Chapter 13 Key Term Quiz

North America
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A major sailing route that linked Europe, Africa and the New World in the transport of goods and slaves.

The region of the North East and Midwest associated with declining manufacturing sector. Also sometimes known as the Frostbelt.

Areas of environmental contamination. Some of the most polluted sites in the US designated for clean up.

The use of violence to destroy a city.

Seasonal migrants who leave cold regions in the winter months for warmer climes.

An area of volcanic activity. Not caused by plate tectonics but by plumes from the mantle.

A 200 mile buffer zone that extends into the territorial waters surrounding a country and is prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a country has certain rights.

The 750-mile active zone between he Pacific and North American plates that runs from San Francisco down to southern California.

The movement that occurred between 1916 and 1970 of almost 6 million Africa Americans from the Deep South to cities in the North and West of the USA.

A tectonic plate boundary that runs from Vancouver Island to Northern California.

An organization whose members include Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the USA, which provides a forum for negotiations regarding the rights of sovereignty over areas of the North Pole.

The idea that small issues such as broken windows need to be addressed in order to instill a sense of civic pride. Also used to refer to a policing strategy that addresses small issue such as panhandling in order to prevent more serious crimes.

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