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ch5-7
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Geography
9th Grade
10/17/2007

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applachian mountains
Definition
major mountain chair in the us and canada
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great plains
Definition

largely treeless area that continues the ascent to about 4000 ft

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canadian shield
Definition
far north
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rocky mountains
Definition

west of plains. massive and rugged

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continental divide
Definition
line of highest points in the rockies that marks seperation of rivers flowing eastwars and westward
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great lakes
Definition

Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior

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mackenzie river
Definition
river system the flows across the northwest territories to the arctic ocean
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prevailing westerlies
Definition
winds that blow from W-E in the middle of latitudes
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everglades
Definition
huge swamplands that covers some 4000 miles
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provinces
Definition
political units
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dominion of canada
Definition
a political unit of ontario an quebec
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confederation
Definition
political unions
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parliamentary government
Definition
a system in which legistatibe and executive are combined in a legistature
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parliament
Definition
a central federal government and smaller provincial and territorial government govern cananda
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prime minister
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"president"
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first nation
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canadas native people
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metis
Definition
people of mixed french and native heritage
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reserves
Definition
public land set aside for them by the government
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atlantic provinces
Definition
prince edwards island
new brunswick
nova scotia
and newfoundland
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quebec and ontario
Definition
canadas core provinces
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prarie provinces
Definition
manitoba
saskatchewan
alberta
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British Colombia
Definition
westernmost province
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Nunavut
Definition
was carved out of the eastern half of the northwestern territories in 1999

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