.Ottowa, Ontario is the capital
.greatest population and land area
What are the Core Provinces?
400
An economy in which manufacturing is no longer dominant; shifts to service industry
What is a postindustrial economy?
400
A major mountain system of the United States and Canada, extending 3,000 miles from Alaska south to New Mexico.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
400
The unplanned, uncontrolled spreading of urban development into areas adjoining the edge of a city
What is Urban sprawl?
500
The type of government used in the US
What is a Constitutional based Federal Republic?
500
A group of people who speak a single language, have a common history and share the same cultural background yet do not live in a politically organized territory.
What is a stateless nation?
500
Financial Hub of Canada and U.S.
What are the Core Provinces and the Northeastern U.S.?
500
North America's most important deepwater ship route, connecting the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
What is the St. Lawrence Seaway?
500
A person of mixed french-canadian and native american ancestry.